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Stories for 19 March 2001
Business News
Cooking skills mean success
QUADRANT Catering, the Swindon-based industrial catering organisation, has been celebrating its success at Hospitality Week 2001. more...
Thames goes selling wares
A NEW retailing venture called New Wave has been launched by Thames Water, with its own website and a free magazine which will be delivered to one million customers. more...
Highworth News
Fears grow of rat and fox invasion
PENSIONERS and disabled people living in bungalows in Highworth fear an invasion of rats and foxes in their neighbourhood. more...
Sport Football
Poor Purton given a hiding
Hellenic: There was almost a complete washout in the Hellenic League with just one game played in the Premier Division and four in Division One West. more...
Bodin's boys guilty of too many missed opportunities
Paul Bodin's Bath City returned to action after a fortnight's break on Saturday, but had to settle for a goalless draw against Cambridge City. more...
Corsham Town showing their killer instinct
SCREWFIX: The weekend's League fixture list suffered from a mixture of appaling weather and the foot and mouth epidemic, resulting in only five games out of 18 being played. more...
Sport Rugby
Catt pounces to snatch late win
Bath 16, Wasps 13: Mike Catt was the unlikely and unwitting toast of Welford Road as his last-minute try defeated Wasps and clinched a third successive Premiership title for Leicester. more...
Grit's the key for Clarke
For the players and staff, the most pleasing aspect of Bath's 16-13 defeat of Wasps was that they finally managed to win a tight game. more...
Match Stats from The Recreation Ground
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Stfc Sport
It's so unfair
ANDY King believes it is unfair that four clubs are earmarked for the Division Two drop but the Town boss is hoping it will not concern him come May 5. more...
These boys are tops
ANDY King has hailed his side for showing `bottle' in their battle against the drop. more...
Spot on Keith
KEITH O'Halloran said he had not felt the slightest twinge of fear as he stepped up to take his late spot kick. more...
Sub Danny almost snatches it
DANNY Invincible was not too unhappy after the Swansea clash, despite being thwarted in his bid to snatch a late winner. more...
Players in brief
SKIPPER Alan Reeves was disappointed at the loss of two points but not with the performance of his troops. more...
Dying Swans shock Town
SWINDON TOWN 1, SWANSEA CITY 1: Irish midfielder Keith O'Halloran thumped in a late penalty to ensure Town's Welsh visitors did not ruin his St Patrick's Day celebrations. more...
MAN OF THE MATCH: Michael Reddy
ALTHOUGH Michael Reddy has not scored since the win at Cambridge last month, he remains a hugely valuable asset. more...
TEAM VERDICT
A POINT against a side virtually doomed to the drop is not really good enough. more...
New recruit Minton strikes debut double
Jeff Minton scored twice on his debut as Rotherham beat Bristol Rovers 3-0 to move within a point of Second Division leaders Millwall. more...
Swindon News
Make the most of our heritage
AS a former bricklayer with a keen interest in local architecture, I am frustrated and disappointed by the lack of style and imagination of some of the new developments Swindon Borough Council and planners have allowed to be built in the town centre while some of our fine old buildings have been allowed to become derelict beyond repair. more...
Laws are ignored
Your correspondent B W Breakspear is right to point out the ineffectiveness of Wiltshire police in upholding the law. more...
Blame Tories
A recent letter in the Advertiser by Michael Morton highlighted the fact that animals are being transported considerable distances in the UK between farm and abattoirs. more...
Justice at stake
A recently published book contains comments which should be a warning to those who wish to see the UK become part of a single European state. more...
Angling guide will hook you
THE Environment Agency has published a 200-page angling guide for Wiltshire and the south west. more...
Duke of York to give medal to adventurer
ACCOMPLISHED explorer David Hempleman-Adams, who completed a record-breaking balloon flight to the North Pole last year, is set to receive another honour for his trophy cabinet. more...
Canal works prompt traffic diversions
TRAFFIC will be diverted down a temporary road while a £500,000 scheme to build a canal culvert under Purton Road is carried out. more...
More people visit Outlet and Steam
WHILE the countryside is closed because of foot and mouth disease people are flocking to Swindon's urban attractions. more...
Farmer dreads phone call about sheep cull
FARMER Brian Simpson and his wife Lynne are still facing an agonising wait for the telephone call to say when their sheep will be shot. more...
Residents reaffirm desire for bypass
NORTH Swindon MP Michael Wills heard the message loud and clear from Blunsdon residents they want a bypass and they want it now. more...
Animal shelter nets £75,000
A CAMPAIGN to set up an animal shelter in Swindon could soon secure its objective. more...
Irish dancers put best foot forward despite cold weather for St Patrick's Day
ST Patrick's Day was celebrated in style in Swindon with dancing at the Big Top Market. more...
Stepladder to working in football
THE Wiltshire County Football Association is teaming up with New College Swindon to offer coaching courses. more...
Locomotive brought back to former glory
THE nostalgia season continued full steam ahead yesterday when a snub-nosed locomotive, restored to its former gleaming glory at a cost of £35,000, graced the track of the Swindon and Cricklade Railway. more...
Gently does it as PMH scanner is lifted out
A six-tonne scanner was carefully lifted by crane out of Princess Margaret Hospital yesterday. more...
Top marks for effort
SWINDON schools have taken a battering from all directions this academic year. more...
Red Nose phoneline error kept family busy
IT was a case of a red ear rather than a red nose for Dave Ross on Comic Relief Day when hundreds of Swindon people confused his telephone number with the donation line. more...
Grieving mum criticises PMH
SINGLE mum Heidi Robson claims her three-month-old baby died because hospital doctors refused to take the child's condition seriously. more...
Eight arrested as police make do without horses
EIGHT football fans were arrested for disorder offences during the visit of Swansea City to Swindon Town. more...
The final push
SWINDON Disability Resource Centre will close by the end of this month because funds have run dry. more...
Julie-Anne is halfway to her treatment for cancer
CANCER sufferer Julie-anne Booth is taking a step closer to her dream of going to Mexico for treatment with every passing day. more...
Garden threatens entire plan
THE entire Wiltshire Structure Plan 2011 a blueprint for the development of Swindon and the rest of the county during the next decade could have to be jettisoned if the campaigners against the Front Garden win in the High Court. more...
Traders angry over early road closure
MIDDAY on Saturday, the height of the weekly shopping frenzy, and Swindon's Fleet Street is conspicuous only for its absence of activity. more...
Views are wanted on school plan
THE future of Nythe Primary School will come under the spotlight in a series of public meetings this week. more...
Schools are worthy of high praise
We are often accused of giving schools a battering and we make no apologies for highlighting problems such as staff shortages, bullying and underfunding. more...
Keeping his sense of fun
WELL done to Dave Ross of Wroughton for keeping his head when lesser mortals may have failed on Comic Relief night. more...
Wiltshire News
Garden threatens entire plan
THE entire Wiltshire Structure Plan 2011 a blueprint for the development of the county during the next decade could have to be jettisoned if the campaigners against the Front Garden win in the High Court. more...
Wiltshire Sport
It's so unfair
ANDY King believes it is unfair that four clubs are earmarked for the Division Two drop but the Town boss is hoping it will not concern him come May 5. more...
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