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Schools plug into Internet
STUDENTS at three Swindon schools are now all wired up after being presented with new computers. At Greendown School, large numbers of pupils can access online resources simultaneously thanks to a new Internet system which operates at a speed around 40
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PC project is praised
NORTH Swindon MP Michael Wills was given a tour of an innovative Swindon project which helps severely disabled housebound people access the Internet from their home. SCAMP (Swindon Comm-unication Project) installs computers in houses and also gives ongoing
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Disabled given the chance to try sports
DISABLED youngsters were today being encouraged to join a sporting club. The Oasis Leisure Centre was hosting the Sporting Chance. Members of the disabled community were invited to take part in a number of activities, including tennis, basketball, football
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UNEARTHED: The Saxon and his sword circa 650AD
THE grave of an ancient Saxon warrior, dug up near Swindon, has been described as one of the most important discoveries in recent times. It was found by a member of the public with a metal detector, who stumbled across the grave of the warrior and a small
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OUTCAST
AFTER living in Britain for 53 years, marrying an Englishman and giving birth to five children here, Alicja Bolton has been told she has no right to a British passport. The 57-year-old has been working in England since leaving school, as well as paying
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Indian experience for music students
Students at Bradon Forest School, Purton, were treated to an extravaganza of dance, music and theatre with a troupe of Kathakali performers. The troupe, which was visiting the UK from India as part of a national tour, demonstrated the male classical dance
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Get on down to the beat
On the beat tomorrow in Swin-don are two masters of drum and bass Mark and Michael Mondesir. The Rhythm Section Masterclass is in Green-down School, West Swin-don at 2pm. Explosive grooves and stabbing rhythms are put under the miscroscope and a taste
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Dad returns to school to do some colouring
A FORMER pupil of Moredon Infants School decided to go back and do some colouring-in when his own children joined the school. Colin Greening, 32, of Moredon, was a pupil at the school years ago, but when his two children Danielle and Sophie joined, he
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IN ON THE ACT
COMEDY writer Stuart Dur-bin thinks he has found the perfect formula for an award-winning sitcom by basing it in Swindon. Stuart, 33, has reached the final four in a BBC writing competition with his script Billie Piper Comes from Swin-don. It caught the
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The sky'sthe limit!
SWINDON shoppers have the chance to boldly go where only a few others have gone before into space. For on sale in WHSmith, priced at a cool £100,000, is a seat on one of the world's first commercial shuttles to venture into space. Departing sometime between
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Town prepares to turn out to commemorate war dead
TRIBUTES to Britain's war dead were due to begin today. The Swindon branch of the Royal British Legion planned a ceremony and two minutes' silence at the Cenotaph in Regent Street at 11am. A service of remembrance was planned for this evening at Holy
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Let our son go to school
THE parents of an 11-year-old boy, who has been unable to get a school place, fear he is slipping further and further behind. Gary Cope, who lives in High Street in Haydon Wick, has behavioural problems but a very high IQ. He went to Nyland Special School
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Last man stands
GWR Cricket Club will fold by the end of the month unless there is a dramatic change in their fortunes. The groundless club have written to the council in a last-ditch effort to preserve their 153-year existence. At the end of September, the cricketers
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Vicar famous for raining frogs to talk at foundation
Vicar famous for raining frogs to talk at foundation
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Nurses welcome £500 cash boost
SWINDON nurses and midwives are to be given an average of £500 extra on their annual wage in a bid to help beat inflated property prices. The new cost of living allowance was announced by Prime Minister Tony Blair at an NHS conference in Brighton yesterday
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'I downloaded to offload husband'
BRITAIN'S first internet divorcee is preparing to walk down the aisle for the third time. Linda Scott, of Wroughton, was the first woman in Britain to divorce online, thanks to a service provided by Swindon's Mark Keen-an. The 47-year-old's decree absolute
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Mugger pushed pensioner to ground
A PENSIONER was pushed to the ground by a mugger who stole her handbag. The victim was approached from behind, as she walked along Alexandra Road, by a man who pushed her and grabbed hold of her bag. The woman, 67, resisted and was pushed to the ground
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A nice cuppa can help you find peace
TWO Tea Masters from Malaysia are being flown in to bring a little tranquility to Swindon next week. The Tchae Tea Tour, organised in conjunction with the Victoria and Albert Museum, is coming to Swindon on Wednesday to the Health Hydro Tranquility Suite
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Rapist filmed his assault on girl, 15
Rapist filmed his assault on girl, 15
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Rush to see Pikachu
FATHER Christmas got a helping hand from three of TV's best loved children's characters when he switched on the Christmas lights at the Designer Outlet Village. Pokemon friends Pikachu, Poliwhirl and Charmeleon helped Santa push the plunger, illuminating
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Call to keep vehicles off rain-soaked ancient path
THE Ridgeway National Trust is asking off-road drivers and motorcyclists not to take their vehicles along the Ridgeway due to the recent spell of wet weather. The Land Access and Rec-reation Association has agreed to back this request. Unless there is
