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£14,000 would be well spent
It is important to remember not to tarnish everyone with the same brush. No two people are the same, and, certainly, not all travellers are the same. Unfortunately, however, some sections of the travelling community appear to hold little respect for the
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Stoke kill off goal-shy Town
MISSED chances inevitably come back to haunt you in football and Town were left well and truly spooked as they slumped to defeat at the Britannia Stadium. Andy King's men have a miserable record of battling back from adversity on their travels and once
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Firm won't rule out possibility
REPORTS of plans for as many as 15,000 more job cuts in the Post Office on top of the 15,000 announced last week, has done nothing to improve morale among postal workers in Swindon. The news comes on top of Consignia's decision to close four of its parcels
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Queen Mother tribute
Read our special feature dedicated to the Queen Mother and her remarkable life. Our feature includes details of the Queen Mother's childhood years, the abdication and her visits to Wiltshire. You can also send in a message of condolence and check out
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Queen Mother tribute
Read our special feature dedicated to the Queen Mother and her remarkable life. Our feature includes details of the Queen Mother's childhood years, the abdication and her visits to Wiltshire. You can also send in a message of condolence and check out
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Tackling the drug scourge
A VENUE near Swindon is to host a drugs seminar as Home Office figures show drug use has hit an all time high. Nearly half of all young people have used illegal drugs according to the official figures, with average first time users in their early teens
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A friend to the Krays
A FORMER Evening Advertiser journalist told today how he became a trusted friend of the Krays. Robin McGibbon is to auction dozens of Kray-related items in the town where he once worked. Mr McGibbon went to Fleet Street after a stint as an Adver sub-editor
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'It was a day which I shall never forget'
A CHANCE meeting with the Queen Mother was enough to convince a Swindon man to join the Royal Navy. Mike Shewry, 52, of Rodbourne Cheney, met the nation's favourite royal in September 1966 when he formed a guard of honour at the launch of the nuclear
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Having fun on an egg
LOWER Shaw Farm's annual egg-rolling contest produced much excitement on the slopes of Avebury on Easter Sunday. "The event grew out of a lack of something to do with so many beautifully hand painted eggs," said organiser Matt Holland, who declared the
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Super stuff
Swindon Supermarine's remarkable revival reached new heights yesterday when John Murphy's battling troops climbed from the foot of the Western Division table for the first time. Marine's brilliant 1-0 derby win at Cirencester, coupled with Racing Club
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Join the mummies
An expert on Egypt will be giving a talk about mummies and mummification at the Swindon Museum and Art Gallery. Dr John Taylor is an assistant keeper of antiquities at the British Museum. The talk will take place at the Swindon Museum on Bath Road on
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Memory clinic
The Kingshill Research Centre is looking for volunteers to take part in a study on the loss of memory. The Mild Memory Loss clinic was launched in January, and has seen more than 30 volunteers already this year. You must be 45 or over and feel you are
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Fair needs help
THE 2002 Cotswold Show and Country Fair, held in the grounds of Cirencester Park in Gloucestershire, is looking for corporate sponsorship. The event, which is in its 13th year, will be held on Saturday July 6 and Sunday, July 7. Chairman of The Cotswold
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Be more assertive
The Swindon Women's Branch of the WEA is holding an introductory class to help women be more assertive on Tuesday, April 9. The class will take place from 10am to 11am at the Even Community Centre, Jennings Street, Rodbourne. The confidence and assertiveness
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Canal help sought
Volunteers are being sought to help with restoration work on the North Wilts Canal. The volunteer party is currently working on the River Key aqueduct near Crickdale on Sunday mornings and occasionally during the week.. those interested in helping, call
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Police warning
Wiltshire police are warning householders in the county to beware doorstep callers trying to sell burglar alarms, saying they are working in conjunction with the police. The force says they do not have any association with any alarm companies or any other
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Campaign to save forests
ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners were at Lydiard Park on Saturday asking people to help save endangered forests. The environmental group Greenpeace has launched a campaign called Save Or Delete which is all about saving the world's ancient forests. People were
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Double protest day on The Ridgeway
PROTESTERS have continued their campaign against Swindon Council's plans to improve Barbury Castle. The Friends of the Ridgeway collected signatures for a petition asking the council to leave Barbury Castle alone. It plans changes to the area around the
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Man is given reminder of driving ban
A LORRY driver has walked free from court after he was caught behind the wheel of a car three months after he was banned from the road. David Benton, 50, told police that he had continued working as a large goods vehicle driver since he was disqualified
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Were you fooled by our April 1 joke?
IT may have had the backing of Swindon Mayor David Cox, but the Shrub of the South is unlikely ever to become a reality. The idea to carve an image of the Swindon Council emblem on hills alongside the M4 was an elaborate April Fool hoax. And Coun Cox,
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Details of school plan are worrying
I AM sure that everyone will be glad to hear that Swindon will get another £60 million for schools. But the details are worrying: the money is going to come from the private sector through the Private Finance Initiative (PFI). The £60 million will be
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MP knows little about hunting
This is a letter in response to James Gray's (North Wiltshire MP) comments in the Advertiser on Wednesday, March 27. He said that the Labour MPs who voted to ban hunting with dogs know little about the subject. After reading his comments it sounds like
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We can never do too much
ANY efforts to prevent our teenagers from taking drugs have to be welcomed. It is a shocking fact that almost half of the UK's young people have tried drugs, and most experiment in their early teens. And with Ecstasy now available for as little as £4
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King looks to muscle
ANDY KING will be looking to beef up his side during the summer in order not to be muscled out of Second Division success. The Town boss feels his team is losing out to less talented but physically tougher teams and it is causing him some concern. If
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Study is boost for business
BRITAIN has some of the best performing small businesses in Europe, according to a Trade and Industry report. The study, which measured the performances of small businesses across nine European countries, found that British firms topped the league, scoring
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The Learning bus is on its rounds
WILTSHIRE and Swindon Lifelong Learning Partnership has taken delivery of two mobile learning units (MLUs) to be operated by Wiltshire College and Salisbury College. People living in rural areas of Wiltshire, and those who unable to travel to traditional
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Queen Mother tribute
Read our special feature dedicated to the Queen Mother and her remarkable life. Our feature includes details of the Queen Mother's childhood years, the abdication and her visits to Wiltshire. You can also send in a message of condolence and check out
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Queen are the kings of pop
THE only record to make the Christmas number one on two occasions has been voted top of the pops in Wiltshire. Queen masterpiece Bohemian Rhapsody, penned by the irreplaceable Freddie Mercury, sits at the top of the 100 best songs of all time as voted
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Manager loses her job fight
A SWINDON woman who claimed she was the victim of sexual discrimination has lost her case at an employment tribunal. Christine Pratt, 46, claimed her Japanese boss told her there were no female managers in their company because in his country, "women
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'I nearly lost an eye'
A MAN who was shot in the face with a BB gun as he walked home from a family meal at a Swindon restaurant still has the metal pellet lodged in his head. Had the pellet hit him two inches higher and Andrew Shepherd, 47, from Victoria Hill, would probably
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Council rapped by the Ombudsman
THE PARENTS of a Swindon schoolboy with dyslexia and other learning difficulties say they had to fight for eight years to get their son the specialist care he needed, leaving him so depressed that he became suicidal. They believe the council's failure
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An end to all this?
GREEN areas throughout Swindon will be "traveller-proofed'' with mounds if a crusading councillor has his way. Pete Brown (Lab, Dorcan) has campaigned for years for something to be done to prevent travellers from illegally camping on local authority land
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Bassett eye Southall win after Bank Holiday double
WOOTTON Bassett completed a successful Easter programme when they defeated Pegasus Juniors 2-1 to collect a maximum six points from their two games. A delighted Bassett manager Pete Yeardley said: "The lads knew it was two vital games for us and they
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King frustrated by missed chances
ANDY KING was left frustrated once again at Town's inability to convert chances. The manager did not feel his team had played well but more clinical finishing could have punished against an average-looking Stoke City side. He said: "If we had converted
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King looks to muscle
ANDY KING will be looking to beef up his side during the summer in order not to be muscled out of Second Division success. The Town boss feels his team is losing out to less talented but physically tougher teams and it is causing him some concern. If
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Netted...my niece the UN diplomat!
A PENSIONER whose family turned to the internet to trace her long-lost niece was astonished to find what a big fish they netted. Laura Gibson, 83, from Eastcott Hill, had only seen pictures of her Singapore-based niece Noeleen Heyzer in childhood from
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When sleep can kill
The horrific consequences of falling asleep at the wheel are being highlighted in a hard-hitting new advertising campaign launched last week by Road Safety Minister David Jamieson. Government research shows that falling asleep while driving could be a
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Dance like an Egyptian or try sailing a dinghy
DINGHY sailing, dowsing the ritual landscape and Egyptian dance they are all in a day's work at Swindon College. The college has issued its new directory of adult courses, which combines conventional subjects with the more exotic and adventurous. One
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Youngsters bake cakes for a good cause
CAKE baking is how a group of schoolgirls from Moredon Junior School is raising money for the special care baby unit at Princess Margaret Hospital. Year six pupils Louisa Thomas, Carla Ashley, Scarlet Ford, Gemma Gulliver and Rebecca Easton have been
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Window smashed
Police are seeking a vandal who smashed a window at the Esso garage in Kingshill Road about 12.15am today (Tuesday). Shards of glass narrowly missed the cashier and damage of £200 was caused. The offender is described as a white man in his 20s, 6ft tall
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Mobile stolen
A 16-year-old youth was forced to hand over his mobile phone by a man in his early 20s. The theft happened on Saturday, at 7.25pm, on the junction of Parsonage Road and Ermin Street. The thief is described as black, 5ft 11in, with short hair. He was with
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For an award-winning meal, go to the nursery
A TRIO of Swindon nurseries have won awards for the high standard of their food. Swindon Mayor Coun David Cox presented Heartbeat Awards to the catering managers of the Jigsaw Nursery branches in Abbey Meads, Windmill Hill and Broome Manor. This nationally
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Man is given reminder of driving ban
A LORRY driver has walked free from court after he was caught behind the wheel of a car three months after he was banned from the road. David Benton, 50, told police that he had continued working as a large goods vehicle driver since he was disqualified
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Bigger issues to worry about
MP JAMES GRAY (Evening Advertiser March 27) hits the nail on the head when he suggests that there are bigger areas of concern than the furore over fox hunting and it is time this Government spent its time on sorting out the main issues that concern so
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Tribute to a unique woman
SPANNING almost 102 years, the matriarch of the House of Windsor and dearly loved grandmother of our nation has died peacefully in her sleep at 3.15pm on March 30, 2002. Although the perception of royalty is no longer one of subservient subjects towards
