Stories for 1 March 2003

Sport Bowls

Thamesdown and Westlecot eye town derby

SWINDON'S two indoor bowls clubs, Thamesdown and Westlecot, clash tomorrow in a vital Wessex League match (10am).   more...

Sport Rugby

Foley spells it out for Bath

COACH Mike Foley has warned relegation-haunted Bath that it is time they capped their improved performances with the results to match.   more...

Swindon News

Trevor is really letting off steam

THE OWNER of a business which is a unique British success story says European regulations are threatening to close him down.   more...

A fair price for the job

BRITISH Gas has explained why customers could face paying higher prices for gas fires, after a Chiseldon couple claim they paid over the odds.   more...

Beating Oxford in brain teasers

THERE may not be a university yet in Swindon but that hasn't stopped people in the town beating Oxford and Cambridge in a nationwide general knowledge test.   more...

Badminton taster

PEATMOOR: Children interested in playing badminton can take part in a six-week taster at Peatmoor Community Centre.   more...

Pathfinders set for the slopes

A DOZEN disabled athletes from Swindon are today embarking on a skiing adventure in Austria after raising £18,000 for the challenge.   more...

Bargain offer to parents

THE Oasis leisure centre is the venue for a nearly new sale organised by the charity The National Childbirth Trust on March 29.   more...

Gemma wins by a head!

Gemma Harris has had her hairdressing skills acknowledged with two awards.   more...

Robert's putting the past in view

OLD photographs of how Swindon used to be are being sought by a keen photographer.   more...

`We're going through hell'

A MAN who claimed he acted in self-defence when he stabbed a Canadian backpacker has appealed against his conviction for murder.   more...

Youngsters get set for pancakes

CHILDREN and staff at Chippenham's Leapfrog Day Nursery are going flipping crazy on Pancake Day next Tuesday.   more...

Keeping people in touch

WOOTTON Bassett Council is to replace seven notice boards throughout the town to keep residents informed.   more...

Journalism awards

Tickets are available for the inaugural Wiltshire Press awards, which will be held at the Goddard Arms Hotel in Old Town on May 22.   more...

Songs for a school

A CHORAL concert is being held at Hreod Parkway School on Thursday, March 6, to raise money for school funds.   more...

Assert yourself

COUNSELLING service Swift is holding an intensive workshop on assertiveness. The training day takes place on Saturday, April 5, at a town centre venue to be confirmed.   more...

Human rights plea

A group of political activists who suffered torture at the hands of Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe met South Swindon MP Julia Drown to discuss their plight.   more...

Push for peace

The Swindon Stop the War Coalition is to elect five delegates to the People's Assembly For Peace which will be held in Westminster Hall opposite Parliament on March 12. Elections will be held during a meeting at the Friends' Meeting House on Eastcott Hill at 7:30pm on Tuesday.   more...

Bronze Age day

DEVIZES: The Wiltshire Heritage Museum is hosting a Life in the Bronze Age exhibition and family day on Sunday from 12pm to 4pm at the Long Street museum.   more...

Aerobics for all

UPPER STRATTON: Aerobics for beginners is held every Monday in the Upper Stratton Library Hall. Children over ten-years-old are welcome at classes, which cost £3 for adults and £1.50 for children.   more...

Fiancee angry over sentence

THE fiancee of Mathew Hornsby ­ the 25-year-old from Freshbrook, who was stabbed to death with a chisel ­ has criticised the seven-year sentence handed to his killer   more...

Three held after Crime Squad raid

THREE men appeared before Swindon magistrates facing a string of drug trafficking, firearms and money laundering charges.   more...

Protesters are forced to quit peace camp

PEACE protesters who set up camp outside RAF Fairford have been forced to move.   more...

£5m bid for record office

A LOTTERY bid to fund a £5 million records office for Swindon and Wiltshire has been approved by Wiltshire County Council.   more...

Prince Phillip visits Swindon

"You are now about to see the world's greatest expert at unveiling" . . . Prince Philip performs two of his unveiling duties in Swindon yesterday. Above he reveals the plaque for the Great Western Hospital. Right, it's the turn of New College, which celebrates the opening of its new building   more...

Unveiling expert comes to town

NEW College moved wholesale into an £11 million building, and the Duke of Edinburgh took a genuine interest in the students and their studies.   more...

Prince finds our town as right as rain

IT was a proud day for Swindon when the Duke of Edinburgh came to give the town his royal seal of approval.   more...

MP in surgery

WOOTTON BASSETT: James Gray, Conservative MP for North Wiltshire is holding a surgery in the town today.   more...

Did you imigrate?

A television company is looking for Swindonians who immigrated to the town from commonwealth countries.   more...

Wiltshire News

Man stole from gran to feed his gambling addiction

GAMBLING addict Richard Mizon stole hundreds of pounds from his grandmother's bank account to pay off a mountain of debt.   more...

Wiltshire Sport

Down and Out

DANNY Invincible's `reward' for topping February's PFA divisional player poll was expected to be a place on the bench against Queens Park Rangers today.   more...