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• 'I believe'

  Stefani MIglioranzi hangs his head after Town lost 2-1 at Bournemouth on Saturday Ref: 99317-235ANDY KING says only the loss of his dressing room would force him to consider his position at the County Ground and he sees no sign that his players have lost all faith in him. read more

• College fail to hit the heights

  LEAP OF FAITH action from Swindon College's Powergen Vase clash with Matson Ref: 99315-1Depleted Swindon College played host to Gloucester side Matson in the Powergen Junior Vase and suffered a 57-12 defeat. read more

• Ampney young guns on the up

  Brad Newman, left, in Supermarine's 2-2 draw with Solihull Ref: 99316-38Down Ampney moved into second spot in the Wilts Premier following their 3-0 win over New College, writes RAY BURROUGHS. read more

• Red card costly for Supermarine

  Supermarine's Roger Emms sees red against Solihull Ref: 99316-114Swindon Supermarine will see their 2-2 draw with Solihull Borough as two points dropped, but Mark Collier's men still stretched their unbeaten run to eight games. read more

• Having second thoughts John?

  NO PLACE TO HIDE for Highworth boss John Fisher during his side's 3-1 loss on Saturday Ref: 99321-19JOHN Fisher admits that he may have done the wrong thing extending his stay in the Highworth hotseat. read more

• Skills Council set to axe jobs

  SWINDON'S Learning and Skills Council offices could face closure as the organisation prepares to axe more than 1,000 jobs. read more

• Bike riders wheel in the cash for nurses

  THIRTEEN staff from Monahans Chartered Accountants and Independent Financial Advisers set off on their annual bike ride supporting local charities or local branches of national charities. read more

• Is police shake-up the right step?

  WILTSHIRE Police is too small to cope with the future threats of terrorism, extremism and organised crime, the Home Secretary has been warned. read more

• Healthy success for proud students

  NURSING students from Swindon have been celebrating their graduation. About 100 family and friends turned up to see 30 students attend an alumni badge pinning ceremony at the Oxford Brookes University, Swindon campus, in Ferndale Road, on Thursday. read more

• Help us to catch this gang

  PEOPLE in Swindon are being urged to do their bit to help catch a ring of bag snatchers on bikes. Since May there have been 38 snatches many of them were on vulnerable members of our society. read more

• Did you see bogus police steal cash?

  SWINDON Police are renewing an appeal for witnesses following a theft in the town centre on Monday, August 29 at 3am. read more

• Get out and stay out

  HOURS after squatters were removed from a drugs den in Swindon they had returned. A man and woman arrested by armed police who raided the flat in Goodridge Court, Toothill, were back inside the the property within 24 hours. read more

• Ballet stars set to shine

  THE English Youth Ballet is appearing at the Wyvern Theatre next weekend in their production of Sleeping Beauty. read more

• Spreading a massage message

  DEMONSTRATIONS of baby massage will be given at a Swindon creche. read more

• Police force merger welcomed

  THE merging of Wiltshire, Dorset and Hampshire police forces is long overdue, according to a Swindon councillor. read more

• Chippenham suffer embarrassing loss to Walcot

  Chippenham suffered an embarrassing defeat at neighbouring Walcot in the Intermediate Cup. Walcot finished the game with just 13 players on the park and still came away with the win. read more

• Minety power their way past Puddletown

  The Minety 1st XV opened this year's cup campaign by convincingly beating Puddletown by 49 points to nil. read more

• Set to improve attendance at our schools

  MEASURES to improve school attendance figures are being considered by Swindon Council. Earlier this year the council celebrated its lowest truancy figures ever but has been working on a new attendance policy. read more

• Will they make it better again then?

  Supermarket group Sainsbury's has unveiled a multi-million pound rebranding in what it claims is one of the biggest changes in its 136-year history. read more

• More businesses will fail this year

  Nearly 50,000 businesses are set to go bankrupt in the coming three years as the economic slowdown takes hold. read more

On this day: Wiltshire Archive