Stories for 25 June 2003

Business News

Too many limos and too small a garden ...

Despite what they say, size really does matter ­ especially in the limousine rental business.   more...

Staff get set for challenge

Zurich staff in Swindon are gearing up to take part in Challenge 2003, Zurich's annual charity volunteering event.   more...

SMEs must begin to think green

The largest study yet into the environmental behaviour of smaller businesses in the region has revealed that many are failing to take action to protect the environment.   more...

Sport Angling

Telling catch lifts Abbey Lake prospects in Super Cup qualifier

Abbey Lake AC, from Cirencester, had a great result in the latest Super Cup round fished on the River Thames at Medley,   more...

Sport Bowls

County ladies stay same

WILTSHIRE'S lady bowlers are unchanged for the match against Devon tomorrow in the third round of the Walker Cup competition at the neutral venue of Shaftesbury.   more...

Sport Cricket

We'll be keeping Ian's feet firmly on the deck - Jon Lewis journal

IAN Harvey's historic Twenty20 hundred rightly captured the cricketing headlines but we've been doing our best in the Gloucestershire dressing room to keep his feet on the ground.   more...

Bassett pick up vital win

WOOTTON Bassett emerged victorious by 60 runs in a Glos/Wilts Division One derby that neither they nor Swindon could afford to lose.   more...

Chippenham in the semi-finals

Chippenham inflicted a heavy defeat on Wootton Bassett in the quarter final of the county stage of the Portman National Under 15 Club Cricket Championship.   more...

Box too strong for Apperley

Box recorded their second victory in Glos/Wilts Division 2 with a comprehensive 10-wicket win against visitors Apperley.   more...

Luke batters biddestone

Luke Edwards hit 51 with the bat and then took four wickets with the ball as Calne beat Biddestone by 48 runs in the North Wilts Junior League Under 11 Division.   more...

Last-gasp success for Malmesbury

MALMESBURY Under 15s won the Stroud Evening League Cup with a final victory over Hawkesbury.   more...

Nationwide in top spot after eight wicket joy

NATIONWIDE remain in the driving seat in Division One of the Swindon Evening Cricket League after an eight-wicket win over Southwest at Pipers Way.   more...

Goatacre hit all-time low as they crash to defeat

GOATACRE slumped to their lowest-ever total, as Trowbridge skittled them out for just 49 in Glos/Wilts Division One.   more...

McCague downs Wilts

FORMER England paceman Martin McCague put paid to Wiltshire's hopes on the final day of their Minor Counties Championship encounter against Herefordshire at Corsham's Station Road ground yesterday.   more...

Gloucestershire see off Dragons

CRAIG Spearman blitzed 88 off 39 balls, with seven sixes, as Gloucestershire hit a record 221 for seven in a 53-run Twenty20 Cup defeat of Glamorgan Dragons at Bristol.   more...

Swgolfer News

Shock winner says 'I didn't want to play'

Alan Gawman was the shock winner of the South West strokeplay championship at Burnham and Berrow and then revealed that he was a reluctant team member.   more...

Edwards extends Somerset record

England international Colin Edwards won the Somerset county golf championship for a record 11th time.   more...

Autograph hunter's charity offering

A Dorset cancer charity should benefit substantially from Martyn Thompson's first excursion on to the European Tour.   more...

Townsend is new county champion

Newcomer Craig Townsend from Exeter is the new Devon county champion.   more...

An artistic sideline

Katie Huffam, based at Hamptworth, on the fringe of the New Forest near Salisbury, is not only a qualified golf professional, she is also an expert artist.   more...

Searle keeps flag hoisted

Mark Searle (High Post), whose father Roger was one of Wiltshire's all-time greats, won the county championship for the first time at Cumberwell Park and Kingsdown.   more...

Parker quits ferndown for business sabbatical

Iain Parker is quitting as Ferndown club professional at the end of October to pursue other interests. The club is already advertising for his successor.   more...

Peacock survives a scare to score

Tom Peacock retained the Dorset county championship at Ferndown but he almost failed to qualify for the final matchplay stages.   more...

Beatie leaves Sidmouth after just a few weeks

Alan Beattie travelled almost the length of the country to take up his new post as Sidmouth professional, but he quickly departed after a matter of weeks.   more...

Nasty nine on par- four 17th robs Rob

Robert Evans came within two holes of winning the 36-hole North Wilts Pro-am but he took nine on the par-four 17th when a par would have secured victory.   more...

Triple winners at Pyle and Kenfig Pro-am

Saltford assistant Darren Read gained his first big win of the season in the BACTA Pro-am at Pyle and Kenfig. He shot two-under-par 69 to win £523.   more...

Jon of all trades

Former Hampshire and Somerset batsman Jon Hardy proved himself to be just as good a golfer as he was a county cricketer in the Ferndown Pro-Am.   more...

Chippenham win for Iain Ferrie

Bowood's Iain Ferrie maintained his impressive form by adding the Chippenham Pro-am prize to the West region assistants Championship he won at Woodlake Park the previous week.   more...

Award for Mawson

Former Bristol and Clifton professional Peter Mawson was recommended for the Toby Sunderland PGA award by the West Region for his charity work.   more...

Third win for Mike Unwin

Mike Unwin won the Gloucestershire county championship for the third time at Ross on Wye and then praised two teaching professionals at his Brickhampton Court club for making it possible.   more...

Swindon News

Pressure not build forever

LAST Wednesday's page one item on the expected rises in council tax will have alarmed many readers, particularly those on low and fixed incomes such as pensioners.   more...

Left with Labour's legacy

So Coun Kevin Small, Leader of the Labour Group, is making wildly inaccurate claims again.   more...

Centre sale should have paid off deficit

SO now instead of the promised reduction in council tax which enabled the Tories to gain control of Swindon council, we are faced with an increase of 8.3 per cent for next year and 12.2 per cent the following year, a year when I believe there are no local elections.   more...

Make it easier to dump rubbish legally

I am not surprised people treat Swindon as a dumping ground (lead article, Monday).   more...

Can't always lay the blame with parents

I would like to reply to Coun Garry Perkins comments in a report regarding a parent's prosecution for her child's truancy.   more...

World is an unfair place

I know that the elderly (I know because I am one) nearly always look with horror at the changes that are taking place in a world that they think they own as if by `squatters rights' but even allowing for our bias we do know that there are many things that still need changing.   more...

Euro does have benefits

IT would appear that some of your correspondents are unaware of any favourable aspects of joining the Euro.   more...

Destroy by stealth

THIS week sees the start of the Time Team's excavation of the important North Swindon Roman site, and what gem have the philistines on our council come up with ­ to construct two cycle paths across it!   more...

Fix the problem

IN my reply to Wendy Fear's letter with reference to her outrage of my first letter.   more...

Ban drivers on mobiles say police

A SENIOR Swindon police officer has thrown his weight behind plans to ban motorists caught using their mobile telephones at the wheel from driving.   more...

Museum could go to the wall

A GROUP which aims to keep the history of Wootton Bassett alive is under threat because no one wants to take over from the current committee members.   more...

Steam power makes a farming comeback

Agriculture past, present and future was the focus of a Food and Farming event at the Science Museum in Wroughton.   more...

Coun Pajak says `Thanks for the memories'

FORMER mayor Stan Pajak (Lib Dem, Eastcott) has received an album of photographs from the Evening Advertiser documenting his year in office.   more...

MPs back new laws to move travellers

SWINDON'S MPs have backed new laws allowing police to quickly and permanently move illegal travellers.   more...

Youngsters' bike ride will boost appeal

SWINDON CANCER APPEAL: Schoolboy Daniel Bown is planning to cycle around a Swindon nature reserve to raise money for the Swindon Cancer Appeal.   more...

Neighbours from hell face sanctions

COUNCILLORS will consider radical plans to impose housing benefit sanctions on anti-social neighbours.   more...

Meet Swindon's creative young cooks

JAMES Kolasinski knew just the recipe to make judges' mouths water.   more...

Online voting was a failure

ELECTRONIC voting, which was piloted in 17 areas of the country, including Swindon, at the last local elections, has been branded a failure.   more...

Dedication to the disabled is rewarded

A SWINDON man has been given an award for his dedication to helping improve the quality of life for hundreds of disabled people.   more...

Opposing views over smacking

A SWINDON MP's call for parents to be banned outright from smacking their children has met with opposition in the town.   more...

Boots for a hoot at the coots and the grebes

A WALK is to be held on Sunday to discover the flora and fauna of a Cotswold Water Park nature reserve.   more...

Pupils collect 10 tonnes of waste paper

CHILDREN from St Sampson's Infants School in Cricklade have collected 10 tonnes of waste paper as part of a bid to increase recycling.   more...

Fingers crossed

Explorer David Hempleman-Adams could set off on his record-breaking bid to cross the Atlantic in a wicker basket balloon on Friday.   more...

Teenager mugged

A teenager was mugged at the back of Clive Parade at around 10.30pm on Friday, June 20.   more...

Wrens website launched

The Association of Wrens is now online and hoping to catch the attention of women currently serving in the Royal Navy or those ex Wrens, QARNNS and Reservists who may be living in the local area.   more...

End of line for Cellular Ops

Just three months after buying the mobile phone service provider, Vodafone is pulling the plug on its two Swindon sites putting 480 workers out of a job.   more...

Make it legal

A LEADING Swindon criminal defence solicitor today called for the legalisation of Class A drugs.   more...

Katy dreams of a date with dolphins

Katy Dean has always longed to swim with dolphins - so her family and friends are raising funds to make her dream come true.   more...

It's time for the spadework

TIME TEAM, BIG DIG: EXPERTS from Channel 4's Time Team will be at Groundwell Ridge at the weekend to start the Big Dig, the biggest single archaeological investigation ever undertaken in the UK.   more...

Callum's ready with his trowel!

TIME TEAM, BIG DIG: Hazel Macgregor's back garden in Upper Minety already looks like it has been attacked by the Time Team - either that or dozens of moles.   more...

Scouts get the Roman touch

TIME TEAM, BIG DIG: It will be less of the dibs and more of the digs when a group of Scouts joins in with the Big Dig.   more...

Why we're backing this gay bishop

Rt Rev Michael Doe, Bishop of SwindonTHE Bishop of Swindon has spoken out in support of the appointment of a gay clergyman as Bishop of Reading.   more...

Barbara didn't think she'd reach the age of 81. . now she's 100!

GIFTS from as far as South Africa, Australia and America were sent to Barbara Sismey as she celebrated her 100th birthday.   more...

All dressed up for the common good

COMMONWEAL School is once again set to open its doors to former pupils and staff.   more...

Seats too small

I WOULD like to add my comments to Ivan Rickwood's letter printed June 17, regarding the fact that the Wyvern Theatre needs updating, especially with air conditioning.   more...

Chaos on M4

LAST Thursday I was one of the many people caught up in the M4 traffic jam.   more...

Keep open mind over drugs idea

SOLICITOR Rob Ross says that Class A drugs such as heroin should be legalised on the grounds that it will cut crime and the fear of crime.   more...

No room for complacency

Many Cellular Operations staff are today no doubt feeling sick with the news that they will lose their jobs.   more...

Wiltshire News

It's time for the spadework

TIME TEAM, BIG DIG: EXPERTS from Channel 4's Time Team will be at Groundwell Ridge at the weekend to start the Big Dig, the biggest single archaeological investigation ever undertaken in the UK.   more...

Wiltshire Sport

Sammy's Seal

SAMMY IGOE'S gut feeling tells him that he has made the right decision in joining Swindon Town, and he is determined to help his new club enjoy the taste of promotion.   more...

Wootton Bassett News

Museum could go to the wall

A GROUP which aims to keep the history of Wootton Bassett alive is under threat because no one wants to take over from the current committee members.   more...

  
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