Stories for 7 January 2006

Day In The Life

A Day in the Life of a Roofer

IAN Cox isn't a man to keep his feet on the ground he's been a roofer since he was 18, just as his father was before him.  more...

A Day in the Life of a Roofer

IAN Cox isn't a man to keep his feet on the ground he's been a roofer since he was 18, just as his father was before him.  more...

A Day in the Life of a Roofer

IAN Cox isn't a man to keep his feet on the ground he's been a roofer since he was 18, just as his father was before him.  more...

Salisbury News

New number for non-urgent calls

THE Wiltshire police force is ringing in the new year by asking the public to dial a new telephone number.  more...

'Dapper' man is conning shoppers

SALISBURY police are trying to trace a "dapper" man who has been conning people out of money in the city centre.  more...

Sport

Come on, make our day!

IFFY Onuora has issued a rallying cry for five-figure assistance to help Town see off their `benchmark' visitors today.   more...

Swindon General Sport

Home first for Jon

GOLF: THE Wiltshire county team will open their 2006 Channel League campaign with a home fixture against Glamorgan at new skipper Jonathan James's own Wrag Barn club.  more...

Howell aims for more success in Asia

GOLF: DAVID Howell is hoping to start the new year the way he finished 2005 as a winner in Asia this weekend, The 30-year-old Swindon ace is the top-ranked player competing in the Royal Trophy team event, which got underway in Bangkok this morning.  more...

Minchinhampton venue for counties week

GOLF: The Minchinhampton club in Gloucestershire will be the venue for South Western Counties Week from Sunday-Friday, June 11-16.  more...

Third hole in one for Peter, 75

GOLF: VETERAN golfer Peter Horton ended the year in style by notching a hole in one at the Wiltshire Golf and Country Club.  more...

Westlecot out to prove they are kings

BOWLS: WESTLECOT men's team have only one competition left to shoot for during the current indoor season.  more...

Swindon Letters

One chance in a thousand years

AT last, a spark of cultural re-generation for Swindon!  more...

I hope cat killer driver feels guilty

Driving my car through West Swindon I noticed a furry object on the road.  more...

This must be called racism

I HAVE been reading in your paper with great alarm, that the BNP intends to stand candidate/s in Swindon in future elections, and according to one of your readers who has written a letter to the Swindon Advertiser (SA Jan 2), they have already been distributing misleading propaganda about immigrants and Muslims in Britain.  more...

We’re winning

I SUPPOSE we in the BNP should be flattered that Andy Newman makes no attempt to debate our policies.  more...

Best breasts

WHATEVER next? Swindon-based Triumph International launched a search for the town's best breasts (SA, Review of the Year, June, p19, Dec 28).  more...

Knight rider

HERE we go again. The usual people such as top civil servants, fading pop singers or one-shot sports personalities get the highest awards while the genuinely brave and deserving such as those who risked life and limb in London on July 7 have to make do with the smallest possible recognition of their efforts.  more...

Lions’ share

IN the lead-up to Christmas, Swindon Lions Club was busy raising monies for local, national and international charities.  more...

Swindon News

Troubled area to get cameras

BIG Brother will be keeping a watchful eye over Eldene Centre after a six-year campaign for CCTV finally got the go-ahead from Swindon Council.  more...

Pub plan studied

PLANS to extend the opening hours of a Haydon Wick pub will come before Swindon Council's licensing committee on Wednesday.  more...

Police hunt duo

POLICE are looking for two youths after a bungled burglary in Wootton Bassett.  more...

Teen kicked ex-girlfriend in the head

A Wroughton teenager who kicked his former girlfriend in the head following a drunken row has been told he could face a jail term.  more...

Thanks for the memory, June

POPULAR singer and opera lover June Jones formerly Borelli has died at the age of 75.  more...

Man charged with kidnap of girl, 3

A MAN has appeared in court charged with the kidnap and sexual assault of a three-year-old girl.  more...

Home tweet home

WILDLIFE lovers can learn how to make homes for garden creatures.  more...

‘Our parking nightmare’

AN ANGRY resident in Toothill is mounting a campaign to be able to park outside his own house.  more...

Traders upset at one-way traffic scheme

THE ONE-WAY system which starts today in Wootton Bassett could become a big problem.  more...

Swindon Speedway

Robins’ Adams is off to a flyer

LEIGH ADAMS has made the perfect start to the new year and his bid to win a ninth Australian senior championship title.  more...

The Big Interview

McGann in fast-paced musical

FOOTLOOSE, the Broadway stage musical based on the 1980s film, visits Southampton's Mayflower Theatre later this month, as part of a national tour prior to its West End transfer.  more...