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Target help where needed
A year long project to reduce the number of elderly patients admitted to Princess Margaret Hospital has been so successful it is being extended and used as a model for other hospitals to copy. This is clearly good news and praise is due to all those involved
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Leagues facing fixtures chaos
The flooding that has disrupted local football over the last few weeks is set to cause chaos with fixtures later in the season. Players who turn out for both Saturday and Sunday league teams could find themselves obliged to play up to six matches a week
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County's next sheriff is nominated at High Court
Wiltshire's next High Sheriff was officially nominated at an ancient ceremony at London's High Court yesterday. Judges and court officials wearing official court clothing stretching back centuries presided over the nomination of 51 High Sheriffs and their
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Digby's late goal seals fine victory for Westbrook
Swindon & District Minors League: In the under 11A league unbeaten Stratton and Westbrook fought out a thrilling game which saw Digby score five minutes from time to give Westbrook the points with a 2-1 victory. Westbrook's other goal scorer was Fitzgerald
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Strickland is on Mark for leaders
Skurrays Wiltshire League: Once again the Wiltshire League programme was badly affected by the weather, with just a half a dozen matches getting the go ahead. In the Premier Division just one game survived, league leaders Devizes Town Reserves pulling
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Leagues facing fixtures chaos
THE flooding that has disrupted local football over the last few weeks is set to cause chaos with fixtures later in the season. Players who turn out for both Saturday and Sunday league teams could find themselves obliged to play up to six matches a week
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Drug addict tried to run from court
A drug addict who tried to make a break for freedom from court has been jailed. Thomas Fox got no further than the locked double doors at the back of Swindon Magistrates Court. The 32-year-old was being escorted back to the dock by security officers after
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Pots for potter
The Harry Potter fan's Holy Grail will go under the hammer in Swindon tomorrow. But with an expected price of £5,000 or more for the first edition of the first book, only those with a healthy bank balance need apply. Only 300 of the first hardbacks of
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Professor to give GM talk
A meeting outlining the latest thinking in the genetically modified crops debate will be held in Swindon as part of a series marking the formation of the town's university. The University of Bath in Swindon has arranged for its Prof-essor of Plant Biology
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Celebrating a club with Vision
A community club with a difference has celebrated its first birthday. Gorse Hill Vision Club in Cricklade Road was set up to offer something for everybody. It has two bars, facilities for children, regular live music and other entertainment and a kitchen
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More police for Cricklade
There will be more police officers and more done to bring down the speed and volume of traffic in Cricklade, according to MP Michael Wills. Mr Wills, MP for North Swindon, organised a meeting at Cricklade's Union Church Hall to discuss residents' concerns
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A fitting tribute performed for a talented musician and teacher
An international roster of performing talent gathered to salute the memory of the woman who taught them many of their musical skills. Ada Fisher, who died in March at the age of 84, was involved at various times with several local stage groups. These
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In the long run
Marathon man Ian Chant says he was disappointed with his time of three hours 40 minutes for the New York Marathon. But he puts his time down to the fact that he caught a cold from someone on the plane journey to the Big Apple, and he could not believe
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Certificates for class assistants
A group of classroom assistants were due to be presented with Open University certificates today to mark the completion of a specialist teaching course. The 12 assistants, who work in Swindon infant and primary schools, have spent the year working on
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A model for our sporting future
An eight-lane track, proper changing facilities and viewing stand are essential if Swindon Harriers are to catch up with the leading runners in the athletics world. However, an indoor track would propel Harriers into the upper echelons of UK track and
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Take your partner by the hand..
Organisers regular barn dances for people with learning and physical difficulties are calling for more sponsorship. Wroughton Folk Dance Club has organised 10 dances since 1997. The aim is to give participants the opportunity to listen, communicate, co-operate
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How flooded was the Garden?
FRIDAY'S Feedback column commented that the flood water level on the Front Garden has subsided quite quickly. Of course it did! There are no houses built there. That's the whole point about flood plains; they disperse and absorb excess water and that's
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Bad day at the office
BART Griemink believes Town's players must not allow their shambolic display at Peterborough to destroy the progress they have made since Andy King's appointment. The Dutch keeper was handed the captain's armband for the day but it was a miserable return
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Can't see the wood for the trees in Nightingale Wood?
I READ with interest your November 1 article "From creation to flood in five minutes", which showed South Swindon MP Julia Drown officially opening Nightingale Wood, a project which was co-ordinated by Great Western Community Forest. By agreeing to attend
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Tax change not much help
YOU reported (EA November 8) that South Swindon's Labour MP Julia Drown thought that Gordon Brown's recent mini-budget was giving help to more environmentally-friendly transport. While there may be an extremely marginal reduction of noxious emissions
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Jennie needs our backing to beat scourge
We wish Jennie Harmston well in her new role as Swindon's 'drugs czar'. Her official title is co-ordinator of the Swindon Drug Action Team. And it was in that role that she yesterday hosted a meeting to discuss how the problem of addiction in the town
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Holly on target as Town march past Saints in cup
STFC Ladies 3, Southampton 0: Swindon Town Ladies beat Southampton 3-0 an AXA Womens FA Cup second round tie played at Ballards Ash, Wootton Bassett. The Town kicked off on a perfect afternoon and immediately put the Southampton defence under pressure
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White-hot Christian
Honda Logistics Swindon Sunday League: In a decimated Sunday league programme, County Ground Hotel from Division Six knocked out Division One opponents AFC Wroughton 4-3 after extra time in the second round of the Knockout Cup. County Ground scorers were
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Fusion fired by Seven-up Andy
Swindon & District League: Seven-goal Andy Wills was the ace marksman in a league programme hit by the weather. The Fusion Coleview striker led the scoring as his side demolished Jigsaw Group 11-3 in Division One. Carl Parker (2) and Kirk Ward scored
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Addicted to fighting drugs
As a single mum-of-two teenagers, Jennie Harmston is better placed than most to deal with the problem of drugs. Her official job title is co-ordinator of Swindon Drug Action Team (DAT) and for the last year she has been advising the co-ordinators in other
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Clowning around in the classroom
Pupils at a Swindon school had a ball clowning around with Tweedy and Alexis from Aladdin, this year's panto at the Wyvern Theatre. Crowdys Hill School was one of four local schools visited by the clowns who chatted with the children as well as entertaining
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County's next sheriff is nominated at High Court
Wiltshire's next High Sheriff was officially nominated at an ancient ceremony at London's High Court yesterday. Judges and court officials wearing official court clothing stretching back centuries presided over the nomination of 51 High Sheriffs and their
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Nigerian deal is labelled a scam
Gardener Bill Battaglia could hardly believe his eyes when he received a letter offering him a 30 per cent cut of a $21.5 million deal. The letter, which came from a man claiming to be Prince Kalu Adamu of Nigeria, offered him the guaranteed windfall
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Elderly care project to be copied across UK
A pioneering scheme to cut the number of elderly people wrongly admitted to hospital is being piloted in Swindon. The innovative one-year project, at Princess Margaret Hospital, has been so successful that it been extended into the spring and is likely
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We'll clean up Swindon
This is the woman chosen to lead the battle against Swindon's spiralling drugs problem. Jennie Harmston has been named the town's first drug czar, whose task is to stifle the availability of illegal substances and help those hooked on them. And today
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Students are given a taste of army life
The Royal Gloucestershire Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment will be offering Wiltshire pupils a taste of army days in one of its school days. As part of the Keep the Army in the Public Eye tour, the regiment is offering school children the chance to take
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Future of schools decided by public
People will be given the chance to have their say on plans for education in North Swindon, which include plans for up to seven new schools. A series of public meetings have been organised by Swindon Bor-ough Council to give people the opportunity air
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Invite to Government VIPs
Two leading members of the government are being invited to Wiltshire next year. Home Secretary Jack Straw and Health Secretary Alan Milburn will be asked to visit the county in March by the three emergency services. It is hoped they will lay the foundation
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Exciting steam stories keep museum visitors enthralled
A train driver who was buzzed by a Nazi bomber during the Battle of Britain shared his memories during a special day at Steam. Swindon's railway museum hosted Remembering the People, a chance for the public to meet the people who kept the trains running
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Youngsters discover the joy of sport
More than 40 disabled people, friends and carers took part in a day of sport at Swindon's Oasis Leisure Centre. In its second sporting chance day, Swindon Borough Council's lifestyle development team laid on a variety of sporting activities ranging from
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Private care for the public good
YOUR correspondent A. Lubin asks, in a letter published on November 7, what the Community Health Council thinks of the use of private hospitals by the NHS. We have not debated the merits of the idea per se, but since our first concern is the good of patients
