Stories for 3 June 2003

Business News

Big tick for its literacy project

SWINDON-based WH Smith has been named as a finalist in a national community awards scheme.   more...

An additional sign of customer care

SIGNING in for work means just that to Brenda Fortune, who works at the Regent's Street branch of the Abbey National in Swindon.   more...

Construction sites safety check underway

Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors are visiting construction sites in Swindon during the first two weeks of this month.   more...

Securicor unloads Wiltshire business

Cash transit-to-security guards group Securicor has sold its loss-making IT consultancy business for just over £30 million.   more...

Water firm wins national safety award

Thames Water has won a National Safety Award from the British Safety Council.   more...

Corsham News

David's still on standby for take-off

BOX adventurer David Hempleman-Adams is still waiting to begin his epic balloon flight across the Atlantic.   more...

Highworth News

Highworth hits the broadband target

INTERNET users in Highworth will soon have the option to switch to broadband after the town reached its trigger level set by BT two weeks ago.   more...

Sport Bowls

Westlecot four to represent county

WESTLECOT'S rink of Neil Hope, Ian Jefferies, Mel Biggs and Mark Dyer will represent Wiltshire in this year's National Inter-County Top Four competition.   more...

Wiltshire hoping for some family fortune

A FATHER and two sons playing in the same county bowls side is certainly a rarity.   more...

Sport Cricket

Chippenham go through in Knockout

Chippenham overcame Swindon in an exciting first round match of the Under 13 ECB National Knockout.   more...

House felled

UNBEATEN sides Biddestone and Westinghouse, along with Calne, are the early pacesetters of Division One of the Wiltshire Cricket League.   more...

Weekend results

Division One: Westinghouse 101-2 (24), Bath Civil Service 99ao (2); Beanacre 156ao (D Langfield 5-23) (7), Collingbourne 244-7 (G Khan 73, G Chandler 65, R Howard 5-55) (21); Nationwide House 181-7 (6), Biddestone 182-2 (D Perry 102no) (22); Potterne 221ao (9), Burbage & ER 223-6 (J Wheeler 56no, R Cope 75) (21); Calne 173-8 (R Anstee 81) (19), Purton 166ao (D Dunn 75, L Botes 5-45) (8).   more...

Sport Football

Happy Wanderers grab late winner

TROWBRIDGE Wanderers snatched the Mid Wilts Youth title in the most dramatic of circumstances with victory over chief rivals Green Baize.   more...

Eldene on lookout

FOOTBALL: Cirencester & Distrct League side Eldene Colts Under 12s require experienced players to bolster there squad for next season.   more...

Beginning of a dream

Highworth Junior Football Club's eight-year dream of a pavilion finally got under way yesterday.   more...

Sport Rugby

Swindon eye feeder link for juniors

SWINDON RFC hope to give their blossoming junior section a big boost by linking up with a major professional club side.   more...

A real downer

RUGBY'S annual league restructuring lottery has returned with Swindon being the latest local club with a hard luck story.   more...

Chairman Kaljusko calling it a day

PETE Kaljusko has stepped down as chairman of Corsham Rugby Club after 28 years' service.   more...

Swindon News

Do not believe every statistic

THE article headed "Move to new hospital helps bring down waiting lists" and mentioned that the waiting list for cataract surgery had been reduced from 18 months three years ago to just three or four weeks now.   more...

It's the pharmacy's fault

HAVING spent several visits now as a patient at our great new hospital, I feel I can now put my finger on the problem of bed blocking and it's not the patients. No it's the pharmacy department.   more...

No longer any help for Neighbourhood Watch

SEVERAL years ago I became co-ordinator for a Neighbourhood Watch Scheme which included about a dozen households in Burden Close.   more...

Revamp for town station

THE NEW platform at Swindon train station has opened to a mixed response from passengers.   more...

Irish dance troupe to entertain crowds at festival

THIS year's Old Town Festival has had a cash boost from a dance troupe which will be part of the celebrations.   more...

Councillors argue over housing plan

A DISPUTE has broken out over the number of houses that should be built on Swindon's outskirts.   more...

Remembering Korean War

A historic flypast will honour the heroic actions of the 1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment during the Korean War at this year's Cotswold Show and Country Fair in Cirencester Park.   more...

Splashathon to aid baby charity

Babies and toddlers made a splash for charity at Cannons Health Club in Greenbridge.   more...

Driver tried to kiss his passenger

A TAXI driver who indecently assaulted a female passenger has been given a two-year community rehabilitation order.   more...

Stan's the man for making new friends

Former Swindon mayor Stan Pajak returned from Poland with thousands of new friends.   more...

Highworth hits the broadband target

INTERNET users in Highworth will soon have the option to switch to broadband after the town reached its trigger level set by BT two weeks ago.   more...

Booters' bonanza

AN upmarket car boot sale will be held in Coleshill on Sunday.   more...

Scrapstore gets a royal honour

ORGANISATIONS and individuals have been queuing up to congratulate a Swindon charity which has been honoured by the Queen.   more...

Teenagers get a helping hand from mentors

MENTORS of the SMASH youth project are now fully prepared to help young people in Swindon.   more...

Got any leads?

POLICE officer Barry Reid wants to become a dog handler but he has not got a dog.   more...

Display extended

AN exhibition dis- displaying the assort-ed styles of the Coleshill Group of Artists is to remain open for a further two weekends.   more...

Drugs driver jailed after trail of terror

A DRIVER high on heroin and crack cocaine who left a trail of terror behind her as she piled into the central reservation on Fleming Way has been jailed for a year.   more...

Vicar all set to welcome her flock into new church

THE Reverend Ruth Cram is thrilled with the community spirit in Taw Hill and cannot wait for its new church to be built.   more...

Medical aid is shipped to Belarus

MORE than 4,000 items of medical equipment from the former Princess Margaret Hospital have been delivered to a small town in Belarus.   more...

Foxacre Treize is a hit at royal show

FARMER Ann Orr-Ewing was thrilled when one of her pedigree heifers won first prize at The Royal Bath and West of England Show.   more...

Carla is set to face a challenging trek

MOTHER of two Carla Delicata is getting into training to climb the highest peak in Africa ­ despite having a painful medical condition.   more...

Endometriosis facts

Endometriosis is caused when cells that should exist in the womb lining migrate to different parts of the body.   more...

On the mountain

Kilimanjaro stands 205 miles south of the equator, in Tanzania's northern border with Kenya. It is the highest mountain on the African continent, standing 19,340 ft high and is composed of three volcanoes; Kibo (19,340ft), Mawenzi (16,896 ft), and Shira (13,000 ft).   more...

Dream for riverside arts centre unveiled

A state-of-the-art theatre and cinema could be built on the banks of the River Kennet in Marlborough.   more...

Find out how you can enjoy award scheme

LAST September Lawn Network Club became a Duke of Edinburgh's Award Access Organisation and can now provide other sections of the award through the club.   more...

Catch up with old friends

Veterans from Swindon who served with the 1st Battalion of the Dorset Regiment in Austria, Hong Kong, Korea or Minden between 1950 and 1959 are being invited to join a reunion.   more...

Police assured that new radios are safe

A NEW radio system due to be used by police officers across Wiltshire by the end of the year is safe, according to its manufacturer and the officer responsible for its introduction.   more...

Ahhhh! Creepy crawlies pop down the pub to sup a pint

LIZARDS eating snails, and millipedes supping on a pint is hardly a typical scene at anyone's local pub.   more...

Chefs cook against the clock

CHEFS from across Wiltshire are battling it out in the county's very own Ready, Steady Cook-style competition.   more...

Leaflet drop shows how kind you are

SWINDON CANCER APPEAL: Macmillan leaflets have been landing on the doormats of more than 50,500 homes over the last few days.   more...

Festival celebrates historical treasures

Wiltshire's archaeological treasures will form the basis of a week-long festival this summer.   more...

Buyer beware

A shop has opened up in Regent Street claiming you can purchase top brand electricals at knock down prices. Now Swindon's trading standards officers are warning people to be cautious of sales like these.   more...

Would you know dirty -nailed attacker?

POLICE are continuing their appeal for help in tracking down a man who attacked and robbed a woman in her home.   more...

Charity is looking for new centre

AGE Concern Swindon has won a lottery grant that will enable it to move to accessible offices in the centre of town.   more...

Up in arms

AROUND 40 pupils at Dorcan Technology College face disciplinary action after a protest caused chaos.   more...

David's still on standby for take-off

SWINDON-born adventurer David Hempleman-Adams is still waiting to begin his epic balloon flight across the Atlantic.   more...

Cygnets die in horrific attack

FOUR cygnets are feared drowned after a family of swans was coated in cooking oil.   more...

A chance to show you care

SWINDON CARES is a new campaign which aims to raise funds for three worthy causes in the town, and has the backing of major organisations locally. BHAVANI VADDE reports.   more...

A shoulder to lean on

SWINDON CARES: JOHN Mills says he wouldn't be here now if it wasn't for Macmillan nurses.   more...

Report the vile abusers of animals

A BRITISH person of average intelligence supposedly has a vocabulary of about 10,000 words.   more...

Firms set up new charity

FOR years it has been fashionable to slate big business, local government and professionals as being cold and distant, divorced from the real world and its problems.   more...

Swindoncares News

Service for our senior citizens

AGE Concern Swindon has been working to improve quality of life for older people for more than 50 years.   more...

A shoulder to lean on

JOHN Mills says he wouldn't be here now if it wasn't for Macmillan nurses.   more...

A chance to show you care

Swindon cares is a new campaign which aims to raise funds for three worthy causes in the town, and has the backing of major organisations locally. BHAVANI VADDE reports   more...

Wiltshire News

David's still on standby for take-off

WILTSHIRE adventurer David Hempleman-Adams is still waiting to begin his epic balloon flight across the Atlantic.   more...

Wiltshire Sport

Kop Kid is in

ANDREW Nicholas has been thwarted in his bid to become a `Kop idol' but the Liverpool youngster would love to give Swindon Town fans something to sing about next season.   more...

  
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