Stories for 14 January 2006
Day In The Life
WHEN he was a small boy, Tom Lyons dreamed of joining the jet set. more...
Salisbury News
TWO mums whose twins were born prematurely and spent time in special care have set up a support group to help families with similar experiences. more...
Stfc Headlines
A DETERMINED Lou Macari warned Gillingham the fight for promotion was far from over despite Town's 1-0 defeat at the Priestfield Stadium in May 1987, writes HOLLY BURTON. more...
10 years ago: Town suffered only their second defeat of the campaign, going down 2-0 at York City. more...
IFFY Onuora prefers beauty to the beast but if his team has to win ugly' at Gillingham today then he'll happily take it. more...
JAMIE Cureton wants a Gillingham dose of deja vu' yet shudders at the thought of the same affliction in Wiltshire, writes JON RITSON. more...
IFFY Onuora has welcomed moves to investigate Mike Newell's bung' claims as a Football League report shows Town are in line with the national picture by reducing the sums shelled out to agents. more...
PAUL Smith will not hesitate to put the boot into Gillingham's survival bid with his colours now firmly nailed to the Swindon Town mast. more...
Swindon General Sport
AN OUT-OF-SORTS display in the Royal Trophy was just the kick up the backside' David Howell needed as his 2006 campaign begins in earnest. more...
Faringdon-based rider Zoe Wilkinson is among the entrants in the first round of a national equestrian series. more...
EXPECT a slow start from Cherie Llewellyn's Delius Moon in Blunsdon's second race this evening (7.50pm). more...
Broome Manor, Wiltshire's matchplay champions, are the most powerful club in the county, with 15 players in the county golf union's annual handicap review list. more...
FABCATS, a Swindon based company, has just finalised a sponsorship deal with Swindon School of Gymnastics. more...
Jonathen de Giles, who successfully combines farming with training racehorses at South Farm, Stanton Fitzwarren, will be looking to get a winner or two under his belt with the new point-to-point season getting under way. more...
Marlborough trainer Heidi Sweeting, who turned out 18 winners from her 20-horse yard last year, opened her 2006 account at Lingfield with 12-1 shot Casablanca Minx, ridden by apprentice Eddie Creighton. more...
With the Cheltenham Festival on the horizon, entries have been announced for the Gold Cup and the Queen Mother Champion Chase. more...
Swindon Letters
MANY newspapers carry hospital horror stories these days. This letter, however, is to thank the surgeons, anaesthetists and nurses who helped my daughter on January 6 when she was admitted to the Great Western Hospital with a broken hip. more...
ON November 11, 2005 at around 11.20am I had a nasty fall in Victoria Road. more...
ON November 11, 2005 at around 11.20am I had a nasty fall in Victoria Road. more...
I AM astonished that Tom Morton is in the least bit surprised that the Tories are thinking of closing the Milton Road Baths given their track record. more...
AS a disabled person, I am very concerned as to Swindon Council cutting the grant for the Dial a Ride services. more...
THE recent press reports and television coverage on the proposal to restore the Baptist Tabernacle portico to Swindon, justifiably reflect the broad interest in the plan. more...
The delay and deny policy of Swindon Primary Care Trust was demonstrated yet again by refusing the drug Herceptin to a breast cancer patient a drug which is available in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Manchester and other areas. more...
I BELIEVE the population of Swindon broke through the 100,000 barrier around 1970 therefore the population has almost doubled since then. If people believe this is due to procreation alone they are idiots. more...
Swindon News
A SWINDON dad has spoken of his relief at learning that his son is safe after taking part in the pilgrimage in which 345 people died. more...
POLICE in Wootton Bassett are appealing for victims of a car tyre slashing spree to come forward. more...
THE British should stop being ashamed of their national identity and start showing a bit of pride, MP Michael Wills will say today. more...
For the last 15 months Swindon Police have been using a CCTV van to keep an eye on the town centre's nightlife. Officers say the van is a useful tool in tackling booze-fuelled trouble on the weekends. more...
VANDALS smashed a window at a Wootton Bassett sports centre. Half a brick was thrown at the glass area of a fire escape door at Lime Kiln Leisure Centre. more...
