Stories for 1 September 2004

Amesbury News

Burglary leaves pair distressed

CALLOUS burglars have left an elderly couple heartbroken after they stole irreplaceable jewellery while they were away on holiday.   more...

Villagers ask diocese for church back

CATHOLIC church leaders are being asked to hand back a parish church they closed last year.   more...

Fun day for good of Snow

Children guessing the name of the gorilla at Durrington Fun Day.SHOWERS failed to stop Durrington fundraisers turning out in force to help raise cash for vital cardiac equipment at the weekend.   more...

Fun for all at sports clubs' fete

Toddlers AJay, Kelsey and Tyler enjoy their ice cream at Shrewton fete last weekend.THE elusive summer sun appeared for long enough on Bank Holiday Monday to bring out the crowds for Shrewton fete, held at the village recreation ground.   more...

Lucky escape for little Liam

Two-year-old Liam Goodenough, with mother Tanya.A MOTHER who almost lost her tiny son when he suffered rare childhood appendicitis is warning other parents about the danger signs of the disease.   more...

Ex-choirmaster jailed for child sex attacks

FORMER Salisbury choirmaster Jonathan Rees-Williams is behind bars this week, after being convicted of a string of sex attacks on children - including preying on young boys and girls while he was working in Salisbury.   more...

Patient faces £40 hospital trips

AN 89-year-old Tisbury pensioner with a serious heart and lung condition is having to pay £40 a time for a taxi so that she can attend vital appointments at Salisbury District Hospital.   more...

Pride and Prejudice

Keira Knightley plays Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, filmed at Wilton House last week.TWO south Wiltshire attractions - Martin Down and Wilton House - have been getting the Hollywood treatment, as film-makers shoot a new blockbuster version of Pride And Prejudice. Two of Tinseltown's hottest young stars, Keira Knightley and Matthew MacFadyen, are playing the lead roles of Elizabeth Bennett and Mr Darcy, and were on location in Wiltshire last week. It is the first time Hollywood has filmed the Jane Austen classic since Laurence Olivier strode around in Mr Darcy's boots in 1940. Other members of the new production's star-studded cast include Dame Judi Dench, Donald Sutherland and Brenda Blethyn. The film is due for release next summer.   more...

US veterans return to old campground

UNITED States army veterans who were stationed in Tisbury during World War II will return to the village next Friday, to witness the dedicating of a plaque in memory of their fallen comrades.   more...

Ex-chef jailed for theft

AFTER giving himself up to police in Yorkshire when he was wanted for theft from a hotel at Wilton, homeless Ian Loveridge hitchhiked the length of the country to face the music.   more...

Vision and belief helped pupil pass

CAROLINE EVANS, a pupil at St Joseph's Roman Catholic School, Salisbury, was delighted when she collected her final results last week.   more...

Trio complete clean sweep

Helen Mitchell, Naomi Cornish and Emma Boakes from South Wilts Grammar achieved A* in all their subjects.THREE students from South Wilts Grammar School for Girls have completed an impressive clean sweep in their recent GCSE examinations.   more...

Business News

Helping to ease mortgage misery

A NEW mortgage complaints business is aiming to take the pain out the endowment crisis.   more...

Branching out is the way ahead for Smiths

WH Smith is to add coffee shops and mobile phone outlets to its stores as part of a drive to revive its fortunes.   more...

Health News

Number of young carers is growing

30394-49MORE and more youngsters in Swindon are looking after ill and disabled relatives.   more...

Vegans celebrate 60 years of health

VEGANS in Swindon are preparing to celebrate 60 years of The Vegan Society.   more...

Highworth News

Ready, willing and able

71996-42BRIGHT spark Robbie Toft is appealing for Swindon companies to see past his disability and give him a job as an electrician.   more...

Salisbury News

Lucky escape for little Liam

Two-year-old Liam Goodenough, with mother Tanya.A MOTHER who almost lost her tiny son when he suffered rare childhood appendicitis is warning other parents about the danger signs of the disease.   more...

Ex-choirmaster jailed for child sex attacks

FORMER Salisbury choirmaster Jonathan Rees-Williams is behind bars this week, after being convicted of a string of sex attacks on children - including preying on young boys and girls while he was working in Salisbury.   more...

Patient faces £40 hospital trips

AN 89-year-old Tisbury pensioner with a serious heart and lung condition is having to pay £40 a time for a taxi so that she can attend vital appointments at Salisbury District Hospital.   more...

Tea ladies to the rescue

Chefs Jan Aldhourse, Ann Rumbold and Margaret Bramwell.A TEAM of volunteers who serve welcome refreshments to travel-weary motorists on the A303 holiday trunk road every August Bank Holiday weekend received a civic visit on Friday.   more...

Cyclist warned off road

A DOWNTON carpenter who cycles to work along the A338 has been told he must use the adjoining cycleway, or risk a £30 fixed-penalty notice.   more...

First festival for village

THE lanes around Downton will be thick with runners, walkers and cyclists, as the village stages its first autumn festival over the first two weekends of October.   more...

Pride and Prejudice

Keira Knightley plays Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, filmed at Wilton House last week.TWO south Wiltshire attractions - Martin Down and Wilton House - have been getting the Hollywood treatment, as film-makers shoot a new blockbuster version of Pride And Prejudice. Two of Tinseltown's hottest young stars, Keira Knightley and Matthew MacFadyen, are playing the lead roles of Elizabeth Bennett and Mr Darcy, and were on location in Wiltshire last week. It is the first time Hollywood has filmed the Jane Austen classic since Laurence Olivier strode around in Mr Darcy's boots in 1940. Other members of the new production's star-studded cast include Dame Judi Dench, Donald Sutherland and Brenda Blethyn. The film is due for release next summer.   more...

US veterans return to old campground

UNITED States army veterans who were stationed in Tisbury during World War II will return to the village next Friday, to witness the dedicating of a plaque in memory of their fallen comrades.   more...

Ex-chef jailed for theft

AFTER giving himself up to police in Yorkshire when he was wanted for theft from a hotel at Wilton, homeless Ian Loveridge hitchhiked the length of the country to face the music.   more...

GCSE results: Schools report steady progress

Students from The Burgate School open their GCSE results.THERE were squeals of delight and most of the tears were of joy as students opened their long-awaited GCSE results.   more...

Vision and belief helped pupil pass

CAROLINE EVANS, a pupil at St Joseph's Roman Catholic School, Salisbury, was delighted when she collected her final results last week.   more...

Trio complete clean sweep

Helen Mitchell, Naomi Cornish and Emma Boakes from South Wilts Grammar achieved A* in all their subjects.THREE students from South Wilts Grammar School for Girls have completed an impressive clean sweep in their recent GCSE examinations.   more...

Cathedral Notes

For week beginning Thursday, September 2.   more...

Sport Angling

Wooldridge in Three Counties title joy

THE Three Counties Junior Summer Individual Championship at Chippenham was won by local angler Luke Wooldridge with 6lb 2oz.   more...

Sport Cricket

FAIRFORD SUNK BY STONE DUO

Fairford crashed to their fifth defeat in a row against a depleted Stone team, who showed great character in claiming an eight-wicket victory.   more...

Fine season for Ciren teams

As Cirencester's seniors completed their league programmes, all three teams were in the satisfying position of either achieving or beating their pre-season objectives.   more...

Seconds storm to easy win

Cirencester seconds concluded their successful season with a six-wicket victory over Shurdington.   more...

Swindon sit it out as champs

Swindon's hopes of a celebratory win against close rivals Hatherley & Reddings in Glos/Wilts Division 2 were dampened when Hatherley called off the game late on Saturday morning.   more...

Devizes bow out with a defeat

Devizes bowed out of the West of England Premier 2 Division after losing by 30 runs to Knowle, despite a fine all round performance from Joe Hickey.   more...

Goatacre sixth

GOATACRE finished sixth in Glos/Wilts One after besting Dumbleton by five runs in a close encounter.   more...

Sport Football

Match officials to be helped by ref justice

THE Evening Advertiser-backed North Wilts Youth Football League is set to pioneer a new project designed to protect referees from increasing levels of abuse.   more...

Miller grabs victory for Highworth

Justin Miller kept up his record of scoring in every game this season as Highworth defeated Chipping Norton 3-1 in the Hellenic Premier.   more...

Sport Rugby

No surgery for Higgins

BATH centre Andrew Higgins will not require surgery on his damaged ankle and could return in as soon as three weeks.   more...

Swindon News

Who are you calling fools, the town fans?

I WOULD like to congratulate Coun Stephen Wakefield on his refreshing honesty (letters Monday, August 9).   more...

Customer is left in the dark over cable firm's TV service

Trying to run a national company from one remote area does not enhance customer relations if my experiences over the last four months with NTL are anything to go by.   more...

Take step back into learning

LEARNING isn't always classrooms, chalkboards and canteens.   more...

`Drivers will try anything on...'

IT'S grey and raining and the beginning of another British summer day, as parking attendant Marilyn Brathwaite prepares for her town-centre beat.   more...

Man seriously injured in road smash

71997-68A MAN has been airlifted to hospital with spinal injuries following a head-on collision on the road between Brinkworth and Wootton Bassett.   more...

Five years jail for paedophile

A PAEDOPHILE who breached an order banning him from associating with children has been jailed for five months.   more...

Ready, willing and able

71996-42BRIGHT spark Robbie Toft is appealing for Swindon companies to see past his disability and give him a job as an electrician.   more...

A rockin' good time had by all

71992-14AFTER almost two decades of providing quality retro gear to the coolest swingers in town, the Rockin' Emporium is about to close its doors.   more...

They hope to give New Zealand a try!

71963-22STUDENTS from Headlands School, Swindon, have started fundraising for the school trip of a life time but they need £35,000.   more...

Teenagers add to post office protest

72000-10YOUNG people are adding their voice to the chorus of anger over plans to axe Swindon post offices.   more...

Takeaways take over shop centre

71993-81TRADERS in Gorse Hill fear customers are shopping elsewhere because of a deluge of fast food outlets and takeaways.   more...

Number of young carers is growing

30394-49MORE and more youngsters in Swindon are looking after ill and disabled relatives.   more...

Smoother journeys in store for rail passengers

SWINDON rail commuters should have a smoother trip to London following a £3 million engineering project.   more...

Haven appeals for nature lovers

NATURE lovers are needed to help conserve one of Swindon's most important wildlife havens.   more...

New registration driving up sales

71995-14The sale of new cars is going well throughout the country ­ and Wiltshire is no exception as many local drivers today pick up their new "54" registration plate cars.   more...

Church fete helps to bring back a sense of tradition

AN old English tradition was successfully resurrected by a team of volunteers keen to boost community spirit in one of the newest parts of Swindon.   more...

Tenants to speak out at forum

COUNCIL tenants will be able to have their say about their landlord at a special conference.   more...

Fun in store for toddlers

ACTIVITIES for pre-school children are on offer around Cricklade. Children and their parents will be able to attend a range of sessions from the week starting September 6.   more...

Great gran kept stab man alive

71999-13A GREAT grandmother and her friend came to the rescue of the victim of a brutal knife attack.   more...

Murder attempt charge

A 40-year-old man has appeared before Swindon magistrates charged with attempting to murder the stab victim who was found by a young boy in the doorway of flats in Toothill on Sunday.   more...

Still no end to the long story of the Mechanics

The future of the Mechanics' Institute was still up in the air last night after councillors deferred an application to allow part of the building to be developed.   more...

Regulars in battle to keep landlady

71998-95A POPULAR pub landlady has been told to leave ­ but her customers say that they will fight to keep her.   more...

Former farm finds a new role as dental surgery

Councillors have given the go-ahead for plans to turn a listed building in Abbey Meads into a dentist's surgery.   more...

Top of the pole

71994POLE dancing lessons are so popular at a lapdancing club in Swindon that its owners have applied to extend their building.   more...

John is riding high again

John CoxCANCER survivor John Cox has once again triumphed in raising the most money in the annual Macmillan bike ride.   more...

Terrified man is threatened with an air gun

ROBBERS threatened a man with an air pistol and stole his mobile phone. The 25-year-old was returning home from a night out with friends when the thieves struck in Mannington Lane, Westlea.   more...

New era begins for town church

71965-17OLD Town's Bath Road Methodist Church begins a new era today with the arrival of its first Indian minister.   more...

Wiltsfest News

Wiltshire Festival picture special

71974-13MUSIC fans from across Swindon and Wiltshire, and even Europe have been treated to two nights of fantastic music.   more...

Wiltshire News

New registration driving up sales

71995-14The sale of new cars is going well throughout the country ­ and Wiltshire is no exception as many local drivers today pick up their new "54" registration plate cars.   more...

Wiltshire Sport

Centre Stage

BRIAN HOWARD believes he will gradually `mature' into a central midfield role as his career progresses.   more...

Wootton Bassett News

Man seriously injured in road smash

71997-68A MAN has been airlifted to hospital with spinal injuries following a head-on collision on the road between Brinkworth and Wootton Bassett.   more...

  
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