Stories for 25 June 2002

Business News

Big confidence boost from MFI

FIVE jobs are being created at MFI's Mannington Roundabout store which reopens on Thursday after a £500,000 refit.   more...

Flying high at Linden

THE new senior management team at Linden Homes Western has got off to a flying start in the region, with eight sites currently completed or under development.   more...

Lots of cheery news for Majestic

WINE warehouse chain Majestic Wine has posted a 30 per cent rise in profits over the past year and said it saw room to open another 50 stores.   more...

Don't make the automatic response

A LOCAL company specialising in internet security is warning firms to review their e-mail policies to avoid employees being placed at risk from criminals using e-mail signature messages to obtain personal details.   more...

Devizes News

Gunpoint kidnap on the M5

A LORRY driver was kidnapped at gunpoint and dumped at junction 16 of the M4 after being driven in the boot of a car from Worcestershire.   more...

Sport Angling

James Breams With Delight!

James Griffiths proved a real chip off the old block after landing a monster bream from Claydon Park Fisheries.   more...

Dates for your angling diary

Fri Jun 21: and every Friday Ivy House lakes Veterans Open 10am draw and their Evening Open Match.   more...

Sport Cricket

Wilts face a big task

WILTSHIRE are facing an uphill struggle to save their Minor Counties match against Shropshire at Shrewsbury.   more...

Sport Football

Town talk in Spanish

STFC: ANDY KING has revealed that it was always his plan to dial 'international rescue' to help complete Town's pre-season preparations.   more...

King warns Farr his decision could backfire

STFC: ANDY KING has warned that Craig Farr's decision to reject a professional deal with the club could backfire.   more...

Devlin tackles grass roots!

STFC: MARK Devlin insists you have to take small but significant steps to put an ailing football club back on its feet.   more...

Unsettled Collins knocks on Cardiff door

STFC: YOUNG Town defender Chris Collins is to spend a week on trial at Cardiff City with a view to a permanent move.   more...

Sport Rugby

Club keen to forge new links

DEVIZES rugby club will kick start preparations for another season with the annual meeting in the Devizes Sports Club on June 20.   more...

17/05/02

SO that's it ­ the end of another season and probably not one we will look back on with satisfaction.   more...

10/05/02

What a shocking day for us at Gloucester. Just when you think you have seen it all this season, along comes that result and performance.   more...

03/05/02

Another away loss and sub-standard performance following the previous week is unfortunately all too familiar for us this season.   more...

Stfc Sport

Town talk in Spanish

ANDY KING has revealed that it was always his plan to dial `international rescue' to help complete Town's pre-season preparations.   more...

Swindon News

Problem of drunks is a serious matter

I WRITE further to the article entitled `Town Centre to be alcohol-free zone' in the June 20, edition of the Evening Advertiser.   more...

It's no good blaming press for difficulties

COUN Jim D'Avila is a man for whom I have great regard, indeed I believe he was very unfortunate not to have received the nomination of the party he represents to stand for election as the MP for North Swindon.   more...

Farmers have good reason to be angry

ARTICLE May 24, 2002, No-one is kidding anybody ! It is your imagination:   more...

An empty town

IN reply to Miss Packer's letter dated June 20. Wouldn't it just be easier to knock down the whole of Swindon town centre including Swindon's historic buildings and make it one big free car park? Or ban all cars when she's on the road? She could then drive around without fear of congestion, park her car without any problems and walk around a deserted town centre, due to the fact that she would have sent anybody of Welsh, Scottish and Irish descent back to their `rightful' countries!   more...

Jog for charity

WOULD any of your readers like to spend an enjoyable afternoon at the beautiful Bedfont Lakes Country Park and help raise vital funds for The Stroke Association at the same time?   more...

A big diversion

Little regard for the laws of the road (Evening Advertiser, June 17):   more...

Helping out by wheeling around

WALKERS and wheelers are getting ready for the Tony Long Wheelchair Marathon and Sponsored Walk.   more...

Getting plastered is a spectator sport

AN art student was planning to get plastered tonight ­ all in the name of art.   more...

Appliances will pile up

JUST as Swindon Council gets to grips with the great fridge fiasco, it could soon be hit by a new domestic appliance headache.   more...

Heart patient and runner hand cash over to charity

HEART patient Moya Dixon was given a new lease of life five years ago when doctors in Swindon fitted her with a heart pace-maker.   more...

Reptiles are a hit at school's summer fair

PARENTS and children enjoyed the sunshine at Lawn Infant School's summer fair.   more...

The positive side of loss

JOANNE Payne and her husband Gary were determined to turn the harrowing experience of losing a child into a positive force.   more...

Solstice celebration leaves a sour taste

AVEBURY villagers today reflected on a weekend invasion by travellers and called for steps to be taken to prevent a repeat.   more...

Fire crews tackle blaze in shed

A HUGE pall of black smoke rose over central Swindon after a fire on Drakes Way.   more...

It's not all just cowboy boots and Dolly Parton

LINE dance enthusiasts raised funds for Diabetes UK while entertaining shoppers at the Designer Outlet Village.   more...

Fellow MP backs Lyneham campaign

MP David Cameron has added his voice to the campaign to Save RAF Lyneham.   more...

Hundreds flock to computer course

A NEW computer training centre has seen more than 300 people enrol since it opened in Swindon two weeks ago.   more...

Gunpoint kidnap on the M5

A LORRY driver was kidnapped at gunpoint and dumped at junction 16 of the M4 after being driven in the boot of a car from Worcestershire.   more...

Post Office stands firm

SHOPKEEPER John Killingback has put his money where his mouth is and forked out £500 for an advertisement asking to open a post office in Haydon Wick.   more...

Where is the village?

WEAKEST Link star Anne Robinson says she would love to go shopping in Swindon ­ but that she never bothers because of the town's "appalling" road signs.   more...

Speeding drivers put young at risk

WITH a 20mph speed limit, Abbey Meads supposedly has some of the safest roads in the country.   more...

A gift of hope

A SCHOOL near Swindon is giving new hope to children in war-torn Afghanistan.   more...

Firms told to beware of raffle ticket con

SMALL businesses are being conned into buying raffle tickets by fraudsters posing as charity fundraisers.   more...

Naughty newsagent staff raise cash for a good cause

CUSTOMERS of a Swindon newsagent were in for a rare treat when they found a bunch of St Trinians' girls serving their morning papers.   more...

Rock, stock and barrel

GIBRALTAR SPECIAL: IT would be tempting to dismiss an exercise on Gibraltar as little more than a jolly in the sun.   more...

The Territorial Army builds up team spirit

GIBRALTAR SPECIAL: SOLDIER Sgt Ian McMillan is a full time professional military man who is a permanent staff instructor at Swindon.   more...

Schoolgirl found

A SCHOOLGIRL who disappeared more than a week ago and was described as "extremely vulnerable" has been found. Charlotte Holloway, 14, had not been seen or heard of since she went missing from Belmont School in Salisbury last Monday morning.   more...

Company accused of planned dilapidation

DEVELOPERS planning to demolish an Edwardian house in a conservation area to build flats have been accused of speculative greed by residents.   more...

Gesture of kindness and of hope

IT IS indeed a gift of hope, and possibly the dawning of a new age for some of the unfortunate children of Afghanistan who have led such wretched lives for decades now.   more...

Here's to you Mrs Robinson

OUTSPOKEN Anne Robinson may have been dubbed Britain's rudest woman, but she is refreshingly complimentary about Swindon.   more...

Wiltshire News

Schoolgirl found

A SCHOOLGIRL who disappeared more than a week ago and was described as "extremely vulnerable" has been found.   more...

Gunpoint kidnap on the M5

A LORRY driver was kidnapped at gunpoint and dumped at junction 16 of the M4 after being driven in the boot of a car from Worcestershire.   more...

Wiltshire Sport

Town talk in Spanish

ANDY KING has revealed that it was always his plan to dial `international rescue' to help complete Town's pre-season preparations.   more...