Stories for 31 March 2003

Business News

So, Just how good are you?

I am a company director, therefore I am Isn't that how it so often works?   more...

Get to grips with these workplace dilemmas

So just how good a director are you? See for yourself. Each question has three possible answers or courses of action to choose from (these can be viewed by logging on to BLBW's website). So you're the Big Cheese what would you do?   more...

New freedom for employees can mean a headache for employers

As of April 6, parents of young children will legally be entitled to request working hours that allow them to balance the daily demands of office and family life. Employment law specialist Paul Archer considers what effect this new legislation will have on the hierarchy of work, as employees and employers face up to their new freedoms and responsibilities.   more...

Highworth News

Canoeists show off grant loot

A CANOE club is to show off new equipment it has bought with a £4,900 Lottery grant.   more...

Iraq News

Peace protest staged on bridge

MARCH 31: ANTI-WAR protesters draped a banner over a major road into Swindon at the weekend.   more...

War protesters go on the march

MARCH 28: HUNDREDS of Wiltshire peace protesters have taken part in demonstrations against the war in Iraq.   more...

Sport Football

Charlie shows his worth as Town return to winning ways

TRANSFER-LISTED Charlie Griffin gave potential buyers something to think about as Chippenham Town finally stopped the rot.   more...

Gee gives Marine fresh hope

SWINDON SUPERMARINE are on course to pull off another great escape after a 1-0 victory at chief relegation rivals Rocester.   more...

Ciren beaten in insipid fashion

CIRENCESTER were beaten 1-0 by visiting Solihull Borough in a meaningless end-of-season clash.   more...

Vale contain title hunters

Pewsey Vale turned in one of their best performances of the season to hold second-placed Carterton Town.   more...

Rock-bottom Devizes Town face to face with the drop

DEVIZES are staring down the relegation barrel after another sorry showing against lowly rivals Barnstaple.   more...

Chasers can't keep heat on

LEADERS Shrewton United were the real winners from the top clash in Premier Division between Stratton Crosslink and Wroughton, as the title-chasers played out a 1-1draw.   more...

Eight Shrewton stars in Wilts squad

Eight Shrewton United players have been selected for the Skurrays Wiltshire League representative team to face Dorset Premier Division representative side tomorrow.   more...

Fulham win epic clash

FULHAM lifted the FA Women's League Cup yesterday as more than 2,000 fans at the County Ground illustrated why football is now the most popular sport in the land among females.   more...

Sport Rugby

Swindon cling on for victory

A HAT-TRICK of tries from Swindon's powerful inside centre Paul Wakefield set up a deserved victory against Buckingham.   more...

Swindon News

I'm prepared to fight . . . and die

In reply to yet another reply to my original letter (dated February 21), A Thipthorpe (letter dated March 21) made a comment saying that I should go and fight the war myself and also said that I should switch my brain on before putting pen to paper.   more...

The best support is an immediate withdrawal

SHAME on Des Morgan, anti-war views do not automatically become invalid and censorable the moment hostilities commence (Letters, 26/3/03).   more...

No prayers for Bush

WE are informed President Bush is sane; and that Iraqi oil is for the benefit of the Iraqi people, and not for American consumption. Fair enough.   more...

The road is calm . . . but we're not!

St Paul's Drive has recently been vandalised in the name of traffic calming.   more...

Roll up for the new attraction

I AM writing in response to all the outraged letters concerning the large percentage increase in council tax for the Swindon area and in defence of the increase made by the council.   more...

Warming advice

I MISSED seeing Mr Obourne's letter concerning his frustration at people who leave their engines running during cold spells but I would like to answer Stephen Pill's long letter in the Evening Advertiser.   more...

Tell the truth

I read with interest the various letters about Swindon's road junctions, traffic lights etc.   more...

Unfair rent hike

SOME of the most vulnerable people are those with the Homeline. The cost of the homeline has increased by 5.2 per cent and this is understandable.   more...

Nice for some

IT was nice to see that Deirdre Vincent was happy with her service from the new state of the art Great Western Hospital. But would she be so proud if she had, like myself, had to spend 60 hours on a trolley waiting for a bed? I never did get to find out that the beds are, I quote Deirdre, "a complete breakthrough in comfort".   more...

What it costs to place a child

CARE FEATURE: The Swindon Council housing and social services department budget for the last financial year was £31.2 million, but it has gone over that figure by £738,000 - almost entirely because of the increasing number of children in care.   more...

Police amnesty to gather illegal guns

OWNERS of illegal guns in Swindon are getting the chance to turn the weapons over to police.   more...

Officers here would not back the idea of being armed

ONCE the guns have been handed in by the people, should Swindon police be authorised to carry them? Phil Davenport, of Wiltshire Police Federation says the issue is open for debate. He hopes he doesn't see the day when all officers are armed, rather than only in areas where gun crime is high.   more...

School to open its gardens

GARDENS which have remained unchanged since their establishment in the 19th century have been opened to the public for the first time.   more...

Constabulary history talk

THE history of Swindon's police force will be outlined at a talk organised by the Swindon Society.   more...

Man in court for indecency at checkouts

SHOPPER Patrick Bennett traumatised female checkout operators by committing indecent acts at Swindon supermarkets, a court heard.   more...

Mamiko opens village's community store

BLUNSDON'S new village shop has been officially opened by a 10-year-old schoolgirl.   more...

This council tax firm is no improvement

A PENSIONER who says he was wrongly taken to court by former council contractor WS Atkins claims the new firm collecting council tax in Swindon is no better.   more...

First Great Western to raise some fares in May

TRAIN operator First Great Western is increasing some of its fares by an average of nearly two per cent from May.   more...

Working men's club to hold open day to unveil its new image

ONE of Swindon's oldest working men's clubs is set to launch three new business ventures including an internet cafe a bid to put itself on a better financial footing.   more...

Council in green deal on energy

Wiltshire County Council is save itself £150,000 per year by entering a green energy contract.   more...

Roundabout opens early

A NEW roundabout on one of the major routes into and out of Swindon has been completed ahead of schedule.   more...

Free drop-in workshops

Free drop-in workshops are available at the Pinehurst People's Centre in Olive Grove during term time.   more...

Not frightened for the future

SWINDON CANCER APPEAL: Last week, we launched the Swindon Cancer Appeal to raise £600,000 for Macmillan - enough money to fund two Macmillan nurses for the Great Western Hospital and a consultant in cancer care for three years. Today, 12-year-old Abigail Taylor-Silk talks of how she is coping with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. ALEX EMERY reports.   more...

New home, new hope

The number of children looked after by Swindon Council has risen dramatically in the last two years, and the authority aims to replace an obsolete home with two new ones.   more...

Women is victimm of sex attack in alleyway

A 26-year-old woman suffered a serious indecent assault after being dragged into an alleyway in Swindon town centre.   more...

Happy birthday brunel rooms!

GLAMOUR model Jordan joined revellers at the Brunel Rooms to celebrate the club's 30th birthday.   more...

Reality TV bites for young chef

A TEENAGE chef is set to appear on a new reality TV show.   more...

Childcare workers are rewarded at ceremony

MORE than 100 childcare workers and their families gathered at the Wyvern Theatre for an awards ceremony.   more...

Canoeists show off grant loot

A CANOE club is to show off new equipment it has bought with a £4,900 Lottery grant.   more...

Peace protest staged on bridge

ANTI-WAR protesters draped a banner over a major road into Swindon at the weekend.   more...

Fostering brings its own rewards

CARE FEATURE: Huguette Potten could not have children herself - but by becoming a foster parent she has been a mother to more than 47.   more...

Childcare improved a lot since 20 years ago

CARE FEATURE: Laura Patterson spent three years in children's homes when her mother died of cancer.   more...

We must do all we can to help

MOST people who have been brought up in a care home will tell you that, given the opportunity, they would have been much happier living with parents.   more...

An inspiration to everyone

Abigail Taylor-Silk is one of the bravest people you'll ever come across.   more...

Wiltshire News

First Great Western to raise some fares in May

TRAIN operator First Great Western is increasing some of its fares by an average of nearly two per cent from May.   more...

Council in green deal on energy

Wiltshire County Council is save itself £150,000 per year by entering a green energy contract.   more...

Wiltshire Sport

Commit future or go!

BIRTHDAY boy Danny Invincible was among those facing a `don't stay and you don't play' ultimatum from Andy King today.   more...

  
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