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SHINYCAPSTAR IS CURRENTLY HAVING A SERVICE

It is inevitable that some pages will still have the 'old' template,
if this is the case please give us time.
The only other option was to close the site completely whilst we apply the changes !
 

   
     
   
 
Welcome to Coldstream News .................... keeping up with all things Coldstream!

Hopefully on this page you'll find links to other articles that have been displayed at other sections of ShinyCapstar.  Here we'll mention if the site has had an update, forum (message board) information and other breaking news from 'Planet Coldstream'.
Please make sure that you drop in 'regularly' to the Coldstream News Section of Shiny-Chat (the Coldstream Community).
Now, onto the news and remember ........ the newest news is ALWAYS at the top!

OLD NEWS:  
Old News from July '06 to February /08 here     Older News from July '04 to June '06 here    
Older News from May '04 to June '04 here     Older News from July '03 to April '04 here  
   
         
   

 SITE UPDATE NEWS: 03 May 2008

 
The site has recently been updated with:

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Sergeants' Mess Farewell Events: The Sergeants' Mess recently had a working lunch and a Regimental Dinner, read more at the link.

OLDER NEWS:

>27/
04/03 Battalion March through Windsor on Welcome Home Parade : exercising our right to march through Windsor, the Battalion marched on with thousands of spectators.




 SITE UPDATE NEWS: 29 APRIL 2008

 
The Coldstream News Section of the forum now features two new pieces.

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Past & Present Weekend Information : useful information released from Sgt Simon Hebson at Regimental Headquarters relating to the Past & Present Weekend.
Welcome Home Parade Media Coverage : the Battalion achieved articles in the 'National Press', read them here.
 
   
         
         
   
THE TOMMY LEECH APPEAL - FUNDRAISING APPEAL
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>> Tommy needs our help. L/Sgt. Carl Leech who lost his life in a car accident travelling home to Middlesbrough from his post at Catterick. Not only did he leave a widow but a very young son Tommy who tragically was born without ears and hearing, operations to rectify this could not be done till he reached the age of 10. Tommy has now undergone tests which determined that this is possible, but can only be done in Germany at the cost of £50,000.
For more information and an online video, please click here.

 
   
         
   

 SITE UPDATE NEWS: 27 APRIL 2008
 
The Coldstream News Section of the forum now features two new pieces.

Battalion March through Windsor on Welcome Home Parade : exercising our right to march through Windsor, the Battalion marched on with thousands of spectators.
Number 3 Company return home - Battalion now complete : features a small article and some images 3 Company's return from Afghanistan making the Battalion complete in Windsor.

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>23/04/03 - The Battalion celebrate St George in style (article & images)
>23/04/03 -
Number 1 Company return home (article & images)




 SITE UPDATE NEWS: 23 APRIL 2008
 
The Coldstream News Section of the forum now features two new pieces.

No 1 Company Return's Home: features a small article, some images and media coverage from 1 Company's return from Afghanistan.
Battalion St George's Day Celebrations: features an article and images from the Battalion's celebrations of this glorious day on the 23rd April 2008.

Older news:

14/04/03 - FSG Platoon Video added to YouTube Account.  
14/04/03
- Be part of the Coldstream Community on ShinyChat.



 SITE UPDATE NEWS: APRIL 2008
 
As you can see the site is having a little revamp and there will be many new features added in the coming weeks including an active Coldstream Timeline where Coldstreamers can add their own images and stories.  More updates and Coldstream News will follow in this section but in the mean time please view the Herrick Section with some fantastic images and articles from the Coldstream Guards serving over in Afghanistan (due back at the end of April 2008).

More features are being  added to this site daily, so please keep checking back.  For now you can view old Coldstream News by clicking on the links above in the 'Old News' Section.



 SHINYCAPSTAR UPDATE STATUS

Some sections of the site have been updated, some sections have been added and some sections are still to come.

1. HOME PAGE: a total redesign with easier navigation (I think?), and more stuff to be added, but it now features direct RSS Feeds of the latest 'Army & MOD News, plus a scroller that tells you the most popular links on the site. Two new features of the front page will be updated on a regular basis, 'In the Spotlight' and 'Site Feature' will be updated on a regular basis just in case anyone misses something.  Polls have also been re-introduced, we'll see how these pan out.  The 'Shout-box' has been dropped due to potential spam messages being left.

2. REGIMENTAL HISTORY SECTION: the Regimental History Section has been long due an update, not that we missed anything the first time, just tidying up a little.  The main 'Regimental History' page has been updated (to look a little like a newspaper - le me know what you think).  From there, I kind of got carried away and started updating various pages to the History Section, including a re-vamped VC Section with added images, and Medal Entitlements of each VC Winner.  Obviously this section alone is HUGE so please bear with it and keep checking back for extra features, including ............................. 'The Time-Lines'.  I am working on two timeline projects, the first being a pictorial timeline (see work in progress here), the second being an interactive timeline of Coldstream Campaigns from 1970 (read more about this exciting project here).

3. THE A to Z SECTION: this section will be updated as time progresses.  I was e-mailed by someone ages ago asking about a particular article and had to trawl through updates.  I thought why not have an A t Z of all things Coldstream and hyperlink frenzy!

4. EASTER EGGS: no this isn't a ploy at getting some more choccy in April (I've had enough thanks), but the terminology used for internet trap doors.  I have started introducing some secret links on the site (called Easter Eggs) that will give you some information and images that no one else will see!

5. PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE: a couple of pages I am working on portraying a Coldstreamer at various stages.

6. A NEW ICON: I was messing about in Photoshop and created a new icon for ShinyCapstar.  Yeah, I know it's not very Web2.0 friendly but come on ................ !

7. CRISP LOOK - CLEAN FEEL: the look and feel of ShinyCapstar will change over the next couple of weeks/months as all pages will be filtered to the new template.  I have to do this manually to each page (copy and paste) as I am still using MS Frontpage (booo hiss).  Hopefully we will do away with those irritating animations that were so popular at Shiny's birth and have background image free pages.  Before someone says it, yeah - all this will probably be back in web fashion by the time I change everything!

8. FEED BACK: ShinyCapstar is still holding on .................. just!  But we need your feedback so we can; a. pass it to those that require to see it and post your remarks online and b. take your points onboard and hopefully make things even better!

9. CELINE DION: no she's not one of my favourite artists, and no I'm not cracking up - yet!  She did, however, have a hit with the classic 'All By Myself', which incidentally is ME, the Shinycapstar Team.  Want to help, you can by sending in images, stories, articles, scans - anything that can take this site to a new level.  We have a YouTube account for videos and the Gallery will soon be updated with some new and improved software.  Send anything onto us via the 'Contact Page'

10. OP HERRICK 7: as I write this post there is only a few days until the Battalion are complete and have returned to Windsor, with the Welcome Home Parade taking place on the 26th April.  I have just taken delivery of thousands of images and videos (thanks to Lt Weddell) that will shortly be added to galleries on the Herrick Section and made into short videos for the YouTube Section.

 
   
         
   
THE TOMMY LEECH APPEAL - FUNDRAISING APPEAL
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>> Tommy needs our help. L/Sgt. Carl Leech who lost his life in a car accident travelling home to Middlesbrough from his post at Catterick. Not only did he leave a widow but a very young son Tommy who tragically was born without ears and hearing, operations to rectify this could not be done till he reached the age of 10. Tommy has now undergone tests which determined that this is possible, but can only be done in Germany at the cost of £50,000.
For more information and an online video, please click here.

 
   
         
   
 SHINYCHAT: GENERAL INFORMATION

We do our best to update this site as often as possible.  There are, however, times when other work commitments take priority over this website.  On the rare occasions that this happens we try to add posts to the forum under the 'Coldstream News' section.

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