Archive
-
Date
Graham and Steve reach quarter-finals
England internationals Steve Warren and Graham Shadwell are through to the quarter-finals in the Wiltshire national singles championships. Warren booked his place in the last eight with a 21-13 win over Vince Kimber at Marlborough. At the same venue Shadwell
-
Date
Darts players throw a fundraiser for appeal
Ref. 25633-37SWINDON CANCER APPEAL: DARTS players from Marlborough are aiming to support the Swindon Cancer Appeal with yet another fundraising event. Just last month, members of three teams which play at Marlborough Town Football Club raised £400 for
-
Date
Another Gorse Hill trader calls it a day
Ref. 25639-17A GORSE Hill butcher has blamed a set of "hated" traffic lights for driving him out of business. Stuart Henderson, who owns the butcher's shop in Cricklade Road, shut his doors for the last time yesterday. Mr Henderson, who opened for business
-
Date
MP disappointed that Section 28 has been scrapped
GAY activists have welcomed the news that a bid to retain what they see as a homophobic law has failed. But Conservative politicians including North Wiltshire MP James Gray say they are disappointed that Section 28 of the Local Government Act is to be
-
Date
Police search
Police are still looking for leads into the sexual assault on a pregnant woman in her home in Elmina Road during the early hours of Sunday. The men left the 20-year-old victim bound, gagged and naked while her eight-month-old daughter was in the house
-
Date
A cultural quarter could be built in the heart of Swindon if councillors can get their way
A FLAGSHIP library, museum and art gallery modelled on a successful scheme in Bournemouth could be built next to a revamped Wyvern Theatre as plans to gut the concrete centre of Swindon shape up. Council planning officers are undertaking a feasibility
-
Date
Rescue act
The Wyvern Theatre and the Steam railway museum are two of Swindon's most prestigious landmarks. Both could do with a shot in the arm to turn around their fortunes and make them more attractive to the public. Plans are now in place to revive these ailing
-
Date
Jack is making wonderful progress
Ref. 2564-722GIFT OF LIFE FEATURE: IT IS just over two years since sevenyear-old Jack Porter underwent a kidney transplant. The youngster was diagnosed with hereditary Prune Belly Syndrome while still in the womb. Doctors put his chances of survival at
-
Date
Katy's family won't give up hope
GIFT OF LIFE FEATURE: Brave Katy Dean is still waiting for a liver transplant. The 10-year-old from Park North knows that she needs a new liver if she is to survive to adulthood. Katy needed major surgery at birth because she was born without a thyroid
-
Date
Hot weather alert for dogs
DOG owners in Swindon have been warned not to leave their pets in hot cars. The RSPCA fears the continuing warm weather could spell danger for dogs if their owners are not careful. "There is no safe way to leave an animal in a vehicle on a warm day,"
-
Date
Working on the sewers
PART of a road near the Designer Outlet Village is to close as new houses are connected to the sewerage system. Penzance Drive will be closed between Paddington Drive and the car park at the West side of the shopping complex for what it scheduled to be
-
Date
Legalise cannabis, say four in 10 Britons
MORE than four in 10 Britons think cannabis should be legal, research funded by a Swindon organisation shows. The Economic and Social Research Council, based in North Star, backed the study by the National Centre for Social Research. The council is the
-
Date
Lyneham could close earlier than expected
RAF Lyneham could shut down even earlier than expected, according to an MP who is demanding answers from the MoD about the closure. James Gray, MP for North Wilt-shire, has called for a response from the Ministry of Defence after saying he has concerns
-
Date
Now this veteran lives life of peace
RETURN TO THE BEACH FEATURE: WHEN he was demobbed in 1945 Eddie went on leave for six weeks and he was able to complete his apprenticeship as a carpenter via the Navy's vocational training programme. When he was qualified he was earning about 2/7d (13p
-
Date
Great Western gets clean bill of health
Ref. 25330-04A HEALTH check of the Great Western Hospital by the Commission for Health Improvement has placed it in the top 10 per cent of the 47 trusts reviewed by the independent body. But the report also high-lighted the lack of available beds at the
-
Date
85-year-old hit by council tax blunder
Ref. 25627-93AN 85-YEAR-OLD Swindon widow has been told she has just eight months to pay two years of council tax in another apparent blunder. Just 13 days ago the Evening Advertiser reported how 73-year-old Leslie Jones, of Godolphin Close in Freshbrook
-
Date
On the table
MARK DEVLIN is confident that Andy King's new contract will be signed, sealed and delivered by the time Town entertain Sheffield Wednesday on August 9. The club's chief executive said a hectic period of activity at the club had not allowed both men to
-
Date
Wroughton's Kath leads the way in district win
SWINDON and District ladies representative side entertained Norwest in a friendly match at Shrivenham. They ran out narrow winners by three shots. S&D ladies took the honours on three of the six rinks in the 116-113 success, while another match was
-
Date
Westlecot in County Final
WESTLECOT women are through to the county final in the English Women's Bowling Association National Top Club competition. They clinched their place in the county final of what used to be known as the Travelsphere competition with a hard-fought 3-1 victory
-
Date
Lyneham could close earlier than expected
RAF Lyneham could shut down even earlier than expected, according to an MP who is demanding answers from the MoD about the closure. James Gray, MP for North Wilt-shire, has called for a response from the Ministry of Defence after saying he has concerns
-
Date
Warm welcome for star at carer's home
Ref. 25625-33IT is not every day you entertain a celebrity in your back garden. But Rachel George enjoyed an afternoon in the sun with Swindon TV presenter and model Melinda Messenger. That's because Rachel, of Grange Park, is the 1,000th person to register
-
Date
Market has a new lease of life
WOOTTON Bassett's weekly market has been re-launched and will now be held every Wednesday in the High Street next to the town hall. The town was granted market status by Charles II in 1676, but earlier this year was in danger of losing that status when
-
Date
Elderly man robbed
Police are appealing for witnesses to a robbery in the Station Road and Sheppard Street area during the early hours of yesterday morning. An elderly man was walking along Station Road at about 5.30am when he was attacked and robbed of money by two men
-
Date
I owe it all to my heart transplant
GIFT OF LIFE FEATURE: HEART patient Dave Beckley's life was saved by a transplant operation. In 2001, doctors told him he would not live beyond Christmas that year unless a suitable donor was found for him. But the following June he underwent the life-saving
-
Date
Celebrating a gift of life
GIFT OF LIFE FEATURE: The number of registered organ donors in the south west is increasing but the health service needs more people willing to offer their body parts in the possibility of saving lives. ALEX EMERY and TAMASH LAL report on National Transplant
-
Date
Children learn by clowning about
Ref. 25629-15TEACHERS at Pinehurst Junior School know just how to juggle the pressures of the classroom after calling in the services of a Norwegian circus performer. Thor Hauknes and his son Bjorn Olav, 15, were busy teaching the children clown skills
-
Date
Gee, it's nice to meet you!
Ref. 25586-72RETURN TO THE BEACH FEATURE: THERE was a special treat for our three vets when in an unplanned ceremony they came across a band of young Americans who were in Normandy for study purposes. Thanks to the films Saving Private Ryan and Band of
-
Date
'They had been full of hope a day before ... and now they were dead'
Ref. 25586-61RETURN TO THE BEACH FEATURE: The final part of our series in which we took three war veterans Eddie Brown, 79, Roy Mann, 79, and Bill Higgs, 83 back to Normandy. LEIGH ROBINSON reports on the memories the trip evoked. AFTER the Longest Day
-
Date
Alfie makes waves with Howard and Heidi
Ref. 25619-30SWINDON Cares week kicks off today seeing the start of a fundraising drive to amass £10,000 for three local charities. People around the town have come up with fun ways to raise money for the NSPCC, Age Concern and the Swindon Cancer Appeal
-
Date
School struck a chord
Ref. 25542-5A SINGER and songwriter who has been spotted by the same man who signed David Gray visited Headlands School pupils to say thank-you for all their support. Mark Joseph had a top 40 hit with his single Get Through without the support of a record
