Stories for 25 March 2003

Business News

Businesses pledge support

MACMILLAN CANCER APPEAL: WITH the launch today of the Swindon Cancer Appeal, backed by the Evening Advertiser and Macmillan Cancer Relief, the town's business community has rallied to lend its wholehearted support to the three-year initiative.   more...

Honda aims to plug £42m hole in its pension fund

CAR giant Honda hopes its plans to raise the retirement age of its workforce will help give it greater financial stability.   more...

Iraq News

Police plea for funds for peace watch duty

MARCH 25: GLOUCESTERSHIRE Police are asking for Home Office funds to help pay for the massive police operation at RAF Fairford on Saturday.   more...

MP praises British troops

MARCH 25: SWINDON MP Julia Drown has praised British troops in Iraq.   more...

Sport Bowls

Out with a win

WILTSHIRE Vice Presidents' Bowls Association completed their indoor fixtures for the 2002/03 season with a 127-90 victory over Northants VPs at Westlecot.   more...

Sport Cricket

Bowling for kids

THE trail of despair caused by lack of success for the England cricket team during the winter has often been put down to the lack of a coherent youth policy to nurture stars from schoolboy level all the way up to Test cricket.   more...

Sport Football

Up for the cup

SKY SPORTS cameras make a long-awaited return to Swindon this weekend as the County Ground hosts the women's FA Nationwide Premier League Cup Final.   more...

Jimmy has a little extra

SWINDON SUPERMARINE might be facing an epic relegation battle in the Dr Martens League, but at least they have a cup final to look forward to.   more...

Bluebirds bid to resolve Shield tie

CHIPPENHAM travel to Salisbury tonight in a bid to finally resolve their much delayed Wiltshire Premier Shield tie.   more...

It's Extra torture for cricklade boys

CRICKLADE suffered semi-final heartbreak for the second successive weekend after an extra-time defeat at the hands of Liden, who go on to face Swindon Eagles in the Cirencester & District under 15 League Cup final.   more...

Hounds' revenge

REIGNING Swindon Sunday League Division 1 champions Greyhound destroyed cup semi-finalists and third-placed club Carriers Arms 13-0.   more...

Vicaima boss sees red over decision

VICAIMA player-manager Colin Davis received his marching orders as his side slipped to a 1-0 defeat to Queensfield in their Swindon & District League Division One encounter.   more...

Gregory's the Main man!

Mainlink Couriers found their shooting boots with a magnificent 8-1 win against Brookes Baggies in teh Intermach League.   more...

Eastville shock

LEADERS Eastville suffered a shock 2-1 home defeat at the hands of Liden Pumas in the under 16 Division of the Swindon & District Minors League, while Brunel Boys went goal crazy.   more...

Watts nicks it for ladies

SWINDON Town Ladies left it late against Exeter City as they snatched a 2-1 win in the South West Combination.   more...

Griffiths and Edney clinch Chippers win

WITH Chippenham's senior team not playing the club's under 12 girls stole the limelight, beating Frome 5-4.   more...

Goals flood in for emphatic Bassett girls

EMPHATIC Wootton Bassett continued their fine scoring spree in the under 14 league with a 5-0 win over Oxford on Saturday and a 7-0 cup win over Devizes on Sunday.   more...

Badgers home in on the title

SWINDON Badgers Girls under 12s kept up their challenge for league honours with a 2-0 win over Bradford on Avon.   more...

Juniors race into the final

CROFT Juniors booked their place in the Under 17s League Cup final with a 5-0 win over Cricklade Youth in teh Mid-Wilts Youth & Minors League.   more...

Ardington set for the title

ARDINGTON & Lockinge put one hand on the Division Two Championship trophy, as they swept aside the challenge of their nearest rivals Harwell International 4-1.   more...

Lainesmead stay on top

LAINESMEAD Primary School's football teams are enjoying some fine form.   more...

Cup's tied up in knots!

THE eagerly anticipated Adver Cup rematch between Allied Goodheart and Custom Homes was dramatically called off at the 11th hour on Saturday.   more...

Easter fun at Bassett

THE ever-popular Soccer Fun Days return to Ballards Ash during the forthcoming Easter break.   more...

Darren does it as Rovers reach final

BOX Rovers set up an all-Premier Division showdown with Devizes-based All Cannings in the final of the Chippenham & District League's PPL Presto Print-sponsored Knockout Cup ­ but needed extra time to do it.   more...

Paget double lifts Bar to the final

BAR OC made their way to the final of the Mid-WIlts Sunday League's Selectabook-sponsored John Strickland Memorial Cup with a 5-1 win over Kings Arms.   more...

It's worth the wait

YOUNG footballers in Highworth will get access to superb new facilities after a massive cash windfall from the UK's largest sports charity.   more...

Swindon gloss over school rivals

SWINDON Schools' under 11s representative teams defeated South Gloucestershire Schools at Yate in their Cotswold league fixtures.   more...

Sport Rugby

Prop Mallett is one of the best ­ Foley

BATH co-coach Mike Foley has hailed departing prop forward John Mallett as an example to any up-and-coming professional rugby player.   more...

Resolute Bassett claim the crown

ALL-CONQUERING Wootton Bassett Under 11's were crowned kings of Wiltshire at the county championships, a feat they acheived without conceding a try all day.   more...

Agony at the last for Hutchings

WOOTTON Bassett outscored North Dorset by four tries to three but still bowed out of the Dorset & Wilts Under 18 Vase at the semi-final stage.   more...

Chippenham cruise home

CHIPPENHAM under 18s had little trouble booking their place in the final of the Dorset & Wilts Vase as they defeated hosts Wimborne 31-3.   more...

Hurcombe to the fore

THE quest for the Wiltshire Cup continues unabated for Chippenham under 15s after they thrashed Wotton Bassett 46-14.   more...

Stephens in try bonanza

SWINDON'S under 10s had two wins over Abingdon in a weekend double-header.   more...

Bartlett leads Supermarine's blitz

SUPERMARINE took on Wootton Bassett and Swindon at under seven level.   more...

Weakened visitors put up brave show

SUPERMARINE'S mixed first team went down to a 17-10 defeat at Harwell.   more...

Seconds pay price

LATE withdrawals and unavailability hit Chippenham 2nd and they paid the price as Devizes beat them 26-15 at Allington Field.   more...

Swindon News

Getting the hump from the bumps

While I understand the reasoning behind the council's installation of speed humps and various other suspension jarring measures in the Parks area, I would like to understand the logic of some of the schemes and have some idea how these measures were deemed satisfactory to spend so much money on.   more...

We still want to know

WITH ref to P Brown's letter of Feb 27. I find it incredible that Mr Brown finds that Mr Avenell and others, mainly me, keep asking what happened to £90 million under the Labour council.   more...

Tories had lower tax plan

IN response to Coun Mike Evemy's letter dated March 4. His letter clearly sees him in full political posturing in the run up to the May elections.   more...

Town should be proud of its state-of-the-art hospital

I RECENTLY underwent an operation in the new Great Western Hospital and would like to express my thanks, appreciation and praise for the care and facilities available to me.   more...

Don't forget Saddam gassed the Kurds

POOR old Anne Lubin! She thinks you can make germs in a water purification plant (see letters March 13).   more...

Treaty's impact on poor

Readers may be interested to know that March 13 was the EU-wide day of Action on GATS.   more...

Changes will not hold up the post

I AM writing to reassure your correspondent who is worried about the changes to the collection plates on letter boxes in the Swindon area.   more...

Voluntary euthanasia is the road to hell

I read in the Adver on Thursday, February 21 that a local peer, Lord Joffe of Liddington, had put forward a private member's bill in the House of Lords proposing the legalisation of voluntary euthanasia.   more...

In hands of a few

WHILST not wanting to become involved in the asylum debate, the statement by John P Hunter (EA, March 17) that the UK is many times more densely populated than other European country needs correcting.   more...

Cutting through all the medical jargon

MACMILLAN CANCER APPEAL: Adjuvant therapy   more...

Lads club together to sell off old toys

THEY say charity begins at home, but for these two boys it started in the garage.   more...

Arts groups given £900,000 grants

ARTS groups and a community council in Swindon are benefiting from major cash boosts from two funding bodies.   more...

Trees to deter the travellers

ELDENE residents planted 1,500 trees at the weekend in the first stage of a project to deter travellers from camping at Elmore Park.   more...

Scouts tidy up school grounds and plant flowers

TREE planting took place at Eldene Junior School over the weekend.   more...

Will play area become flats for elderly?

A GREEN space next to a historic church in Cricklade could be the site for sheltered accommodation after Wiltshire County Council decided to sell the land.   more...

Still `wheely' happy together after 50 years

JOE and Betty Maisey first met at the Swindon Wheelers cycling club in the early 1950s.   more...

MP praises British troops

SWINDON MP Julia Drown has praised British troops in Iraq.   more...

Police plea for funds for peace watch duty

GLOUCESTERSHIRE Police are asking for Home Office funds to help pay for the massive police operation at RAF Fairford on Saturday.   more...

How much do you care?

MORE than 2,000 people in Swindon were referred to hospital in 2002 with suspected cancer.   more...

A charity born from one man's pain and suffering

MACMILLAN CANCER APPEAL: IN 1911 a young man named Douglas Macmillan, left, watched his father die of cancer. His father's pain and suffering moved Douglas, then aged 26, to call for basic standards for all people with cancer.   more...

I'm not going just yet

MACMILLAN CANCER APPEAL: THERE cannot be many people in Swindon more inspirational than Beryl Cotterill.   more...

Calming presence in troubled times

MACMILLAN CANCER APPEAL: Macmillan nurse Vanessa Davey has touched the lives of more than 500 cancer patients and their families in Swindon ­ that's why we chose her to be the face of our campaign.   more...

Common questions about the charity

MACMILLAN CANCER APPEAL: How do I get a Macmillan nurse?   more...

Do you know the facts?

MACMILLAN CANCER APPEAL: EVERYONE has heard of cancer, most people know someone affected by it, but not so many actually know what the disease is.   more...

Pauline supports the campaign

MACMILLAN CANCER APPEAL: PAULINE Hendon, 58, of Lydiard Millicent, was diagnosed with myeloma, a form of bone cancer, last year.   more...

Little bookworm gets busy

MACMILLAN CANCER APPEAL: IT'S not often a youngster chooses a good book over the latest TV cartoon, but that is exactly what seven-year-old Madeleine Cotterill does.   more...

Determined to scale a mountain

MACMILLAN CANCER APPEAL: SHEILA Bailey may not be able to move mountains to help Macmillan Cancer Relief but she is determined to climb one.   more...

It's a distraction

NO doubt R W Selway wears his Union Jack shorts with pride on the beaches of Spain each summer as he moans about the weather, the food and the foreign language, but he is wrong to suggest the majority of people in Swindon support his anti asylum views (EA March 17).   more...

Democracy failed

Andy Newman has stated that "Swindon Borough Council say that it is beyond them to consider moral and international issues" (EA, March 22).   more...

No pension rise

MY council tax increase of over £3 per week means an immediate goodbye to my State Pension increase of £2.93.   more...

Judging underway

THE Nominations for the Stroke Association `Life After Stroke' Awards 2003 have now closed. Our organisation would like to thank your readers for all the nominations that we have received.   more...

Wiltshire News

Police plea for funds for peace watch duty

GLOUCESTERSHIRE Police are asking for Home Office funds to help pay for the massive police operation at RAF Fairford on Saturday.   more...

Wiltshire Sport

Viv's backing!

VIV BUSBY knew he was facing an opponent far more formidable than any he had encountered on a football pitch. That's when he heard a voice say `give me six months of your life and I'll give you your life back'.   more...

  
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