Wiltshire | Archive | 2006 | August
DURRINGTON was given a morale boost last week when its parish council became the first local authority in Salisbury district to achieve Quality Council status. more...
THREE Salisbury City players will have fitness tests ahead of tonight's Nationwide Conference South game with Newport County. more...
SALISBURY City have today confirmed that goalkeeper Kevin Sawyer has left the club. more...
SALISBURY City have today confirmed that goalkeeper Kevin Sawyer has left the club. more...
SALISBURY City have today confirmed that goalkeeper Kevin Sawyer has left the club. more...
SALISBURY City welcome fellow Conference South high-fliers Newport County to the Raymond McEnhill Stadium this evening for what promises to be a cracking encounter. more...
SALISBURY City welcome fellow Conference South high-fliers Newport County to the Raymond McEnhill Stadium this evening for what promises to be a cracking encounter. more...
AS expected, Robbie Matthews, who scored twice in Saturday's 5-1 win at Thurrock, starts in place of injured striker Paul Sales up front alongside Matt Tubbs for Salisbury City in tonight's match with Newport County. more...
Salisbury City 1 Newport County 1. more...
WAYNE Turk's 85th minute goal gave City a deserved three points in a rip-roaring contest with Newport County. more...
DESPITE having their away day routine hit for six due to a gridlocked M25, Salisbury City headed home in second place in the table after giving Thurrock a 5-1 thrashing. more...
Salisbury boss Nick Holmes was happy with his side's comprehensive win at Thurrock, but knows City could easily have won by an even more convincing margin. more...
Salisbury boss Nick Holmes was happy with his side's comprehensive win at Thurrock, but knows City could easily have won by an even more convincing margin. more...
AARON Brown will come in from the County Ground cold tonight against the team he spurned in the summer and manager Dennis Wise will be looking for a positive response. more...
DENNIS Wise will ring the changes for tonight's Carling Cup clash yet refuses to see the Brentford match as an unwelcome distraction. more...
MATT Heywood once netted a vital winner for Town against Brentford yet he returns to the County Ground this evening looking to preserve the Bees' unbeaten start while ending that of the home team. more...
SUPERMARINE's summer link up with Swindon Town could help the Southern League outfit on the field as well as off it this season. more...
GOLF: DAVID Howell's frustration at his latest injury problems has boiled over, with the World No 10 admitting: "I just can't think about playing golf.'' The Swindon star, 31, suffered knee and shoulder injuries which hampered his progress at the US PGA Championship and cast a shadow over his preparations for the Ryder Cup next month. more...
GYMNASTICS: Swindon Gymnastic and Trampoline Academy Esprit has launched an X-factor style search for potential Olympians to represent the town at the 2012 London Olympics. more...
GYMNASTICS: JUST three years old, Esprit Gymnastics has already produced some of the South West's finest young athletes, winning many medals at regional, national and international competition. more...
BOWLS: WILTSHIRE Under 18s B side caused a big shock in the annual Wiltshire Bowlers Joint Council mixed galas staged on Sunday, writes DAVE EATON. more...
MRS Anderson (SA letters, August 16) held Swindon vets responsible for the dumped dogs situation due to apparently astronomical costs and lack of charity help. more...
I HAVE read in a Sunday newspaper that the middle classes in South East England are the unhappiest in the country. more...
I HAVE read in a Sunday newspaper that the middle classes in South East England are the unhappiest in the country. more...
ON Tuesday, August 15, there was a report of a young white man having been attacked by a group of five black youths near to Coate Water. more...
NOW that our splendid new college is up and running on the North Star site, I hope a new regular bus service will connect it with other parts of Swindon. more...
I WAS saddened by the recent attack in the mosque in Swindon. I have lived in the town for nearly 20 years and have never experienced racial tension between the groups living here. more...
I FOUND myself in agreement with much Mike Spry had to say (SA letters, Tory legacy is lingering on) until he came to the last line. more...
A CHARITY which feeds Swindon's homeless may not be able to come up with the goods after falling victim to thieves. more...
AGEING sports centres in Swindon could be replaced with Olympic-standard facilities to attract funding and international teams ahead of the London 2012 Games. more...
A MISSING man has been found safe and well. more...
ROADWORKS on the M4 near Swindon will be lifted for the Bank Holiday weekend. more...
A TURKISH man who has spent six months in prison will be deported when he is released. more...
A SWINDON man is appealing for help in recovering a stolen sat nav which contained hundreds of reference points he needs to do his job. more...
THIS Friday is national Wear Your Wedding Dress to Work Day and one woman from Penhill is getting in on the act. more...
TEN-year-old Callum Harris is not very happy. more...
A WOMAN was taken to Swindon's Great Western Hospital after being involved in a crash near Lechlade. more...
A PLAY about the life and achievements of Isambard Kingdom Brunel is now being rehearsed. more...
A RARE photographic archive of China and Hong Kong from the late 19th Century is being auctioned in South Cerney at the end of the month. more...
SUPERMAN, Batman and Spiderman will be raising money for charity this weekend. more...
THE business manager of Ridgeway School drank six glasses of wine and then drove her fiance's Porsche after a blazing row with her daughter. more...
THE business manager of Ridgeway School drank six glasses of wine and then drove her fiance's Porsche after a blazing row with her daughter. more...
THE mangled remains of a car wrecked in an accident which killed a driver has gone on display in Wiltshire. more...
BRITONS can no longer be accused of being a nation of couch potatoes, according to research by The Midcounties Co-operative. more...
THE Workers' Educational Association Swindon Women's Branch are still enrolling for their autumn programme. more...
BELARUS will be coming to Swindon for a youth festival next month. more...
SWINDON'S rail operator has been criticised for running out-of-date trains. more...
TWO teenagers went on a wrecking spree in Penhill, damaging cars and ripping off number plates. more...
A deaf cat was found wandering in a building site in Priory Vale. more...
NEARLY a fifth of all arrests by Wiltshire Police are resulting in a caution, according to new figures. more...
THE biggest change to Britain's postal system in 170 years was greeted in Swindon by a queue winding out the door of Sanford Street post office. more...
THE biggest change to Britain's postal system in 170 years was greeted in Swindon by a queue winding out the door of Sanford Street post office. more...
CRICKLADE Show takes place on Bank Holiday Monday. more...
THE Samaritans, Home-Start and the British Red Cross are some of the charitable organisations from the Swindon area that have nominated individuals to win a Brunel Charity Star Award to celebrate their work within the local community. more...
THE Swindon-based Wiltshire Law Centre is offering more free debt advice. more...
SWINDON'S anti-social behaviour crackdown could be put at risk by a shortage of funds. more...
THE WINNER of the latest Swindon Advertiser and Swindon Council photo competition was trying out her new digital camera on a family walk when she captured the prize-winning shot. more...
A HEALTH road show rolled into Highworth on a mission to educate youngsters. more...
TEENAGE pregnancy rates in Swindon have increased since a Government pledge to halve the number of gymslip mums. more...
SWINDON youngsters have put themselves in the picture with their own movie. more...
WHEN the hooter at Swindon Railway Works blew on 4.30pm on March 26, 1986, few believed they would ever hear it again. more...
youngsters are having a good time Jolly Roger Adventure centre in Greenbridge Road in spite of the changeable weather. more...
ADVER readers want pedlars banned from the town centre, the results of a phone and internet poll show. more...
Carl (Matt Dillon) and Molly (Kate Hudson) have found the one unfortunate hitch in their perfectly constructed newly wedded world: Ranolph Dupree (Owen Wilson). more...
Three generations of Spanish women survive easterly wind, fire, madness, superstition and even death through goodness, lies and an unlimited vitality. more...
John Etheridge and Kit Holmes, Thursday, September 14, 8pm, Arc Theatre, Trowbridge. more...
John Etheridge and Kit Holmes, Thursday, September 14, 8pm, Arc Theatre, Trowbridge. more...
New concert series, Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon. more...
New concert series, Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon. more...
Kelly Watson and the Morriston Orpheus, Saturday August 26, 7pm, Dauntsey's School, West Lavington Swansea's internationally-acclaimed male voice choir, the Morriston Orpheus, will be performing at Dauntsey's School, West Lavington, on Saturday August 26. more...
Autumn season, Rondo Theatre, Bath The Rondo has much to celebrate this autumn. The theatre is marking 30 years as the best small theatre in Bath. more...
Autumn season, Arc Theatre Trowbridge. more...
ARCHAEOLOGISTS are excavating sites near Stonehenge this weekend giving people the chance to see what life was like in Britain 4,000 years ago. more...
THE results of the Wiltshire Best Kept Village and Building Community Life competitions have been revealed today. more...
THE results of the Wiltshire Best Kept Village and Building Community Life competitions have been revealed today. more...
The hunt is on to re-unite Wiltshire's Premium Bond holders with the county's 3,857 unclaimed Premium Bond prizes worth £225,900. more...
The hunt is on to re-unite Wiltshire's Premium Bond holders with the county's 3,857 unclaimed Premium Bond prizes worth £225,900. more...
ARCHAEOLOGISTS are excavating sites near Stonehenge this weekend giving people the chance to see what life was like in Britain 4,000 years ago. more...
CONGRATULATIONS to our Junior of the Week, Shaina Kersey, of Trowbridge, who wins a £5 voucher from The Toy Shop, plus two Happy Meals from McDonald's in Trowbridge, Melksham or Chippenham. more...
FORMULA ONE 06 on is all about speed, competition and fast-paced action. more...
THE X FACTOR: The talent contest auditions in Bristol, Manchester and Leeds, with celebrity judges Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and Sharon Osbourne. Hosted by Kate Thornton. (Saturday August 26, ITV1, 6.45pm) more...
An enormous gorilla exhibits endless compassion and courage. In his native jungle he cares for and protects an orphaned girl who later brings him to Los Angeles to save him from ruthless poachers more...
An enormous gorilla exhibits endless compassion and courage. In his native jungle he cares for and protects an orphaned girl who later brings him to Los Angeles to save him from ruthless poachers. more...
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