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• It's not over

  FORMER Leicester and England hooker Richard Cockerill has promised Bath ''a warm reception'' in Montferrand for the second leg of the Parker Pen Challenge Cup semi-final in two weeks time after the Zurich Premiership leaders grabbed a precious advantage at the Rec. read more

• Fans line the Brunel to see the World Cup

  RUGBY fans from across Swindon relived England's World Cup triumph on Saturday when the William Webb Ellis trophy came to town. read more

• 'We will not go to Penhill'

  PARENTS in Abbey Meads are refusing to send their children to a Penhill school. Several Abbey Meads parents have been told their requests for places in their local primary schools cannot be met. read more

• Six attack teenager

  POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an attack on a 16-year-old boy outside the Kentucky Fried Chicken food outlet at Greenbridge retail park on Tuesday evening. read more

• Another setback for old building

  PLANS to turn the Mechanics' Institute into a hotel and leisure complex have received a further setback. read more

• The final frontier

  Anthony Osborne meets a man who, after being diagnosed as dyslexic at school in Swindon, became an engineer on some of Europe's top space projects. read more

• Women in top policing jobs

  More women have top jobs in Wiltshire police including chief constable Dame Elizabeth Neville than any other UK force. read more

• The Wombles of Walcot are £600 better off

  ABANDONED shopping trolleys which have blighted a Swindon neighbourhood for years are being cleared by an army of young Wombles. read more

• Women in top policing jobs

  More women have top jobs in Wiltshire police including chief constable Dame Elizabeth Neville than any other UK force. read more

• when ideas take shape

  Are you the type of person who has dozens of doodles of weird and wonderful inventions crammed into the back of your sock drawer? Swindon Innovation Centre network manager Simon Bond has some advice on how to turn those hi-tech concepts into reality. read more

• Computer virus risk highlighted

  WILTSHIRE businesses are being urged to protect themselves against the MyDoom computer virus, the most widely circulated virus of all time. read more

• Earnings quadruple

  INDEPENDENT financial services provider AWD Holding parent company of Thomson's Group, which has an office in Salisbury achieved much higher revenue and earnings than expected in 2003. read more

• Celebrations planned

  THE Cornelius-Reid family will be hosting a celebration lunch next week to commemorate the inauguration, 21 years ago, of Amesbury Abbey Mews. read more

• Insolvency help arrives

  MIDDLETON Partners welcomed guests to the official opening of their Salisbury office at the end of last month. read more

• Turnover and profits rise

  INTERNATIONAL property adviser Savills has announced increased profits for the year ended December 31, 2003. read more

• Specialist lights up London park

  LIGHTING company Stagecraft, of Salisbury, has worked with an international contractor on the supply of an outdoor lighting system for a new development in London. read more

• Pool staff prepare for open air season

  HIGHWORTH residents are hoping for warm weather later this month so they can enjoy a dip in their open air pool. read more

• We all wannabe pop stars!

  THE WINNER of Swindon's Superstars competition is out to prove to Pop Idol judge Simon Cowell that he does have what it takes to make it in the pop world. read more

• Patients are kept prisoner

  Mentally ill people are being forced to spend hours locked up in police cells due to a lack of qualified doctors in Swindon. Vulnerable people who have committed no crime and pose no threat to society are regularly forced to wait in bare cells before they get specialist treatment. read more

• Connolly in appeal over citing

  Bath coach John Connolly has called for the introduction of independent citing commissioners at all European matches following Saturday's fractious Parker Pen Challenge Cup clash. read more

On this day: Wiltshire Archive