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Win top prizes from Currys
Currys Price is Right campaign has started and you have the chance to win some amazing prizes. Currys at Greenbridge Retail and Leisure Park is offering you the chance to win everything from TVs to ovens. Each week for the next eight weeks one of our
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Crosby sets goals
ANDY KING wants a new hit-man in attack but Malcolm Crosby feels the club's existing strikers need to adopt a more lethal approach in front of goal. While the manager attempts to persuade Chelsea striker Sam Parkin to sign on the dotted line for three
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Servicing soon from town's new Volvo dealer
THE new Volvo dealer for Swindon will shortly have its servicing facility in the town ready for business. Fawcett's Garage of Newbury, which took over the franchise from Ridgeway Volvo, is setting up a service base in Callender Park, off Paddington Drive
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Angling Diary
Sun July 21: Clanfield AC Open River Thames. Ring 01367 241044 to book. Wed July 24: Tockenham Lake Open £13 all in. Draw 12.30pm. Fish 2pm to 8pm. Register with Cotswold An gling on 01793 721173.
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Revellers raise £13,000 for Prospect
SALLY Williams, organiser of Jaguar dealer Sudburys' Mid-Summer Charity Ball, presented a cheque for £13,000 to the Prospect Foundation at the weekend. The money was raised at the ball, which more than 170 people attended. Gillian Richardson and Bill
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Police in bid to stop speeders
POLICE are launching a speed crackdown on drivers heading from Swindon to the south coast this summer. Wiltshire Constabulary is targeting the busy A303, used by thousands of holidaymakers to travel to Devon and Cornwall. In an effort to persuade drivers
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Floating in a South Sea bubble...
YOUNG actors, musicians and singers from Wroughton Infants School are making final preparations for a musical entitled The Royal Celebration, which has been written by their headteacher Susan Pagett. The show, with original music by deputy headteacher
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Pupils do the time warp with Rocky Horror Show
YEAR six pupils at Saltway Primary School in Pearl Road, West Swindon, really freaked out when they took to the stage in the Rocky Horror Show. The post exam musical was declared a roaring success by year six teacher Dean Fudge, who helped put on the
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'We enjoyed a drink, then he raped me'
A CHRISTMAS drink led to the brutal rape of a Swindon woman as she was walked home, it was claimed in court. The woman had enjoyed an evening's drinking, culminating at Angelo's nightclub in Fleet Street last December, Swindon Crown Court heard yesterday
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It's pay day for schools
AN Evening Advertiser campaign calling for fairer funding for Swindon schools may have finally reaped dividends from the Government. Our campaign, which began more than a year ago, called for the controversial system of funding local government to be
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Council strike hits services tomorrow
SERVICES in Swindon will grind to a halt tomorrow as council workers strike over pay. The strike will affect all departments including social services, education, planning and environmental health, although emergency services will be provided. Around
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It's three and easy for winning Golden Girls
The Golden Girls lived up to their name by winning the inaugural Swindon Town Ladies 3-a-side fun tournament at Colebrook School. The successful trio Natalie Beaumont-Farrell, Chantelle Lovell and Lisa Coe took the title after a thrilling 5-4 final victory
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Win top prizes from Currys
Currys Price is Right campaign has started and you have the chance to win some amazing prizes. Currys at Greenbridge Retail and Leisure Park is offering you the chance to win everything from TVs to ovens. Each week for the next eight weeks one of our
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McRae on circuit
WORLD Championship rally driver Alistair McRae will be showing off his talents at the Castle Combe Circuit on July 27. Alistair drives a Mitsubishi Evolution one of the most popular cars on the circuit. His team will be joined on the track by 20 car clubs
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Old photos of the man who served with Duke
PHOTOGRAPHS documenting the life of a Royal Navy World War II veteran who died in a residential home near Melksham last year are to be auctioned. Donald Fox, whose Navy colleagues included the Duke of Edinburgh, was in his late 80s when he died at the
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Put your heart into a charity cycle ride
CYCLISTS are being invited to raise cash for the British Heart Foundation in the Wiltshire Heart Cycle Ride. The annual event raises funds for the leading national charity fighting heart and circulatory disease which is the biggest killer in the UK. Paul
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Man is a bird magnet
MALMESBURY odd job man Henry Wheeler can talk to the animals and the birds. And he is using his skills to tempt invading pigeons from the ceiling of his town's historic abbey. The retired labourer, who lives in Falklands, helps out around the abbey during
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Letter gets Royal seal of approval
YOUNGSTERS at a Park North playgroup have received a letter from the Queen. The children at Holy Family Pre School in Marlowe Avenue helped make a card congratulating the Queen on her Golden Jubilee. And to their surprise they received a reply from Buckingham
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Football club defends its call for help
GENEROUS Swindon Town fans today continued to pledge goods to the cash-strapped club. Since Friday's appeal in the Evening Advertiser, fans have come forward to donate all manner of equipment from computers and printers to pencils and Post-it notes. One
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Top fire inspector praises trailblazing cadets
YOUNGSTERS in Cricklade have been recognised by the highest ranked fire officer in the country. Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Fire Services officially recognised the Cricklade division of Fire Station Cadets during a visit to Wiltshire Fire Brigade
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Violence on rise
J Curtis (Letters, July 10) seems to have confused animal rights activists with hunt supporters. As legislation to ban hunting with hounds draws nearer, we have seen increasing levels of violence and intimidation by hunt supporters no doubt they are frustrated
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Electric warning
I WOULD warn your readers not to write their name and electricity supplier on any envelope that arrives from London Electric. I received two envelopes with my full postal address but addressed to a 'Mrs Roberts'. The first envelope (I had never heard
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Grants available
EXTRAORDINARY as it may seem, we're trying to give some money away. Yes, it's true. At the same time as Age Concern Swindon is raising money to keep our valuable services going this year, we are offering small grants to local organisations. This year
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Help Stroke Association to make a difference
THE Stroke Association only has a few places left for the British Golden Jubilee Ten Kilometre Open Road Race on Sunday, July 21. Any readers wanting to take part should contact the country's leading stroke charity without delay! The race will start at
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Welcome return of drama at Wyvern
I THOUGHT I would take this opportunity to write in and tell you how much I enjoyed the production of Who Killed Agatha Christie? at the Wyvern Theatre. I totally agree with Roger Blake's review (EA, July 4), it was superb! It is great to see drama returning
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Striking workers need our support
ON Friday, July 12, Ian Fannon reported how rubbish will be left uncollected due to a one day strike by council workers. This will be inconvenient for residents affected, but we should remember that responsibility for the strike lies with the Government
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Government listens at last
FOR too long now, our council has lagged behind others when it comes to getting a share of state funds. But at long last, it appears the Government is listening. It is reviewing the funding formula which decides how much money councils are allotted. And
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Do the right thing British Rail: pay up
LESLIE Hadrell, like thousands of railway workers, went to work as a means to an end. He and his colleagues relied on the workshop for their living, and although it was hard physical work, they were rightly proud of the end product engines that made Swindon
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Win top prizes from Currys
Currys Price is Right campaign has started and you have the chance to win some amazing prizes. Currys at Greenbridge Retail and Leisure Park is offering you the chance to win everything from TVs to ovens. Each week for the next eight weeks one of our
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Partners unite for the good of the region
IT has been a year of huge success for the Wiltshire and Swindon Economic Partnership. Working to a 2001/2002 action plan, the organisation which was established in 1998 to promote the economic well-being of the area reports that, despite the poor global
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Soccer fun for kids
CHRIS Kirkland will be running a Soccer Fun Week at Ballards Ash Sports Ground on Brinkworth Road in Wootton Bassett . Sessions will run from July 29 to August 2, August 12-16 and August 27-30, each day running from 9.30am until 3pm. They are open to
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Vandalism could force pool to shut
HIGHWORTH'S open air swimming pool could be forced to close after a third vandalism attack in just six weeks. The pool was closed on Sunday morning after teen-agers covered the sides in broken glass. The pool, at Highworth Recreation Centre, is run by
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Charity superstars boost sport appeal
CHILDREN, health club members, office staff and even journalists all fell into the Sport Relief spirit in Swindon. The town was a hub of activity for the event. Sport relief is a charity which helps disadvantaged children across the country. A team from
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Their grief is shared by millions
JEAN Evans and June Proffitt watched their husbands die of the country's two biggest killers: cancer and heart disease. Seeing a loved one suffer is devastatingly painful so it takes great courage to share the ordeal with millions. But Jean, who lost
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Men force way into pensioner's home
POLICE have labelled the actions of two men who brazenly burst into an elderly man's home and ransacked his house as "despicable". The 77-year-old, who asked not to be named, was enjoying a leisurely Saturday afternoon at his Rosebery Street home when
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Simple for Simon
WOOTTON Bassett hotelier Simon Collins found some time from his cooking to take a cracking 67-2-0 of skimmers and bream on the pole to easily win the latest Tockenham Lakes Open last Wednesday. Swindon's Roy Booth, now living in Cornwall, made his long
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Sickened
THE widow of a former Swindon railway worker who died of mesothelioma says she feels "physically sick" that British Rail denies it ever employed him. Leslie Haddrell died of the disease in September aged 78. Since then, his wife of nearly 55 years, Beatrice
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Marine taking an early Bath
Swindon Supermarine dip their toe back into competitive water again tonight with their first pre-season friendly. Yes, it's that time of year already, and Bath City are the first visitors to Hunts Copse as Marine prepare for their second Dr Martens Western
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Silver for gold year
PRIME Minister Tony Blair last night presented the Queen with a Golden Jubilee gift from the Cabinet, Downing Street announced. Mr Blair gave her a silver gilt plate, made by The Silver Trust, and inscribed with the signatures of all Cabinet members.
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MP fights to prevent choking
SOUTH Swindon MP Julia Drown is calling for changes in the law to prevent children choking on toys found in foodstuffs. She is backing a Bill which would ensure toys contained in foodstuffs such as chocolate eggs are in one piece rather than in small
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Drumming around the clock for charity
PERCUSSIONISTS Paul Ashman and Andy Wraight certainly know how to drum up support for charity. The duo completed a gruelling 24-hour drumming marathon at the Octobus Centre, St Luke's School in Cricklade Road. But for Paul and Andy this was just a warm
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Terrorist attacks cut the number of aircraft
SEPTEMBER 11 has cut the number of aircraft at this weekend's Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford by almost a quarter. Organisers had expected there to be about 450 aircraft, but they have so far only managed to attract around 350. The September
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End of an era as 148-year-old infants' school closes
THE oldest school in Calne is to close next week after 148 years in the wake of a poor Ofsted report. When Guthrie Infants School closes its gates for the last time next Tuesday, they will never reopen. Founded in 1854, it is being merged with a neighbouring
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Vandalism could force pool to shut
HIGHWORTH'S open air swimming pool could be forced to close after a third vandalism attack in just six weeks. The pool was closed on Sunday morning after teen-agers covered the sides in broken glass. The pool, at Highworth Recreation Centre, is run by
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Plenty of advice for youth arts
YOUTH arts in Wiltshire are set for a major boost following the appointment of a new Youth Arts Co-ordinator. Angela Stribling hopes to stimulate opportunities for young people aged 13 to 21 throughout the county to enjoy and take part in as many types
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A successful fete puts a smile on everyone's faces
CHILDREN at a Swindon school have learnt that having fun can help them in the classroom. Youngsters from Drove Primary School in Drove Road spent their school fete riding ponies and jumping on the bouncy castle. And the fundraising event turned out to
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Fionuala in the chair for council's area panel
SWINDON Council's Area Panel South has a new chairwoman. Coun Fionuala Foley (Con, Old Town & Lawn) was elected as the replacement for Coun Wendy Johnson (Lib Dem, Old Town & Lawn) as the new chairman for the 2002/2003 municipal year. Area panels
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Police in bid to stop speeders
POLICE are launching a speed crackdown on drivers heading from Swindon to the south coast this summer. Wiltshire Constabulary is targeting the busy A303, used by thousands of holidaymakers to travel to Devon and Cornwall. In an effort to persuade drivers
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Nurse unhappy with leaf appeal
THE public will have the chance to make an everlasting mark on the Swindon's new Great Western Hospital as part of a fundraising campaign. In Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust's 'leaf your mark' initiative, well wishers will be able to pay for a leaf
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The heat is on . . . and on and on
SWINDON looks like being sun-kissed for a good few weeks with temperatures soaring into the 80s. Over the weekend hundreds of people headed for the borough's parks and swimming pools. Met office spokesman Colin Donnelly said: "We can forget about the
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Put safety first this summer
PEOPLE organising public events in the town this summer are being urged to check they have followed the correct procedures. The borough council's licensing department warns it is easy to forget safety and has issued advice to those organising events.
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Elected representatives better for democracy
I AM responding to the letter from Keith Ratcliffe of Highworth in the EA of July 4, relative to the House of Lords. Your correspondent has repeatedly used your columns, as can be confirmed by referring to your back copies, to attack left wing politicians
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Questions have to be answered
HOW much longer will it be before the community is really consulted about what development there should be and not just asked about how it should happen? The thought that housing numbers are just handed down from on high and there is nothing that can
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Wallaby Smith is favourite for Bath coaching role
AUSTRALIAN Brian Smith is expected to be unveiled as the new addition to Michael Foley's Bath coaching staff later today (Tuesday). The former Wallaby international scrum-half, who also won nine caps for Ireland, will be confirmed as the latest addition
