Stories for 18 June 2003

Business News

There's no need to panic says chamber

SWINDON has slipped in a household income survey of the UK ­ but business leaders say it is nothing to worry about.   more...

Blick team leave it to the last minute to finish challenge

A BAND of seven intrepid employees from Swindon-based Blick plc have completed the Three Peaks challenge with a minute to spare.   more...

Churchill House is toast of the industry

A pub has won an award at a ceremony organised to mark achievement and excellence by owners, Greene King Pub Company.   more...

Highworth News

Vikki's designs pack a punch

A fashion design student from Highworth has created a line of womenswear inspired by boxing legend Muhammad Ali.   more...

Sport Angling

Trio cannot be separated as Bourton match ends with a tie

IT'S not very often that a match has a triple-tie at the top, but that is what happened at the Wednesday Club match at Bourton-on-the-Water.   more...

Sport Bowls

Comfortable for Wiltshire

WILTSHIRE LADIES produced a fine performance to beat Herefordshire by 15 shots in the Walker Cup.   more...

Sport Cricket

Lewis has Twenty20 vision for Swindon

JON LEWIS wants to bring cricket's big hitting new format home to Swindon, writes JON RITSON.   more...

Burger Relish!

SWINDON, despite welcoming back skipper Will Nichols from injury, could not break their sequence of defeats as they slipped to defeat against Trowbridge in Saturday's home Gloucestershire & Wiltshire League Division One match.   more...

Shrivvie lads on song in super sixes

SHRIVENHAM'S under 10s reached the semi-final stages of the annual Brill six-a-side competition.   more...

Miles and Hill put Purton on front foot

Purton Under 13s clinched victory against Calne in their latest North Wiltshire League Under 13 encounter.   more...

Wiltshire eye up McCague

WILTSHIRE take on Herefordshire in their second Minor Counties Championship Western Division match at Corsham this coming Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.   more...

Indian BK has the Box seat

MALMESBURY clinched a six-wicket victory over Box in their latest Gloucestershire & Wiltshire League Division Two match ­ thanks to an impressive all-round display from BK Majunder.   more...

Iles the master blaster again

KEVIN Iles, Goatacre's captain during their National Village Knockout glory years, rolled back the years to hit a match-winning 163 against Devizes in Saturday's Gloucestershire & Wiltshire League Division One game.   more...

Nationwide pinch late, late victory

The top-of-the-table Swindon Evening League Division One clash between Nalgo and Nationwide resulted in a pulsating last-over victory for the latter.   more...

Bassett's battle in vain

BOTTOM-PLACED Wootton Bassett slipped to defeat against high-flying Dumbleton in their Gloucestershire & Wiltshire League Division One game ­ but only after a brave battle.   more...

Welcome back Goughie ­ we need the old Dazzler magic

A SPARKLING Dazzler, no room for Nasser and touch of wine tasting this week.   more...

Sport Rugby

Bath bring in Jonathan

BATH have signed promising back row player Jonathan Pettemerides as short-term cover during the World Cup.   more...

Swindon News

One competition we want to lose

LAST year the USA came third highest in the world behind China and Iran. The UK was nowhere to be seen. It didn't even make it onto the list. A cause for concern? Most definitely, because this was a list of countries who carried out executions.   more...

Families should talk about sex

The sexual health issue is again creating headlines as reports show that Britain is facing a worrying rise in sexually transmitted infections.   more...

A single Victoria Cross given

Your readers may be interested to know that for D-Day, only one Victoria Cross was awarded, to CSM SE Hollis for outstanding bravery and initiative throughout D-Day.   more...

Vikki's designs pack a punch

A fashion design student from Highworth has created a line of womenswear inspired by boxing legend Muhammad Ali.   more...

The day I escaped the guns

A CHARITY worker rescued from fierce fighting in Liberia by French special forces has vowed to return to the country to complete his work.   more...

French touch as Katy is the belle of the Bell

THE mine hosts of the Swindon CAMRA pub of the year have taken on an additional venue.   more...

A lord will be holding the reins

VETERAN racing commentator Lord Oaksey will be in the saddle as guest of honour at a fete in Brinkworth later this month.   more...

Just the job if you want work

The wide range of services available at the local Jobcentre will feature strongly at Swindon's Training and Education Exhibition tomorrow.   more...

Stylish day at the races

A group of Swindon women spent a stylish day at Ascot and enjoyed the races.   more...

Supermarket is at your service

A NEW Co-op store has opened in Watchfield. The store, in Majors Road, is one of Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-op's Swift Shop style supermarkets and it is located on the same site as the Watchfield McDonalds.   more...

New team will take care on the streets

COMMUNITY caretakers will act as the eyes and ears of Penhill in much the same way as the successful street wardens do in Parks and Walcot.   more...

School dominates chess event

YOUNG chess players from Lethbridge School in Swindon proved head and shoulders above the opposition when they dominated the finals of the Wiltshire and Swindon Primary Schools chess league.   more...

Wizard show!

UP to 20,000 schoolchildren are to be given an exclusive free preview of the world's biggest military airshow.   more...

Here we go again

The cost of the firefighters' pay settlement, introducing improved IT equipment and meeting a huge pension deficit could see Swindon's council tax going up and up warns leader Mike Bawden   more...

Stand and deliver!

WHEN Jo Batten moved into an old Cricklade cottage three years ago, she had no idea it was once home to a highwayman.   more...

Betting shop runs out of cash as punters hit winning streak

AN Old Town betting shop ran out of cash to pay winnings because so many punters struck lucky at Royal Ascot.   more...

School hoping for £190,000 boost to its facilities

A SCHOOL is set to find out this evening whether it will receive £190,000-worth of extra facilities.   more...

Library remains the top priority

FINDING the cash to build a new central library remains the number one priority for Swindon Council.   more...

Pupils go back in time to celebrate school's anniversary

CHILDREN travelled back in time to the Victorian era to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Gorse Hill Infant School.   more...

Minds behind the masterpieces

It isn't every day that art lovers can meet its creators and see the place where pieces were first given life. But as part of this year's Think Art festival, artists have thrown open the doors to their studios and let the public in. BHAVANI VADDE reports.   more...

Football crazy to raise funds

FOOTBALL fanatic Adie Hearn is on the ball when it comes to fundraising for our Macmillan appeal.   more...

We want the answers from Government

SWINDON'S householders will be justifiably enraged as news sinks in of an 8.3 per cent increase in council tax next year, and a further 21.3 per cent rise in the following two years.   more...

Plaques bring our past to life

HIGHWAYMAN William Peare was a bad lad, but it is good to know his old home is now adding colour to the pleasant town of Cricklade.   more...

Wiltshire News

The day I escaped the guns

A CHARITY worker rescued from fierce fighting in Liberia by French special forces has vowed to return to the country to complete his work.   more...

Wiltshire Sport

Net Gain!

JON STEVENSON cannot wait to start terrorising Second Division defenders and Town's newest recruit is already busy with a high-tech form of pre-season `training'.   more...