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DJ nights
Monday, October 16:Student Night is at The Havana Bar Cafe, Fleming Way. Free. Chill Out Zone is at the Litten Tree, Fleet Street, Swindon. Monday Mayhem with 2 Tall Paul is at Angelo's Nightclub, Fleet Street, Swindon from 9.30pm to 2am. R&B night
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Sport and hobbies
Monday, October 16:Ferndale Table Tennis Club at Ferndale YC Hall, Southbrook St 7.00pm to 10pm. Admission adults £2, juniors £1. (01793) 537464. Swindon Phoenix Car Club meets in Carrie's Bar, Blunsdon House Hotel. (01793) 490697
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Clubs
Monday, October 16:Croft Sports Centre 50+ Men Only circuits 9.30am to 10.30am. (01793) 526622 Lifestyle 50+ Young At Heart keep fit 10.00am to 11.00am. Western Community Centre. (01793) 511033. 50+ Supervised gym session The Rec, Highworth 11.00am to
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Town centre shoppers treated to a real song and dance
SONGS from the musical Mack and Mabel rang out in Swindon town centre when performers took to the streets to promote their forthcoming show. Members of Swindon Amateur Light Operatic Society gathered outside Debenhams in The Parade to belt out a string
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At last there is real hope
CONGRATULATIONS to Project Spear on finally gaining charity status recognition. In particular, recognition should be made of the efforts of Sue Ozolins, the project's founder. For it is thanks to her tireless work, supported by the Evening Advertiser,
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Backwell United 1, Chippenham Town 2
CHIPPENHAM Town manager Tommy Saunders was far from happy with his team's all-round performance, but admitted the away success was an excellent result. Saunders was a relieved man when his team hung on for three points. He said: It was a dire performance
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Cutler defies doctors in playing comeback
CHIPPENHAM Town striker Mark Cutler is risking life in a wheelchair to make his footballing comeback following a depressing time on the sidelines. The 27-year-old front man retired after the FA Carlsberg Vase final in May, but has not set his sights on
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Highworth hit back to stay ahead
Cherry Records Hellenic League PREMIER Division league leaders Highworth Town were made to fight hard for their 2-1 victory over local rivals Fairford Town, who prior to the game had lost just two of their seven league matches. Goalmouth action was few
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Nap hand for league leaders
Skurray's Wiltshire League: PREMIER Division leaders Cricklade kept up their recent impressive form with a 5-0 home victory over Warminster Town Reserves to go three points clear at the top of the table. The visitors shaded the opening 25 minutes, but
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Bradford United hit 10 past West Lavington
TROWBRIDGE LEAGUE: BRADFORD United opened their account in Division One of the Trowbridge League (sponsored by Just Signs Trowbridge) with a 10-0 demolition of West Lavington. Steve Morris opened the floodgates after just 42 seconds. Further goals followed
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Rejuvenated Melksham survive late rally
SCREWFIX DIRECT LEAGUE Melksham Town 3, Bishop Sutton 2: MELKSHAM bounced back from Saturday's disappointing performance at Paulton to gain a deserved Premier Division win at a soggy Conigre on Tuesday night. On a near waterlogged pitch, both sides did
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Shaw collect their first points at a canter
Under 14s Red Division: A GOOD team performance saw Shaw and Whitley earn their first three points of the season at home to Warminster Highbury. The first half saw Shaw forward Luke Simpson go off injured and while down to 10 men, they took the lead through
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Youngsters make flying start
YOUTH FOOTBALL: BRADFORD on Avon B got their season off to a flyer when they entertained FC Chippenham B. They won an entertaining game 10-3 in the under 10s division of the Wiltshire Times and News Mid-Wilts Youth and Minor League. Melksham Park B and
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Todd calls for killer instinct
TOWN boss Colin Todd has called upon his players to show more of a killer instinct after watching them surrender in soggy Lancashire. Their fall from grace at Oldham's Boundary park was a typical "after the Lord Mayor's show" effort as memories of Oxford
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Callard is uncritical
IT was not the sort of homecoming that Jon Callard would have wished for, but he refused to be critical of his players after a committed performance. Bath's head coach began his career at Newport and he was hoping to mark his return with a rare victory
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Live mannequin on show as sexy store opens
Ann Summers will open the doors to its first Swindon store at midday on November 2. A live mannequin will appear in the window of the Regent Street store. Lingerie, massage oils and sex toys will be on sale. Spokeswoman Rebecca Franklin said she expects
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RAF hospital plans unveiled to public
MORE than 150 people visited Princess Alexandra Hospital in Wroughton, to view plans for a multi-million pound redevelopment of the site. On Saturday, London-based developer Dukeminster displayed its plans in the old officers mess of the former military
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Praise for students at graduation ceremony
A RECORD number of students received their qualifications at Swindon College's annual graduation ceremony. A procession of students led by Swindon town crier Fred Ferris and mayor Arthur Archer made its way from the Regent Circus college site to the Wyvern
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Future looks bright for self-help group
A UNIQUE group in Swindon for those who deliberately harm themselves is looking forward to a more secure future. Project Spear has gained charity status against the odds. For the last three-and-a- half years it has been run single-handedly by founder
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Net shoppers can set price
THE UK's leading online retailer of DVDs is celebrating the immediate success of its revolutionary new way of doing business on the net. In a market-leading initiative, Swindon-based DVD-plus is changing the way people can pay for their goods. Customers
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Appeal for witnessess
POLICE are appealing for information about a man who approached a young woman in Swindon. She was walking alone alone along Queens Drive in the early hours of Sunday morning when the man grabbed her arm. He asked her to accompany him but she was rescued
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'I don't think we were ever going to hurt them'
MARTIN WILLIAMS was at a loss to explain Town's lethargy on a miserable Lancashire afternoon. The former Reading hitman admitted Town had never looked like scoring against a side that had failed to win in their last ten matches. Williams said: "We looked
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Recycle where?
NOW that Oxfam has stopped taking silver paper, milk bottle tops and foil trays, is there anywhere in Swindon that takes them for recycling? I have been told that there is an organisation called Alupro, but who and where are they? M JONES Tismeads Crescent
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Clean sweep for Bassett's three teams
Wootton Bassett recorded their first 'clean sweep' of the season, as the first, second, and third teams all won. The 1st XV trounced Sherborne 45-5, with a host of tries, including two from prop Dave Mason, and one from Keith Whittaker. The 2nd XV and
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Tormentors Devizes hit by a brace from Packer
Swindon College Old Boys secured only their second league win in two years when they beat local rivals and recent tormentors Devizes. The first team battled hard in a tense 12-8 home win, with Steve Packer scoring two tries. Second XV captain Martin Peaple
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Theatre
Arts Centre, Devizes Road, Old Town, Swindon: Monday, October 16, Hugh Cornwell, former singer with The Stranglers and Sumyunguise at 8pm. Tickets: £10. Tuesday, October 17 Beautiful Thing, a Jonathan Harvey award-winning play. Time: 7.30pm. Tickets:
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Groups celebrate ten years of arts
A Swindon theatre played host to a celebration of 10 years of Swindon Arts. The Swindon Arts Community Fund, formerly Swindon Arts Foundation, has given more than £10,000 to various projects aiding arts in the community and education over the years. At
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Police need support in rural towns
Police inspector Jon Tapper faces a big challenge in his new role as having responsibility for Cricklade. People in the town are suffering something approaching a crisis of confidence in the force. It is a situation which is mirrored in rural communities
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Todd calls for killer instinct
TOWN boss Colin Todd has called upon his players to show more of a killer instinct after watching them surrender in soggy Lancashire. Their fall from grace at Oldham's Boundary park was a typical "after the Lord Mayor's show" effort as memories of Oxford
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Walsall draw is enough to to fend off the chasers
WALSALL stayed top of the pile despite failing to beat Bristol City at Bescot. None of the top three managed a win so the Saddlers' goalless draw with Danny Wilson's side kept them ahead. Reading jumped into second place after beating Wycombe 2-0. Martin
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Battling Town dig out result
SAUNDERS ON SOCCER: WELL, a dogged result against Backwell last weekend. In all fairness, we didn't deserve to win, but I have to admit I'd settle for playing badly and winning rather than the other way round. Tomorrow we are home to Barnstaple Town.
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No barriers for a punk rocker
Former lead singer with top punk rock band The Stranglers, Hugh Cornwell, has co-written a dance record that went down a storm in Ibiza. The versatile singer/songwriter left The Stranglers a decade ago and has no regrets about throwing in the towel with
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Calne Town 4, Frome Town 3
THIS ding-dong, stormer of a match on Friday night saw Calne emerge victorious, thanks to a late Andy Waller strike. It was the second year running Frome had travelled to Bremhill View on a Friday night and gone down to a late goal. Frome kicked off at
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Three score hat-tricks in United's 14 goal triumph
Devizes Sunday League:DEVIZES Snooker Club battled to the end in their game against Imber United, but it just wasn't good enough, with Imber outplaying and outclassing them. Leading 7-0 at half-time, Imber came back out to score another seven goals in
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Saints break down Rangers defence
Westbury Rangers B 2, Blue Circle Saints 4: BLUE Circle Saints kept up their early challenge for promotion to Division Three of the Shoestrings-sponsored Chippenham Sunday League with a win over town rivals Westbury Rangers B in the Westbury derby match
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Bitter taste as Warminster lose to Cadbury
Warminster Town 1, Cadbury Heath 4: Warminster Town manager Gerry Pearson is to step up his search for a new striker after he was left stunned and disappointed by his team's performance in the 4-1 loss to lowly Cadbury Heath. Cadbury Heath had not won
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Westbury fall 3-1 to Farm for second time
Westbury United 1, Bristol Manor Farm 3 Westbury entertained Manor Farm for the second time in five weeks, and again lost 3-1. The early start to the fixture did not seem to have affected either set of players as free flowing football looked to be the
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Calne battle to take the points in Chard clash
LOCAL Screwfix teams struggled to find the results they wanted this week, as good performances went largely unrewarded. Calne Town travelled to Somerset to face Chard Town in a very competitive first division clash and came away with a 2-1 win. Toby Colbourne
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Supermarine keep up the championship chase
Hellenic Round-up: Swindon Supermarine just three points behind neighbours Highworth Town with two games in hand notched up their tenth win on the trot when they defeated visitors Carterton Town by 3-0. A stunning first 45 minutes by the South Marston
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Fairford Slip
Fairford Town 1, North Leigh 2: Premier Division's Fairford Town's impressive run came to an end when they were beaten at home by North Leigh 2-1. It was only the fourth defeat of the season for the Cinder Lane side who are currently in fifth spot in
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Fan's View
GRAHAM FOX lives in the North West and provides this week's fan's view: Known locally as Ice Station Zebra, Boundary Park has never been one of our happiest hunting grounds. Indeed those sat around me were mentally stretched to remember the last time
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Dud and buried
Oldham 1, Town 0: When Colin Todd admitted this week that his young side was not good enough to get promoted, he had this type of result in mind. Town arrived in Lancashire firing on all cylinders with only one defeat in five games. They faced an Oldham
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Match Stats
Newport Tries: Watkins, Mostyn, Marinos. Cons: Howarth (2). Pens: Howarth (3). TEAM: Pini; Mostyn, Watkins, Marinos (Pritchard, 50), Breeze; Howarth, Edwards; Snow, Richards, Garvey; Raiwalui, Gough; Buxton (Popham, 69), Foster, Teichmann (capt). Sin-bin
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Committed Bath count the cost of three defensive lapses
Newport 28, Bath 17: Bath's overall performance lost nothing in comparison with anything else they have produced in this difficult campaign, but they came up against the most resolute defence they have seen. Their ball-retention was superb. You can count
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Bonkers about conkers!
AUTUMNAL antics were the order of the day at the Southbrook Inn, when 49 hopeful contestants met to test their conker wielding skills in a battle of string, strong wrists and bruised knuckles. The event has become an annual tradition at the family pub
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First aiders get centre for training
A NEW St John Ambulance training centre has been opened in Swindon. The centre, which will be used to run first aid training courses for businesses during the day and as a training centre for volunteers in the evenings, was officially opened by the Lord
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Crash inquiry set to continue
THE rail inquiry into a crash that killed a Swindon man will continue later this month. It is just over a year since two commuter trains collided at Ladbroke Grove, just outside London's Paddington station, killing 31 passengers, including Swindon computer
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Rover turns its back on show
ROVER has come under fire for not having a presence at the British International Motor Show, which starts this week. Industry experts argue the car producer, now known as MG Rover, needs to take the opportunity to show off its products at the event, which
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Where are our police?
PEOPLE living in the picturesque town of Cricklade claim the police are failing to tackle a rising tide of rural crime. Officers insist the town is one of the safest in North Wiltshire, yet figures show common and actual bodily harm assaults have almost
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Sing to save those who are affected by stroke
THOSE with musical talent are being offered the chance to entertain while raising funds for charity. The Stroke Association is organising a sponsored Musicathon at the Brunel Shopping Centre on Saturday, November 25. Lisa Boyce, Wiltshire fundraiser for
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More satisfaction and pay is on offer
This is Wiltshire has teamed up with Princess Margaret Hospital to launch a Come Back Nurses campaign. We want nurses who have left the NHS to consider returning to the wards. Report by Ben Fitzgerald. THERE has never been a better time to take up nursing
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Thanks for helping me to help them
WHEN Tina Simpkins started raising money for Mencap earlier this year, she never dreamed she would achieve so much. It was the first time the Penhill newsagent had tried fundraising for charity, which is why she is so pleased that in the space of seven
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Sloppy showing baffles Todd
COLIN TODD bemoaned the lack of quality from his side as they floundered at a soggy Boundary Park. After just one defeat in five league games, hopes were high that Town could power to victory how wrong everyone was. From start to finish, Town struggled
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Stocking fillers
The Stroke Association has just launched its Christmas Catalogue and it features a wide selection of Yuletide greeting cards as well as a pocket diary for 2001 that makes an ideal stocking filler. All the profits from the catalogue help fund the charity's
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Plan ignores satellites
HAVING read the headlines on the front of Thursday's edition of the Advertiser, I eagerly opened it hoping to read about a bold new public transport system, perhaps like Manchester's Metro, which would allow commuters like myself from Swindon's satellite
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Skiing for cerebral palsy
MY name is Joe Inglis (of the BBC television programme Vets in Practice) and I am writing to ask readers to sign up for a charity event with a big difference. I am looking for 100 daredevils to join a fantastic skiing event in aid of Scope (formerly The
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Schools must have patience
I AM writing in response to the article on Wroughton Infants School which appeared in the Evening Advertiser on October 11. Wroughton is in the area covered by Swindon Borough Council and Wroughton Infants is one of the Swindon family of schools. Although
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Solo effort worth its Waite in gold
A breathtaking individual try from winger Nathan Waite gave Swindon a narrow win at Bicester after they had trailed 18-13 midway through the second half. Waite also scored in the first half, along with fellow wing Matt Seyneave, as the team kept up its
