SWINDON'S Jon Lewis was due to return to the Gloucestershire line-up for the Frizzell County Championship Division Two clash with Durham. Lewis has recovered from a groin problem and joins Mike Smith (rib) on the comeback trail. Off-spinner Martyn Ball
MANCHESTER UNITED will grace the County Ground stage in pre-season if Andy King can complete a deal to bring Sir Alex Ferguson's side to Wiltshire. Whether the Old Trafford outfit would send David Beckham and company is unclear but such a fixture would
Michael JonesLYNEHAM-based Flight Lieutenant Michael Jones was a pilot with an exemplary service record who liked to look at child porn, a court heard. He was jailed for four months after obscene material was found. Jones, 41, of Fern Farm, pleaded guilty
COMPANIES based in Wiltshire and Berkshire are being warned to prepare for changes in the industry-recognised quality standards or risk losing their registration. As of December 14 2003, the current series of standards International Standard Organisation
BRADFORD & Bingley in Salisbury is hosting a mortgage advice day on May 10. The branch in Butcher Row will be open from 9am to 4pm offering advice on all types of mortgage. Branch manager Irene Holt said: "People can walk in and we will have advisers
BUSINESS Link Berkshire and Wiltshire is organising a series of workshops. The workshops are being presented by Business Link's team of internet advisers with the aim of helping firms maximise the impact of their websites or develop their sites. The dates
SALISBURY Festival and Salisbury City Centre Management are teaming up to offer shopkeepers and restaurateurs the chance to show off their creativity by coming up with eye-catching window displays with a festival theme. Each outlet taking part will be
TWO top names in the field of jigsaw puzzles have come together with the purchase of one by the other. Gordon and Joan McGee of James Hamilton Ltd have decided to retire and they have sold their company to Julie Wilkins and Brian Knight of Grovely Jigsaw
MIKE Price knows a thing or two about fish and chips but has decided he has stomached enough after 50 years in the business. Mike, from Park North, retired from T Quality fish and chip wholesalers after serving the company for more than half a century
ZURICH Financial Services has been short-listed for a revered national Business in the Community award. Every year, the BITC runs the annual Awards for Excellence competition to help encourage responsible business practice. Zurich, which employs around
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Michael JonesLYNEHAM-based Flight Lieutenant Michael Jones was a pilot with an exemplary service record who liked to look at child porn, a court heard. He was jailed for four months after obscene material was found. Jones, 41, of Fern Farm, pleaded guilty
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CRIME in Cricklade accounted for less than four per cent of all the incidents that took place in Wiltshire last year. Violent crime, including domestic violence, accounted for less than one per cent of the county's crime. Domestic burglaries accounted
ARE you the owner of this shrink-wrapped car photographed on the streets of Swindon? The turquoise car, rendered unrecognisable by black bin liner plastic, has been parked in Broad Street for the past week. And local residents are increasingly puzzled
VOTERS go to the polls tomorrow in local elections across Swindon and Wiltshire. In Swindon 20 of the borough council's 59 seats will be disputed. And on North Wiltshire District Council all the seats are up for re-election. The current make-up of Swindon
VAL Hillier was on top form in the Wednesday Club match at Bourton on the Water. She netted a personal best catch when she took 108lb of carp, using a short pole and catmeat as bait. Mick Robins was next with 84lb on the pole and pellet. Third was Colin
FATAL accidents on Swindon's roads have become all too familiar over the past few years. Perhaps the most tragic incident was in September 1991 when five youngsters were killed in Akers Way when a Ford Escort, driven by Shaun Gooch of Penhill, crashed
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HIGHWORTH'S junior six-a-side tournament is now fully subscribed at under 10 and under 11 levels. The tournament is being held over the weekend of June 21/22, and there are still vacancies in the under seven, eight, nine, 12, 13 and 14 age groups. Interested
A CYCLE ride for families is being organised by the Front Garden Action Group (FRAG) as a fun and fund raising event for May 25. The route will cover around five to six miles with four or five stops to collect information with a prize at the end for the
BLOOD Donor sessions will be taking place across Swindon on Tuesday and Thursday, May 21 and 22 and May 29 at Swindon Football Club at the County Ground between 1.15 and 3.25pm and 4.30 and 7.45pm. One session will take place at St Paul's church in Covingham
THE town choral society, formed in 1929, is on the lookout for new singers. The group welcomes inquiries from singers with pleasant musical voices who can show enthusiasm and commitment. Rehearsals take place on Thursday evenings at Oliver Tomkins School
TWO Shrivenham-based officers have received awards. Majors James Convery, of the Royal Logistic Corps, and Iain Metcalf, of the King's Regiment, received a Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service for their duties in Northern Ireland. They are both now
A TEENAGER who suffered serious head injuries after falling through the roof of a shed in a school playground during the Easter holidays while trying to retrieve a football is back at school. The 14-year-old returned to Commonweal School in The Mall,
LADY LANE in Blunsdon is to be closed to cars and become a country route for walkers and cyclists. The closure applies to a 75- metre stretch from Tadpole Lane in the north to Thamesdown Drive in the south. It is hoped the route will become as popular
THE Great Western Hospital has been given permission to build a 26 bed temporary ward, just five moths after it opened. Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust, which runs the building, hopes it will ease the shortage of beds. The new ward should open in the
FEARS that the triple measles, mumps and rubella vaccine causes autism or bowel inflammation have been refuted in the latest study. The new report, produced by the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin, examined the scientific evidence surrounding the measles
THE funeral has taken place of the man whose green fingers helped to make Queen's Park one of the town's big attractions. Arthur Burden, who was the park's head gardener, died on Easter Saturday at the age of 94 after falling and breaking a leg at his
SCHOOLCHILDREN are being asked to help rebuild a country ravaged by civil war. Two charities have joined forces and are appealing to people in the town to donate essential items needed to reconstruct Sierra Leone. Mike Thomas from Future in Our Hands
A PLAN to make the Tesco supermarket in Ocotal Way one of the biggest in the South West was thrown out by councillors at last night's planning meeting. The decision came by the narrowest of margins. At the first count councillors were split six to six
SOLICITOR Denise Broomfield refused to pay a parking fine to Swindon Council because she said the authority was doing nothing about a group of homeless men who have taken up residence in one of its car parks. And following her complaint, the council's
HIGHWORTH'S long-awaited library and Co-op supermarket complex opened to the sound of music and excited chatter. The unveiling of the £4.5million development in Brewery Street concludes more than 10 years of discussion, planning and building work. Highworth
Mark CresswellINFORMATION technology worker Mark Cresswell was sentenced to four months in prison after admitting having more than 200 indecent images of children on his computer. The crown court heard yester-day how the 39-year-old, of York Road, Swindon
SCHOOL pupils raised £2,200 for our Swindon Cancer Appeal during a mass sponsored silence. Pupils at St Francis Preparatory School, Marlborough Road, raised the cash during a Macmillan Hold Your Tongue event. More than 180 children, from year one up to
JUSTICE? I have just been reading a Sunday National Newspaper which carries the story of one of Saddam Hussein's henchmen, Tariq Aziz. It is purported that in a deal for the exchange of information he is likely to be housed in this country, with the west
PETER Mallinson is, of course, correct in stating that most council records are in the public domain (EA April, 21) but his condemnation of my request for more openness and accountability at Swindon Borough Council misses the whole point. As a taxpayer
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Goatacre, having been promoted to Wiltshire & Gloucester Division 1, are looking forward to their 75th anniversary season with great anticipation. But having struggled in this league and being relegated two years ago, they are under no illusion of
Swindon cruised to victory against a much-weakened Challow side in a 40- over friendly on Saturday. The visitors plundered 293-4 from their allotted overs, with John Baden hammering an unbeaten century and captain Will Nichols making 91. Australian Brett
THE Wiltshire Cricket League's 23rd season swings into action on Saturday. This season the league will comprise of eight divisions with 10 teams in each. Sadly within the last month, Ramsbury have withdrawn from Division Four. Last season's Division One
IT is hard to understand what satisfaction young vandals get out of hurling eggs at other people's property. This, however, seems to be the latest craze. And the Somerfield and Co-op supermarkets in Wroughton deserve to be commended for deciding not to
EVERYONE should cheer Julia Drown for backing the campaign for tougher penalties against those who kill and severely maim others by driving irresponsibly or while over the alcohol limit. Ms Drown, South Swindon MP, is being entirely reasonable in demanding
HIGHWORTH'S long-awaited library and Co-op supermarket complex opened to the sound of music and excited chatter. The unveiling of the £4.5million development in Brewery Street concludes more than 10 years of discussion, planning and building work. Highworth
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DEBENHAMS, which has a store in Salisbury, has won the Tommy's Parent-Friendly Award for 2003 the third year in a row it has scooped the honour. Tommy's is a national charity, which funds medical research into the causes of premature birth, miscarriage
WHEN Cravenplan Computers of Swallowcliffe exhibited at an agricultural show in Dorset last year, they had no idea of the impact they had on one visitor to their stand. Andrew Mitchell is a consultant helping companies maximise the benefits of online
WHITEHEAD Vizard solicitors of Salisbury have four employees training to be legal executives, all of them women. The quartet, who are at different stages of the four-year course, comprises Charlotte Mitchell, Clare Gittins, Gemma Roberts and Claire Parker
Zoe EvansYOU can check out the many campaigns from our print publications online on This is Wiltshire. They include: Evening Advertiser Cancer Appeal Shame a Drink Driver Justice for Zoe Keep our Park safe La Farge Cement Questionnaire ClickHERE to read
Zoe EvansYOU can check out the many campaigns from our print publications online on This is Wiltshire. They include: Evening Advertiser Cancer Appeal Shame a Drink Driver Justice for Zoe Keep our Park safe La Farge Cement Questionnaire ClickHERE to read
Zoe EvansYOU can check out the many campaigns from our print publications online on This is Wiltshire. They include: Evening Advertiser Cancer Appeal Shame a Drink Driver Justice for Zoe Keep our Park safe La Farge Cement Questionnaire ClickHERE to read
VANDALS have frequently targeted Cricklade's schools for the past three years. The ground of St Sampson's Infant and Junior Schools are often left covered in smashed bottles and litter. During the Easter break, a window at the junior school had been opened
POLICE in Cricklade have hit back at claims that the town is a no-go area after dark. Officers responsible for the town say it is one of the safest in the county and they have taken measures to combat the main problem in the area of anti-social behaviour
A MAN who has throat cancer has received an apology over being billed for a cable television service he has not been receiving. John Watts, 47. a self-employed plumber, was diagnosed with the disease last November and decided to cancel his NTL subscription
TRADERS in Wroughton are helping police crack down on village vandals - by banning the sale of eggs to youngsters. The Co-op in High Street and Somerfield in the Ellendune Centre are united in encouraging staff not to sell to children in a bid to stamp
A FORMER councillor whose daughter was killed in a car crash today backed MP Julia Drown's campaign to hand tougher sentences to dangerous drivers. It is nearly seven years since former Walcot councillor Vicky Byrne lost her 14-year-old daughter Michelle
THE Tom Jones six-a-side tournament takes place over May 23, 24 and 25. Held at Swindon Supermarine's Hunts Copse ground at South Marston over the second May Bank Holiday weekend, the event kicks off with an under 11 tournament under lights on the Friday
A SWINDON six-a-side tournament, is looking to set up a second league to meet an ever-increasing demand. The DIG League already boasts a 36-team, three-division tournament on Monday nights at the Dorcan complex. And organiser Derek Leppard is set to kick
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A May Day gala and craft fair takes place at the Croft Sports Centre, Marlborough Lane, this Bank Holiday Monday, from 10am to 4pm. There will be fun fairs, rides and around 30 stalls and refreshment, along with bouncy castle, face painting and an exhibition
FIRE officers have cleared the A417 road near Lechlade, 24-hours after a refrigerated lorry containing unstable acetylene gas crashed into a ditch. In keeping with standard procedures, the lorry was left for 24 hours to allow the gas to stabilise before
FORMER workers from the Great Western Railway works will be on hand at the Steam museum this weekend. On Saturday, visitors to the museum will be able to talk to engine drivers, signalmen and factory workers once based at the factory.
SWINDON'S house price boom is over. After more than a year of rapid increase, prices are stabilising. The slowdown in what had been a breakneck trend upward for prices was first reported by the Evening Advertiser in early March. But prices are not falling
THE 5,000 home northern development took another step forward last night when councillors gave the green light to two major building projects in Taw Hill. The Oxford, Swindon and Gloucester Co-op has been given permission to start work on the seven shops
CHARLIE Jarvis is taking time out to help raise money for other cancer sufferers. She is joining Anna Church in the Brunel Shopping Centre on Saturday to braid as much hair as possible to raise funds for Swindon-based charity Children's Cancer and Leu-kaemia
Michael JonesLYNEHAM-based Flight Lieutenant Michael Jones was a pilot with an exemplary service record who liked to look at child porn, a court heard. He was jailed for four months after obscene material was found. Jones, 41, of Fern Farm, pleaded guilty
A recent correspondent stated that immigrants provide £25 billion more in taxes than they receive in benefits. However, although he is strong on unprovable figures, he is apparently unaware that asylum seekers and failed asylum seekers are not allowed
The comment of Matthew Mason about the origins of Easter were interesting, but did not give the full picture. For the two billion Christians who celebrate Easter as the time when Christ rose from the dead, he is the reason for the season. The point of
