Stories for 15 February 2006
Bradford News
SWIMMERS will face more disruption as a public pool closes for the second time in three months.
Bradford on Avon pool closed on Monday for scheduled work on its roof and repairs needed after a fire in mid December. more...
SWIMMERS will face more disruption as a public pool closes for the second time in three months.
Bradford on Avon pool closed on Monday for scheduled work on its roof and repairs needed after a fire in mid December. more...
Salisbury City Fc News
TICKETS to Salisbury City's FA Trophy quarter-final clash at Exeter City have gone on sale today. more...
Independent Bookmakers of Milford Street have announced their prices for Salisbury's trip to lowly Northwood on Saturday. more...
Salisbury News
JAIL terms totalling more than 18 years have been handed down in Salisbury, marking the end of a major undercover police operation targeting street drug dealers in the city. more...
PLANS to build two new 'super-surgeries' that promise to revolutionise healthcare in Salisbury have moved a step further this week. more...
Swindon And Proud Campaign
A SWINDON soldier and his friends have raised nearly £2,000 for one of the butterfly children. more...
Swindon Business Headlines
A BUSINESSWOMAN is enjoying the lighter side of life after a career move to Swindon. more...
A BUSINESSWOMAN is enjoying the lighter side of life after a career move to Swindon. more...
SWINDON-based solicitors Lemon and Co have expressed their concern about the Government's new Home Information Packs
From June 1, 2007 no property can be offered for sale unless a HIP pack has been prepared and is held by the seller or their selling agent. more...
THE Nationwide Foundation the charitable arm of the Swindon-based building society has appointed a new chief executive. more...
#Small and medium businesses in the south west are being urged to crack the export market of Brazil. more...
SMALL and medium businesses in the south west are being urged to crack the export market of Brazil. more...
Swindon Letters
Re: Letter from Cynthia Desmond, Parents have it easy nowadays. more...
I REFER to G Scott's letter of Feb 9 in which he bemoans the loss of traditions. I've seen more changes in my lifetime than G Scott has had hot dinners or sandwiches. more...
RE: the article Battle looms for sex trade. I have read some asinine statements over the years but the one to councillors by Rosemary Wells of the New Swindon Company really takes the biscuit. It falls somewhere between ludicrous and absurd. more...
YOUR correspondent, M F Huntley, "Wind turbines must be a joke" (SA, February 10) asks where does the funding come from for the proposed wind turbines on the Honda site. more...
I WOULD like to congratulate Douglas Barker, the Purton pensioner who has withheld 10 per cent of his taxes in protest against the Iraq war. more...
CULTURAL diversity is important so I am pleased that the company in charge of the redevelopment of the town centre is considering something for everyone (SA Pubs get the thumbs down, Feb 9). more...
THANK you for your coverage of the efforts to fund the refurbishment of Highworth's swimming pool. more...
SO the EU want a dedicated TV programme to show what goes on all over Europe. I thought they already had one. more...
Swindon News
NATURE'S Wonders is the subject of a talk in Purton this evening. more...
A MASS for peace will be held in Swindon. more...
A LOTTERY bid for £50m could see Swindon's railway heritage including the Mechanics' Institute restored to its former glory. more...
IT WAS billed as round two by some fans. more...
VOTERS in Swindon will be among the first to use fraud-busting techniques at this year's local elections. more...
TWO sisters who sparked a nightclub brawl have been ordered to go on an anger management course. more...
WITHIN 18 months Pride will be one of the most responsible dogs in the country. more...
A COMMUNITY group is paying a private security firm to protect two football pitches from misuse. more...
BURGLARS broke into 13 homes out of every 1,000 in Swindon last year. more...
A PROMISING young diver from Swindon says the restoration of the Highworth Rec swimming pool would help her chances of competing at the 2012 Olympics in London. more...
SCHOOL uniforms were abandoned for the day as St Catherine's Catholic Primary School celebrated its book fair. more...
SCHOOL uniforms were abandoned for the day as St Catherine's Catholic Primary School celebrated its book fair. more...
HUNDREDS of mourners turned out to pay their respects to a man described as a legend of the Wootton Bassett community. more...
A SWINDON soldier and his friends have raised nearly £2,000 for one of the butterfly children. more...
THE funeral will be held this week of Swindon's most celebrated native American. more...
THE spirit of Morocco is being brought to life in Old Town. more...
A TEENAGE Asian musician has thrown his weight behind the campaign to save the Swindon Mela festival. more...
TRAIN operator First Great Western is to launch a consultation into timetable changes planned for later this year. more...
A MAN accused of disposing of a knife for a friend told how a carefree trip to London led to his appearance in a murder trial just over a year later. more...
A TEENAGER had his moped stolen after a youth pushed him off it and rode away. more...
The Children's Scrapstore, a local charity which recycles unwanted materials into play things, has paint to give away for a small donation. more...
POLICE have appealed for information after a window was smashed at Wyvern House, Theatre Square. more...
NEW College students will be celebrating the wisdom of words at the end of the month. more...
SUPERMARKET giant Sainsbury's opens a new store in Wootton Bassett tomorrow. more...
TRAFFIC calming measures will be installed outside a West Swindon school in the next couple of weeks. more...
SWINDON police are appealing for witnesses following the theft of an electric jigsaw from Leyland Paints, Equity Trade Centre, in Hobley Drive in Stratton at 3.30pm on Monday February 6. more...
FORMER Pink Floyd and Thin Lizzy band member Snowy White will be bringing his blues electric guitar band to Swindon Arts Centre. more...
RUBBISH turned into cash for four lucky recyclers in North Wiltshire after messages in a bottle won them £100. more...
THE Highworth branch of the Royal British Legion collected more than £5,000 in last year's Poppy Appeal. more...
Swindon railway station staff have given the thumbs up to the recent refurbishment of the station's ticket entrance hall. more...
MEMBERS of Swindon Pegasus Brass did themselves proud during a competition at the weekend. more...
KERB-CRAWLERS who cruise the streets of Swindon looking to pick up prostitutes deserve to be named and shamed, according to Advertiser readers. more...
MEN and women in Swindon are invited to find out what being a Territorial Army soldier is all about on Saturday. more...
THERE was a flurry of heart-shaped activity at St Andrew's Ridge, as young pupils at the Leapfrog Nursery made cards and crafts for friends and family. more...
THERE was a flurry of heart-shaped activity at St Andrew's Ridge, as young pupils at the Leapfrog Nursery made cards and crafts for friends and family. more...
A MENTAL health charity says that it is disappointed but not surprised by problems facing Sandalwood Court. more...
HOMES in Swindon are being sought for greyhounds who have retired from racing. more...
A GROUP of New College students were the envy of onlookers when they walked through the country's most famous front door. more...
"IT'S a disgusting habit". This was the refreshing view from a Swindon smoker on the night MPs voted for a blanket ban on smoking in pubs and private clubs. more...
BALLOONS and paints were on offer to youngsters who stopped by a charity stand at the McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Centre . more...
BREAST cancer sufferer Ann Marie Rogers has lost her High Court battle to get the drug Herceptin. more...
High Court rules against treatment of
Herceptin: BREAST cancer sufferer Ann Marie Rogers has lost her High Court battle to get the drug Herceptin. more...
Swindon Theatre & Arts
THURSDAY TO SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23 TO 25, 2006, SWINDON: A Wiltshire drama group is bucking the trend with a waiting list of 40 budding actors wanting to join the group. more...
Times Football
Calne Town 1, Bishop Sutton 0 more...
Calne Town 1, Bishop Sutton 0 more...
Westbury United 7, Clevedon United 3 more...
