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Pewsey News

Shelley's triumphant return

Olympic hero Shelley Rudman shed a tear as she made a triumphant return to her home village of Pewsey this morning.   more...

Shelley's triumphant return

Olympic hero Shelley Rudman shed a tear as she made a triumphant return to her home village of Pewsey this morning.  more...

Salisbury City Fc News

City slip to fourth

SALISBURY City's 1-0 home defeat at the hands of Halesowen Town, coupled with victories for their promotion rivals, means they slipped to fourth place in the Southern League Premier Division.  more...

City slip to fourth

SALISBURY City's 1-0 home defeat at the hands of Halesowen Town, coupled with victories for their promotion rivals, means they slipped to fourth place in the Southern League Premier Division.  more...

Salisbury News

'Bright sparks' earn top awards

AN electronics company from Whiteparish has proved itself a real live wire, by scooping two of the top awards at the Wiltshire Business of the Year Awards 2005.  more...

Stfc Headlines

The dream grows

TOWN edged a step closer to the Premiership's promised land after toppling Tranmere Rovers amid rumours that Chelsea were keen to poach boss Glenn Hoddle, writes JON RITSON.  more...

On This Day

10 years ago: Wayne Allison and Steve Finney were on target as Town enjoyed a 2-0 win at Peterborough United. It extended their unbeaten run to seven matches.  more...

Tireless Peacock just cannot do enough

LESS' appears to be more in Lee Peacock's case with the striker admitting that his goal output has probably been hampered by a strong work ethic.  more...

A question of safety first

SWINDON-based referee Kevin Barnes cited player safety as the sole reason for his thumbs down after carrying out a thorough inspection which saw the County Ground surface declared unplayable.  more...

Devlin's Diary

Another busy couple of weeks at the County Ground started on a bit of a flat note following the home defeat to Rotherham.  more...

Extra Time!

THAWING injuries could be the positive trade-off for a frozen pitch as manager Iffy Onuora vows to heed warnings and focus on the here and now'.  more...

Swindon General Sport

Australian Gold Rush!

SWINDON boxing sensation Jamie Cox has his sights set on gold.  more...

Jazz keeps her mum and dad on her toes

JAZZ Carlin's trip to Oz has caused her parents countless sleepless nights over the past few weeks but they insist they would not have it any other way.  more...

Jones is savouring his 'one-off' chance

CHRIS Jones is determined to make the most of his Australian adventure as he admits the next few weeks could very much be a once in a lifetime' experience.  more...

Thornbury to kick off Westlecot campaign

WESTLECOT men begin their bid to win the Wessex League title with a match against Thornbury tomorrow.  more...

Festival hints from top four

IT was standing room only at a packed Calley Arms in Hodson as an expert panel attempted to unravel the ifs and buts of the coming Cheltenham Festival.  more...

Sandown's card a good pipe-opener for Festival

It is the lull before the storm this week as racing moves down a gear in preparation for the imminent Cheltenham Festival.  more...

Swindon Letters

Already done

G W Moore suggests that Swindon Council should provide a Park and Ride service from the Link Centre to the Great Western Hospital (SA, February 16).  more...

Windy figures

I AM in full agreement with the views expressed by Mr Hunter but I think he has missed the mark about wind power.  more...

Good service

MY wife has recently spent a few days at the Great Western Hospital. I would like to thank the staff there and also to Thamesdown Transport for the excellent service they run, at least from my part of town.  more...

Carry on skating

CLARE Emerton was spot-on (Tues, March 1) when she asked how can Swindon police enforce the banning of skateboards.  more...

Read all about the bad news

Well what an interesting time it has been, with yet another roll-over from the Government on retirement age, this time the firemen.  more...

Blair will be easy to get rid of

PLEASE allow me to respond to Coun Small's letter (SA, Feb 25), Tories should be glad Blair is PM.  more...

Give respect to STFC directors

On February 22, John Doyle wrote in to support the Swindon Council position that it cannot give money or a subsidy to Swindon Town Football Club Ltd, a private company.  more...

Swindon News

Not guilty

But I've lost my job, my reputation and my life is in ruins says builder wrongly accused of sex offences.  more...

It’s the rail thing!

SWINDON Station has been given a facelift thanks to children at one of the town's special schools.  more...

Give your views

THE local policeman for the Parks will hold a public surgery on March 18. PC Paul Phelps is the new community beat officer for the area and the meeting, at 10am in the Walcot Dome, is a chance for residents to get to meet him for the first time.  more...

Group prepares to resume fight

SWINDON civil liberty group No2ID is getting ready for the next round of the fight in the House of Lords.  more...

End of the road is in sight for old BMW building

Work is well under way to demolish the office building at BMW Group's Swindon Pressings plant off Bridge End Road.  more...

Students’ adventure proves a page turner

PHILEAS Fogg and his friends took time out of their race around the world to pop into a Swindon college.  more...

Parents vow to battle on

WINDMILL Hill Primary School parents say they felt numb when they heard Salt Way School will be closed at the end of the academic year.  more...

By Jovi, we missed out

WORLD-FAMOUS rock group Bon Jovi could have been playing in Swindon this summer if the town's football club had a larger capacity.  more...

Times General Sport

The new Ice Queen

ACCORDING to her father, Jennifer Sealey's chosen sport should come with a don't try this at home label.  more...

  
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