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NHS smart card proves a winner
Security technology firm TSSI has been named Best Healthcare Implementation category winner at the coveted Advanced Card Awards. Based at Groundwell Industrial Park in Swindon, the company specialises in the authentication of people and products. It scooped
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Just Soda off!
IN response to Rob Tomkins letter (May 1) may I suggest that a new catchy slogan for Swindon's latest night spot should be "Soda Off!" Drop the A and you see what I mean. B DUGGAN Essex Walk Swindon
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Get jazzed up
IT'S a lot of hard work trying to get music live in Swindon but we can all help make the jazz festival even bigger and better in the future, by giving our support. Let's put Swindon on the map as a venue for a great festival. Perhaps our local hotels
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Spaces and places query
I WOULD just like to ask Safeway how they expect to man the extra space they are creating by getting rid of the Post Office. Unfortunately, I have had to visit Safeway twice this week and had to queue for up to ten minutes to pay for my shopping. They
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History is traced
Swindon Cage Bird Society: Further to our letter in connection with tracing our history. We have now established that the inaugural meeting was held in the Mechanics Institute on Wednesday, November 28, 1906. A Mr J Edmunds was elected secretary, with
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Youngsters get in the swing for family day out
CROWDS descended on the Keynes Country Park for its annual Great Lakes Family Day. After the chaos caused by last year's foot and mouth epidemic, the farmers market was as popular as ever, while face painting and a storyteller were on hand to entertain
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Luv a duck, they've won by a beak
DUCKS were set loose in Wroughton for the town's fifth annual duck race, in spite of the drizzly weather. Yellow plastic ducks were floated along the River Ray to raise money for local community groups. Three races took place one for adults, one for children
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Robins know the drill
AN uninvited family has taken up residence in a quiet Stratton St Margaret bed and breakfast. The guests, led by a heavily pregnant female, brazenly flew into Terry and June Lewis' accommodation appropriately named Treetops in Marshfield Way earlier this
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Fire brigade praised
RAMSBURY: The landlord of the Crown and Anchor praised the fire brigade and the community after a blaze broke out at the pub on Sunday morning. Firefighters from Ramsbury, Marlborough, Hungerford and Westlea tackled the blaze in a first floor room which
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Youngsters get in the swing for family day out
CROWDS descended on the Keynes Country Park for its annual Great Lakes Family Day. After the chaos caused by last year's foot and mouth epidemic, the farmers market was as popular as ever, while face painting and a storyteller were on hand to entertain
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Support lacking for railway restoration
SWINDONIANS are snubbing their town's railway history, according to Great Western Railway Heritage Trust secretary Steve Atkins. Last month Mr Atkins, 53, was the driving force behind rescuing a Swindon-built carriage belonging to Queen Victoria's royal
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Earn your keep, Matt
ANDY KING has revealed that time, rather than money, is proving the stumbling block to Matt Hewlett agreeing a new contract. The former Bristol City midfielder wants a three-year deal but the Town boss is only prepared to offer two. King says he understands
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Man charged with murder
POLICE have named the Trowbridge man who died in an alleged stabbing incident in the town in the early hours of Sunday as 32-year-old Paul Rodgers. A 29-year-old man has been charged with murder and was due to appear at North Wiltshire magistrates' court
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Department gets a much better report
SWINDON Council's criticised social services department is getting better, according to Government inspectors. League tables to be published later this month will rank Swindon Council 29th out of 150 Social Services departments in the country. The ranking
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Author tells tales on the nature trails
THE Swindon Festival of Literature was today continuing with more fun, frolics and a taste of politics. Mo Mowlam, the former MP and Northern Ireland Secretary, is coming to the Wyvern Theatre tonight. With her signature warmth and honesty, Ms Mowlam
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The serious business of choosing the pick of the rodents
EXHIBITORS turned out from as far as Cornwall and Halifax for Swindon's first ever Guinea Pig and Mouse Show. Organised by the Swindon Cavey Club, the event attracted 210 guinea pigs and 120 mice, including rare champagne and tan breeds. It was the first
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Don't become his next victim
POLICE today urged pensioners to take steps to protect themselves from Swindon's so-called bike bandit. The robber has been preying on the elderly since April 25, using a bicycle to approach his victims before trying to snatch their handbags. He struck
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The truth that Vince wasn't Gulf War coward
SAS sergeant Vince Phillips, who died on the infamous Gulf War mission Bravo Two Zero, has been vindicated by a new book. The champion marathon runner from Walcot was criticised in best-selling accounts of the mission published in the 1990s. They said
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Concerned parents have been put through hell
I would like to respond to C J Lowry's letter in April 30 edition. 1. West Swindon parents did not have enough intelligence to answer a simple form regarding secondary school application. I, for one, received a form which required me to state my choice
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Film buff tells of belle's full story
I WAS very interested in Martin Vincent's article on the crew of the US B17 bomber. The plane has been made famous by the popular film of 1990 Memphis Belle but what the writer did not mention is that it was based on a classic World War II documentary
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Remember all those who died
Re: the report of the proposed war memorial. There have been up to about 20 conflicts since the end of World War II in which British service people have died about 3,500 in total. I think that any memorial should remember all who died, not only the people
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Earn your keep, Matt
ANDY KING has revealed that time, rather than money, is proving the stumbling block to Matt Hewlett agreeing a new contract. The former Bristol City midfielder wants a three-year deal but the Town boss is only prepared to offer two. King says he understands
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Up to 95 jobs to go as firm moves production
ELECTRONICS firm Tamura Hinchley is to stop production in Devizes this summer with the loss of up to 95 jobs. Employees were told that, because of the substantial losses incurred by the Japanese-owned company in recent months, it was moving production
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A hard task
PRESSURE on youth psychiatric services (EA April 30) has made the thankless task that Dr Eastgate and his team have on their hands unenviable. Is it any wonder that our youngsters end up in the way they do when they are under enormous stress from educational
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Big day at Lords
The House of Lords was today set to make a ground-breaking legal decision that could free up compensation for thousands of victims of the so-called Swindon Disease mesothelioma. Many victims of the fatal form of lung cancer have been denied compensation
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Police to release video in bid to find missing Linda
A VIDEO still which is the last known picture taken of missing Highworth mum-of-four Linda Razzell is due to be released by police today. The picture is taken from a CCTV recording of 42-year-old Linda as she visited the HSBC Bank in Regent Street, Swindon
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Woman is injured in fall from moving car
A MAN was due to appear in court today after a woman suffered serious injuries falling from a moving car near Swindon. Police believe the woman may have jumped from the car, which was travelling between Swindon and Lechlade. She was taken to Princess
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Young are being let down
A MOTHER whose teenage son was involved in a break in during which he was shot in the arm while in the care of Swindon social services says the town's troubled young people are being let down by the town. Since being taken into Swindon Council care a
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Purton's late blast
Two goals in extra time gave Purton a 3-1 victory in the final of the Hellenic Supplementary Cup against Old Woodstock Town in an exciting final at Abingdon. After a goalless first half Woodstock took the lead through Andy Bunny after 65 minutes. Time
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Chippenham in move for Towler
Chippenham Town are hoping to sign up former Bath City stalwart Colin Towler. The 32-year-old defender was released from Twerton Park after City just survived relegation on the final day of the Dr Martens Premier Division season. Tommy Saunders, boss
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Survivor
AN AIR Cadet from Swindon has won a national award after taking part in a charity expedition to Guatemala. Clare Fitchett and her expedition group beat off other air cadet teams from all over the country after undertaking a two-week tour called Guacamaya
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Learn to spell over two slices of toast
WHEN the school bell goes, pupils at one Swindon comprehensive don't stop learning. Teenage entrepreneurs at Kingsdown School are just two steps away from a trip to New York after a company they set up in their lunch hour won the North Wiltshire heat
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Fire boss gives a parking alert
CRICKLADE firefighters are urging drivers to park more considerately along Bath Road. They fear thoughtless actions could prevent them being able to answer an emergency call. Leading firefighter Rob Milican says he and his colleagues are concerned that
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Action plan drawn up for schools
WILTSHIRE County Council's Cabinet has approved plans to implement recommendations made by Government Ofsted inspectors in a recent report on its local education authority (LEA). The action plan sets out how the report's 33 recommendations will be addressed
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Report your loss
Some time on March 20, 2002 I lost my annual season ticket for use between Swindon and Reading. The cost of this ticket is approximately £3,000. I informed the offices at Swindon station and was told that as it was a season ticket it was quite likely
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Have a hearty clear out
I AM writing to encourage you to have a hearty clear out and help the British Heart Foundation (BHF) with their Blue Bag donation campaign running throughout May. Why not join me and donate any unwanted clothes and bric-a-brac to your nearest BHF Shop
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Rolls quest
I am the owner of a 1935 Rolls Royce 20/25 model, chassis number gyh36, registration mark CAU509. The car is fitted with a "Barker" body with the original colours of blue over black. I have been successful in tracing its history from 1935-1952 and from
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Robo cruelty
I am writing in response to the huge coverage in the media about the Robo Rat. This kind of animal research pushes vivisection into a new realm of tasteless absurdity. Implanting stimulating electrodes into rats' brains and controlling them like biological
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Taken for granted
We were delighted to read (Evening Advertiser, 2 May 2) of the expected imminent release of Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest in Burma, and hope that the regime's new-found sense of fairness will extend to the many thousands of her supporters who are
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Don't moan if you didn't vote
ABSOLUTELY pathetic (or should it be apathetic?) This can be the only phrase that adequately describes the total apathy of 70 per cent of the people of Swindon who couldn't be bothered to vote last Thursday. They have been whingeing about the borough
