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Taste the world flavour in Town
HOT-shot Australian striker Royce Brownlie will feature in a Town side bursting with international flavour tomorrow afternoon. Sporting Gijon may be the foreigners in town but 'buzzing' Andy King's starting line-up will be anything but home-grown. Brownlie
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Raising funds for your darling Charlie
THE fundraising campaign for four-year-old cancer sufferer Charlie Jarvis has gone into cyberspace. Charlie, from Greenmeadow, needs £60,000 to pay for revolutionary treatment in Texas for neuroblastoma, a rare form of the disease. More than £40,000 has
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Bienvenue a Wootton Bassett
TRADERS at Wootton Bassett's French market had no sooner arrived in town than they promptly had their vans wheel-clamped. Five French stall-holders were facing £95 fees to remove the clamps after parking in a private car park behind the rear entrance
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The state of our heritage
A CHARITABLE trust is hoping the Government will help protect Swindon's crumbling Mechanics' Institute from another winter of decay. Martha Parry and other campaigners from the Mechanics' Institution Preservation Trust believe that Swindon Council cannot
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Sentence adjourned
A MAN who stabbed a shopper in an unprovoked attack has had his sentence adjourned until August 30. At an earlier hearing Alan Green, 45, pleaded guilty to stabbing an Asian shopper who was queuing to buy his morning newspaper at the One Stop Shop in
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Boy is arrested
THE first person to be given an anti-social behaviour order in North Wiltshire has been arrested for breaching it just days after it was issued. Christopher White, 14, from Queens Avenue, Highworth, was arrested yesterday for breaching the conditions
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Five mile walk to school
SARAH Nobbs is 11 years old but Swindon Council has said it expects her to walk more than five miles to and from school every day. She is a victim of the council's decision to change the catchment area of Ridgeway School, where she is due to start in
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Don Rogers turns down Devizes
Don Rogers has turned down the chance to become manager of Devizes Town as predicted in yesterday's Evening Advertiser. The Swindon Town legend will remain with Hellenic League Pewsey Vale after deciding against a switch to Nursteed Road. Rogers informed
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Eyes down
EYES down for your next session of bingo at All Saints Church Hall in Southbrook Street on Monday at 7.30pm. Small money prizes and a raffle, for more information call Swindon 335551.
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It's your meeting
Broad Street Community Council holds its annual meeting in the lounge of Broadgreen Community Centre on Wednesday, August 14 at 7.30pm. Guest speaker will be Anni Naji, who was the author of a report on residents' concerns last August.
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Magnus and the hill with the hole
THE BBC is about to re-screen an archive TV film that has been used to investigate why a hole appeared at the top of ancient Silbury Hill. In 1968, the BBC's Chronicle programme, presented by Magnus Magnusson, recorded the last archaeological investigation
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Homes open day fesitval
PROSPECTIVE homeowners in Swindon enjoyed a festival atmosphere when they were shown around the latest housing development. Face painters, fire-eaters and balloon modellers entertained more than 600 people at the open day of Braydon Mead in North Swindon
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Hand-made vane stands atop school
PUPILS from class four at Broad Hinton Primary School have designed a weather vane to put on top of the school's new building. It is hoped the new building should be complete by the end of the spring term. A combination of the children's ideas was used
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Controllers refusing to relocate
FIRE Brigade control operators are still refusing to move into the new joint emergency services centre. Despite negotiations between chief fire officer Neil Wright and the Fire Brigades' Union, fire controllers say they will only move to the new centre
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Fireworks cancelled
THE Firework and Light Extravaganza at Bowood House, which was due to take place on August 10, has been cancelled. Cheshire-based organiser Performing Arts said the event, which attracted more than 4,000 people last year, had been scrapped because of
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Rally cry for Lydiard help
SWINDON councillor Judith Peppitt has welcomed plans to restore Lydiard Park to its former glory and called on people to get involved. Coun Peppitt (Lib Dem, Freshbrook and Grange Park) said: "I hope residents in the ward I represent, which neigh-bours
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Tackling the challenges of development
PHILIP Watkins has been appointed as head of operations for the South West Regional Development Agency in Wiltshire and Swindon. Philip's role will be to ensure effective communication between the Agency and its partners and local businesses. He has been
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Bag full of goodies with the Advertiser
IT'S all aboard the fun bus this summer with the Evening Advertiser Summer Roadshow and it starts on Monday. Throughout August, the Evening Advertiser is teaming up with Somer-field in Hyde Road, Stratton, and the Wyvern Theatre to bring our readers some
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Education here is first class says Phil
A FORMER Swindon schoolboy who has just graduated with a First from Oxford has shrugged of criticisms of the town's education service. Phil Copestake, 20, says he couldn't have asked for a better education. And he says the solid grounding he received
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Star transport team earns praise
SWINDON Council transport services became the second council depart-ment in the space of a week to get a "good" two-star rating from the Audit Commission. Government inspec-tors praised the intro-duction of park and ride schemes, the well-managed and
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Family carriage is back on track for summer
FIRST Great Western Trains is bringing back its family carriage. Operating on Saturdays, Sundays and off-peak services throughout the school holidays, the carriage has extra space for buggies, extended table seating allowing families to sit together and
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Big day at last!
THE preparations are now over, and the big day has arrived for the Evening Advertiser Bride of the Year 2002. When Katrina Bennett wakes up tomorrow she will be married. Katrina Bennett, 25, and David McCarron, 27,were finally tying the knot today after
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Six appeal for Winterbourne
WINTERBOURNE Bassett are missing one team for their six-a-side cricket tournament which takes place on Sunday (August 4). Anyone interested in entering their team should contact Des Clarke on 01793 731606 or 01793 655255 (w). The tournament begins in
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Raising funds for your darling Charlie
THE fundraising campaign for four-year-old cancer sufferer Charlie Jarvis has gone into cyberspace. Charlie, from Greenmeadow, needs £60,000 to pay for revolutionary treatment in Texas for neuroblastoma, a rare form of the disease. More than £40,000 has
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Seven appear in court on £295,000 fraud charge
SEVEN men accused of a quarter of a million pound plus fraud from the Nationwide Building Society have appeared before a judge at court. No pleas were entered by the men, five of whom are from London, one from Lancashire and the other from the Gorse Hill
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Well chaps, do you fill the bill?
SWINDON will host the English finals in a competition to find the next male supermodel. Organisers believe the success of Alex Sibley from Big Brother will encourage a record entry to the competition at the town's Designer Outlet Village. The winner of
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Grieving man finds death pit
THIS is the scene that has greeted Swindon people paying their respects to loved ones at Swindon's Kingsdown Crematorium. Just metres from a wall of names to the rear of the complex, a shallow pit lies in foliage, filled with ash and strewn with replacement
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Line up for dance
The next tea dance at the Lawn Community Centre will be at 2pm on Wednesday. Entrance is £2 and includes refreshments.
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The beat goes on
THE seductive beat of salsa music has been popular in Britain for years, and now Ritmo Latino is offering people the chance to take salsa classes on Monday nights in the Atrium in Havelock Square. For details call Swindon 812177.
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Litter woes as second gypsy camp is set up
A SECOND encampment of travellers has hitched up in Wroughton a week after a group moved on from land on the former RAF base. A large group has turned privately owned land known as Beranbuh Field into a gypsy camp complete with quad bikes and horses.
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Kidney failure claims the life of disabled champion
A CHAMPION of Swindon's disabled people has died. Chris Herbert, a past chairman of Swindon Coalition of Disabled People and a committed volunteer worker, died this week of kidney failure, aged 46. Mr Herbert, of Park North, was a member of the coalition
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I knew my Jane would be famous
ONE of Britain's most highly rated spirit mediums is coming to Swindon. Yorkshireman Stephen Holbrook, 36, says he was 14 when he had his first brush with the spirit world. He remembers his grandfather entering his bedroom and saying goodbye hours before
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250 take to the stage for production of West Side Story
THE curtain rises tonight on the first performance of the production of West Side story presented by 250 members of the Summer Youth Project in Swindon. Taking the leading roles at the Wyvern Theatre are Paul Tonkin as Tony and Anna Mitcham as Maria.
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Homeless teen in the dock for robbing girl
TEENAGE mugger Suzannah Dickenson has been remanded in custody after admitting robbing a schoolgirl. The 18-year-old, who has had drug problems in the past, stole the handbag and mobile phone of her 15-year-old victim. Nick Hawkins, prosecuting, told
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Stables back our hospital
ONE of the country's top horse racing centres will be throwing open its doors to the public to raise funds for Swindon's new hospital. The last time Manton racing stables at Marlborough opened to the public was in 1989. But the Sangster family, which
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We are just so grateful
SWINDON Town chief executive Mark Devlin says the time has come for the club to give something back after being overwhelmed by the generosity of fans. Supporters who continue to pledge goods to the cash-strapped club have boosted Town's pre-season preparations
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Top docs aim to be No.1
A TEAM of operating theatre staff from Princess Margaret Hospital is hoping to become top of the docs. The six-piece band, aptly named Under The Knife, is busy putting the finishing touches to a three-track CD in memory of the victims of mesothelioma,
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Passers-by impressed by John's flower power
COULD this be the best hanging basket display in town? John Myram, 71, of Swallowdale, Covingham, is continually told by passers-by that the colourful display of flowers adorning his home is beyond compare. The former council parks and gardens employee
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Business is blooming at Bassett
THERE are more blooms in Bassett following a partnership between businesses and the town council. Nine companies have so far sponsored flowerbeds around the town. The latest to support the scheme is Goodman Ingram Estate Agents, which is sponsoring two
