Stories for 30 June 2003

Business News

In the lap of luxury

Once embarrassingly bereft of anywhere swish, swanky and top drawer enough to warrant inviting business clients to, Swindon now has its first world-class business hotel   more...

Dear Boss, I want to go on holiday . . . and I want to go now!

IMAGINE being able to take a holiday when you want it, for as long as you want it, without having to kowtow to your boss. Too good to be true? Well not in America where a new corporate initiative of trust breaks is being pioneered. Jeremy Smith investigates   more...

Get around the smoking dilemma with comfort breaks

It's one of the office's hoariest old chestnuts - why smokers are allowed to take `smoking breaks' when non-smokers don't seem able to enjoy the same privileges.   more...

Sport Cricket

Century boys boost county

Phil Weston and South African Jonty Rhodes each scored centuries as Gloucestershire completed their recovery at the Rose Bowl.   more...

Glos/Wilts Cricket League Results

GLOS/WILTS DIVISION 1 ­ 1ST XI   more...

Sport Football

Back in training

WROUGHTON kick off their pre-season training tomorrow night.   more...

Swindon News

Twisted version of Christianity

The Church of England Bishop of Oxford, Richard Harries, has proposed the appointment of an openly practising gay canon priest, Dr Jeffrey John, as the new Bishop of Reading.   more...

Be alert in the summer

THANK you Evening Advertiser for bringing to our attention the fact that we need to be alert during the summer months.   more...

Message to university: hands off Coate Water

WHEN I moved here about six years ago it was soon clear that all was not well with the management of Swindon.   more...

It doesn't add up

I AM a 69-year-old disabled person in receipt of state retirement pension and a local government occupational pension. I live in council sheltered accommodation.   more...

Praise from afar

I'D like to thank you for a good story on Eldene Primary School.   more...

Proving popular

I HAD to laugh at I G Reeve's letter on June 23.   more...

One rule for one...

DOES living in a council flat stop me and my family from having the same privileges as a council tenant living in a house?   more...

The real weapons

Are Clare Short and Robin Cook weapons of mass destruction?   more...

On line for the future

ENTHUSIASTS working to restore old steam locomotives have supported plans to enlarge the Designer Outlet Village - even though it will mean reducing the size of their workshop.   more...

Beware: the vodka you are drinking might be counterfeit

Swindon Council is warning the public to watch out for counterfeit vodka.   more...

Car dealers' tournament to help charity

Staff and customers at two Swindon car dealers are limbering up for a charity football tournament on Saturday.   more...

Children smarter than we thought

When it comes to communicating with a computer, children find it just as easy to use an interactive soft toy as a mouse, according to new research sponsored by North Star-based Economic and Social Research Council.   more...

Albino hits the allotment!

A GARDENER had a special visit while he was tending to his vegetables - from an albino peahen.   more...

MPs rebel to back total hunting ban

SWINDON'S Labour MPs have defied Tony Blair by backing an outright ban on fox hunting as a crucial Commons vote looms tonight.   more...

Cold custard for Laura and her pals

SWINDON CANACER APPEAL: Relaxing in a bath of custard sounds like an unlikely way to end a hard day at school.   more...

Under the spotlight

COUNCIL officials will be grilled about their departments and spending under a new system of council accountability called the Star Chamber.   more...

Now cadets are ready for take off with new squadron

HIGH-FLYING youngsters celebrated the formal inauguration of a new air cadet squadron in Stratton.   more...

A great day out

Wimbledon fans were not the only ones enjoying strawberries over the weekend.   more...

Tougher on tearaways

SWINDON Council is stepping up its fight against troublemakers who bring misery to the town's communities.   more...

Digging for treasure

IT was the most ambitious archaeological search undertaken in Britain - and Swindon's Roman site at Groundwell Ridge was at the heart of it.   more...

Trains must be more reliable

SWINDON train passengers today declared First Great Western had more work to do to make its services more reliable.   more...

Balloon attempt ends in failure

DAVID Hempleman-Adams today vowed not to give up after again abandoning his record-breaking attempt to cross the Atlantic in a wicker basket balloon.   more...

Beating the bullies with their success

SCHOOLCHILDREN who have overcome bullying and other problems have celebrated their success.   more...

School children enjoy a living history lesson

CHILDREN from Penhill Primary School were among the thousands of other wannabe archaeologists as they dug for riches in their school grounds.   more...

Scouts do the spadework

SCOUTS combined a night under the stars with a dig to uncover buried treasure behind their scout hut.   more...

`I was sent 20 con letters in 10 days'

SWINDON Council's Trading Standards department has issued a warning after a Swindon man received 20 junk mail letters in 10 days.   more...

Alfie gets some smiles

The Evening Advertiser's new mascot, Alfie the Adver Alligator visited the young patients in the children's ward at Great Western Hospital.   more...

Do your bit to combat this menace

IT is perhaps a little harsh of the Government to accuse Swindon Council of doing little to tackle anti-social behaviour.   more...

Inspiring work by youngsters

Today we pay tribute to a group of brave schoolchildren who have worked hard to turn their lives around.   more...

Wiltshire News

Balloon attempt ends in failure

DAVID Hempleman-Adams today vowed not to give up after again abandoning his record-breaking attempt to cross the Atlantic in a wicker basket balloon.   more...

Wiltshire Sport

Inches away!

DAVID Howell missed out on his second ever European tour victory by the finest of margins yesterday - but the blow was softened by a runners-up cheque worth almost £200,000.   more...