Stories for 12 November 2005

Cricket

Captain's call for proud Jon

JON Lewis has double promotion in his sights after being named as Gloucestershire's new captain.   more...

News

Plea from the wildlife sett

I HAVE requested Arthur Tayler to write to you on behalf of all the mammals and birds and insects and most of all, the land we have lived on at our home around Coate Water.   more...

From one old Nick to a namesake

"There's no mistaking first festive tune of the year" (Letters, Nov 10).   more...

Jobs must stay here in our town

IF Nick Martin is really interested in the people `least well off' then the council should tell Liberata that they do not want jobs transferred out of the town.   more...

Explain this

IT is interesting to read Saira Khan's letter (SA November 8) regarding the success of the Wiltshire Safety Camera Partnership's in reducing accidents on the M4.   more...

Too much gum

STORES/restaurants etc are all too happy to make profits out of the community ­ especially at Christmas.   more...

Pity the pets

I COULDN'T agree more with M Hooper regarding his concern for pets and other animals now that firework night lasts longer and longer. As kids, we were happy to let off our fireworks on bonfire night and that was it.   more...

Just a joke

THE critics of Coun Thompson's letter (Nov 8) are surely missing the point. It was obviously meant as a spoof; satire in the good old tradition of Defoe and Swift.   more...

Sculpture unveiled for hospice anniversary

A SPECIALLY commissioned sculpture is being unveiled in Wroughton next week. The sculpture has been made to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Prospect Hospice.   more...

National Trust train celebrates town ties

SWINDON-based train company First Great Western has rededicated one of its High Speed Trains `The National Trust'.   more...

Have you seen our lost cat?

THE owners of a missing ginger tabby cat have launched an appeal to find their missing moggie. Baggins has been missing from his home for four weeks and his owners are becoming increasingly concerned.   more...

Now my job is beating bullies at work

Christine Pratt who has set up her own firm after she was bullied at work. Ref: 100180-58CHRISTINE Pratt knows only too well the pain that bullying can cause. For two and a half years she was belittled and humiliated by a manager.   more...

Remembering the fallen

Ken Bowen, who was in the Royal Navy, at the millennium clock during the two minute silence Refs: 100174-75THEY may not have built their own bridge over the River Kwai but pupils from Swindon schools impressed a group of war veterans with their exhibition about World War Two.   more...

Carling's got a lot of bottle

`He is lovely' Carling the cat who was found with a piece of glass in his head. Ref: 100179-51MEET Carling, the one-year-old cat named after the country's best selling lager. But the name is not because the little moggy developed an early taste for beer.   more...

`Stadium is key to club survival'

SWINDON Town's vice chairman Mark Devlin has warned the club is finished if the County Ground is not spruced up soon.   more...

Robert puts charity in the picture

AN epileptic man has paid tribute to the charity group that helped him back to work by making a fundraising calendar. Robert King, 47, from Gorse Hill, first contacted Working For Opportun-ities in 2004 after his epilepsy left him struggling to find suitable employment.   more...

Tributes to cancer victim, aged 23

Darren ElliottA POPULAR 23-year-old has died in hospital less than three months after he was diagnosed with a rare type of cancer.   more...

Sport

We're behind you!

IFFY Onuora's chilling message to rivals who had Town dismissed as `dead in the water' is simple ­ `we're breathing down your necks and ready to strike'.   more...

Salisbury Football

City life suits Haddow - exclusive interview

SALISBURY City's newest recruit Alex Haddow is certainly a well-travelled young man, but he is more than happy to be laying down roots by committing his immediate future to the Whites.  more...