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Priest was victim of scam
DRUG addict Stephen Saunders plundered thousands of pounds from the bank account of a priest in a sophisticated scam, a court heard. The 29-year-old got £4,750 and £15,000 from Cheque Interchange in Trowbridge after cashing the documents which had been
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Paralympian Dunham going for glory in the Dutch Open
Broad Hinton Paralympian Anne Dunham has arrived in Holland hoping to add another prestigious title to her collection. Dunham is preparing for the Dutch Open Dressage Championships for the Disabled one of the few events she has never won. The experienced
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Log on for health info
Wiltshire people have given a pioneering on-line project the thumbs-up. The project, healthinfo4u, aims to make specialist health information, formerly only available to health professionals, available to everyone. Members of the public can access the
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Log on for health info
Wiltshire people have given a pioneering on-line project the thumbs-up. The project, healthinfo4u, aims to make specialist health information, formerly only available to health professionals, available to everyone. Members of the public can access the
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New on This is Wiltshire
VIEW and buy digital pictures from this year's Fairford Air Tattoo and aerial pictures of Wiltshire online with This is Wiltshire. Many of the pictures available online have not yet been published in the Evening Advertiser. Click here for Air Tattoo pictures
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New on This is Wiltshire
VIEW and buy digital pictures from this year's Fairford Air Tattoo and aerial pictures of Wiltshire online with This is Wiltshire. Many of the pictures available online have not yet been published in the Evening Advertiser. Click here for Air Tattoo pictures
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New on This is Wiltshire
VIEW and buy digital pictures from this year's Fairford Air Tattoo and aerial pictures of Wiltshire online with This is Wiltshire. Many of the pictures available online have not yet been published in the Evening Advertiser. Click here for Air Tattoo pictures
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Log on for health info
Wiltshire people have given a pioneering on-line project the thumbs-up. The project, healthinfo4u, aims to make specialist health information, formerly only available to health professionals, available to everyone. Members of the public can access the
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Police crack down on months of crime after recovering stolen tools
POLICE in Wootton Bassett say they have solved months of crime after recovering stolen hire tools worth £5,000. The hoard of equipment, which included a cement mixer, disc cutters and chain saws, was discovered when police raided a house in Old Court.
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New on This is Wiltshire
VIEW and buy digital pictures from this year's Fairford Air Tattoo and aerial pictures of Wiltshire online with This is Wiltshire. Many of the pictures available online have not yet been published in the Evening Advertiser. Click here for Air Tattoo pictures
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New on This is Wiltshire
VIEW and buy digital pictures from this year's Fairford Air Tattoo and aerial pictures of Wiltshire online with This is Wiltshire. Many of the pictures available online have not yet been published in the Evening Advertiser. Click here for Air Tattoo pictures
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New on This is Wiltshire
VIEW and buy digital pictures from this year's Fairford Air Tattoo and aerial pictures of Wiltshire online with This is Wiltshire. Many of the pictures available online have not yet been published in the Evening Advertiser. Click here for Air Tattoo pictures
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We're back in the swing of things!
NEVER let it be said that Swindon Mayor Stan Pajak refuses to get into the swing of things. His latest daring exploit was to break the ribbon at the official opening of the biggest rope swing in Wiltshire at the Richard Jefferies Adventure Playground
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Rugger off!
GIPSIES are hampering Swindon Rugby Club's pre-season training. A 19-strong army of travellers arrived at the club's Greenbridge Road headquarters on Sunday night and set up camp next to the pitch. During the summer the club spent more than £2,000 raking
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Council leader quits
SWINDON Council leader Sue Bates today followed her chief executive in falling on her sword. The Labour leader has announced that she is set to resign, less than two weeks after the Advertiser told of the impending departure of chief executive Paul Doherty
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Getting to grips with tag rugby
THE Dorcan Recreation Centre has been hosting a series of week-long mini sports festivals for children. The first week was for seven to eight-year-olds, who are seen here taking part in just one of the activities, tag rugby. This week it is the turn of
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New on This is Wiltshire
VIEW and buy digital pictures from this year's Fairford Air Tattoo and aerial pictures of Wiltshire online with This is Wiltshire. Many of the pictures available online have not yet been published in the Evening Advertiser. Click here for Air Tattoo pictures
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It's not just about typing letters . . .
A WOMAN who handles the office work for a number of farmers in the Marlborough and Swindon areas has been named as Farm Administrator of the Year. Rebecca Hill, 42, from Chiseldon who has a six year old daughter, Lizzie, received the Lloyds TSB Bank sponsored
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Boy gashes toe after tripping over unevenly paved stone slabs
RYAN Drewitt was playing outside in the street when he tripped over an uneven paving stone and gashed his toe. His mother, Sharon Harper, 33, from Pinehurst, claims that they first notified Swindon Council about the "injury trap" outside their home more
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Season for watching men strip - column by Peter Heaton-Jones
The BBC Wiltshire Sound Breakfast Show presenter is the Evening Advertiser's latest columnist. You can hear him every morning on 103.6FM It's August, so welcome to a special summer holiday edition of the column. Perfect for reading in airport lounges
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Police crack down on months of crime after recovering stolen tools
POLICE in Wootton Bassett say they have solved months of crime after recovering stolen hire tools worth £5,000. The hoard of equipment, which included a cement mixer, disc cutters and chain saws, was discovered when police raided a house in Old Court.
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The show must go on due to popular demand
WEST Side Story, this year's Summer Youth Project in Swindon, has proved so popular that the theatre has put on another show. Having sold out of every performance of the musical, the Wyvern Theatre has organised a matinee for tomorrow at 2.30pm. Ted Doan
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Whistleblower's claims backed up
CARERS who have worked with social services whistleblower Deborah Rees have backed up her claims and say they have lost all confidence in the department. Deb Bignell, from carers' charity, Focus, and Sarah Purnell and Bill Greenshields, from Swindon Carers
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Pensioners prepare for battle again
CRUSADING war veteran Frank Avenell says Swindon's pensioners are ready for another battle after the Audit Commission criticised the borough's concessionary travel scheme. Frank, 79, heads a band of determined older residents called the Fairness for Pensioners
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Youths win battle for skateboard park
Young skateboarders were jubilant when town councillors voted unanimously in favour of a new skatepark in Cricklade. More than 40 youngsters crowded the Town Hall in the High Street to hear the verdict at last night's town council meeting. It marks the
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Students shop for a good artistic project
ARTISTIC spirits are enticing Swindon children back to school during the summer holidays. Seven pupils from Hreod Parkway School returned to the classroom to create animation screensavers with the help of Asda Wal-Mart in Haydon Wick. The budding computer
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Springboard for accountants
SWINDON College is offering an accountancy course for students keen on a career in finance. The Association of Accounting Technicians has a practical education and training scheme that can provide a springboard to chartered accountancy in four years,
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School reunion
A SCHOOL reunion is planned for all who attended Chiseldon Infants School during the 1940s and 50s. Please come to the Patriots Arms at noon on Saturday, August 31, and bring photographs if you have them. Hope to see you there. SHEILA CRAIGMILE (nee Beckinsale
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Where has common sense gone?
JUST how stupid are the people who set council policy? It is perverse that the council can find £10,000 from reserves to fund an evening's entertainment for the BBC's children in need campaign, but consider it right and proper for an 11-year-old to walk
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No need for a personal attack
STUART Macpherson must have an extraordinary memory and must have lived for a very long time if he claims to know the minds of every mayor of Swindon during the last 100 years without exception (his phrase not mine). His disgraceful attack on the current
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Wiltshire gain ground
WILTSHIRE put themselves in with a good chance of collecting their first Minor Counties Western Division victory of the season in the second day of their encounter against Berkshire at Reading. After replying with 231 to the home side's first-innings
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New on This is Wiltshire
VIEW and buy digital pictures from this year's Fairford Air Tattoo and aerial pictures of Wiltshire online with This is Wiltshire. Many of the pictures available online have not yet been published in the Evening Advertiser. Click here for Air Tattoo pictures
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New on This is Wiltshire
VIEW and buy digital pictures from this year's Fairford Air Tattoo and aerial pictures of Wiltshire online with This is Wiltshire. Many of the pictures available online have not yet been published in the Evening Advertiser. Click here for Air Tattoo pictures
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It's Neate work as all stars are blotted out
DREWEATT and Neate lifted Winterbourne Bassett's eighth annual six-a-side title with a 10-wicket victory over Sheffield All Stars in the final. In a rain-affected contest, Sheffield were limited to 31-3 in slippery conditions. That total was comfortably
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New on This is Wiltshire
VIEW and buy digital pictures from this year's Fairford Air Tattoo and aerial pictures of Wiltshire online with This is Wiltshire. Many of the pictures available online have not yet been published in the Evening Advertiser. Click here for Air Tattoo pictures
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It's the only choice left for council leader Sue
SUE Bates has done absolutely the right thing in resigning her post as Swindon's council leader. It is simply a shame that she has not chosen to fall on her sword earlier. This is not about party politics or personalities. We have always considered Coun
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Ruddock Set to Go
NEIL RUDDOCK was expected to be placed on the transfer list by Swindon Town today. The Evening Advertiser has discovered that the move was discussed by the club's board of directors yesterday and that it was agreed the 34-year-old should be put up for
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New on This is Wiltshire
VIEW and buy digital pictures from this year's Fairford Air Tattoo and aerial pictures of Wiltshire online with This is Wiltshire. Many of the pictures available online have not yet been published in the Evening Advertiser. Click here for Air Tattoo pictures
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New on This is Wiltshire
VIEW and buy digital pictures from this year's Fairford Air Tattoo and aerial pictures of Wiltshire online with This is Wiltshire. Many of the pictures available online have not yet been published in the Evening Advertiser. Click here for Air Tattoo pictures
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Priest was victim of scam
DRUG addict Stephen Saunders plundered thousands of pounds from the bank account of a priest in a sophisticated scam, a court heard. The 29-year-old got £4,750 and £15,000 from Cheque Interchange in Trowbridge after cashing the documents which had been
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Credit union conference takes a turn south of the border
A MAJOR annual conference of credit union workers is to be held in Swindon for the first time. Usually venues in the North of England are chosen for the National Association of Credit Union Workers Annual Conference and General Meeting, as there are more
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Fighting for the right to work after 65
A SWINDON man is fronting a campaign to make age discrimination illegal. Bob Banister, 66, is challenging the Government by launching Age Concern's Age Equality Contract after experiencing ageism himself. He currently works through the employment agency
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Swimming lessons
Intensive swimming lessons for children over the age of four are being held at the town's Recreation Centre this month. The two five-day courses are run from August 12 and August 19. Each course costs £18.90. For more details contact Swindon 762602
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Go rambling
The town's rambling club has organised an eight-mile walk around the Black Mountains in Wales on Wednesday. The group meets at the Rec car park at 9am. Those taking part should take a pack lunch and £5.50 for the fare. For more information contact group
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Log on for health info
Wiltshire people have given a pioneering on-line project the thumbs-up. The project, healthinfo4u, aims to make specialist health information, formerly only available to health professionals, available to everyone. Members of the public can access the
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Priest was victim of scam
DRUG addict Stephen Saunders plundered thousands of pounds from the bank account of a priest in a sophisticated scam, a court heard. The 29-year-old got £4,750 and £15,000 from Cheque Interchange in Trowbridge after cashing the documents which had been
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New on This is Wiltshire
VIEW and buy digital pictures from this year's Fairford Air Tattoo and aerial pictures of Wiltshire online with This is Wiltshire. Many of the pictures available online have not yet been published in the Evening Advertiser. Click here for Air Tattoo pictures
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Sanctuary set up to ease trauma
RAPE FEATURE:STAFF at the Swindon Sanctuary have been offering consultations out of practice hours at the Taw Hill Surgery since March. These give victims the chance to be examined, comforted and, if they wish, to give evidence to the police away from
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Men scared they'll be called gay
RAPE FEATURE: POLICE figures show that only one male rape has been reported in Swindon in the last 12 months. But one victim, who now runs a helpline for other men, says he knows of dozens that have gone unreported. Steve Bevan, 45, was raped by a family
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Trial of the rape victims
RAPE FEATURE: In the last 12 months 51 rapes have been reported to Swindon Police. But detectives and support groups accept that the number of victims is probably far higher. DEBBIE WAITE investigates why many people are too scared to come forward and
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Behaviour order boy in court for breach
A 14-YEAR-OLD boy has appeared before Swindon magistrates charged with breaching an anti-social behaviour order. Last week the boy, whose identity was withheld by the court, became the first person in North Wiltshire to be given such an order. The boy
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Library plan hits another setback
PLANS to replace Swindon's central library have again been stalled. Swindon Council had wanted to remove the temporary building that has served people in the town for 27 years. It also planned to create a new art gallery, museum and improved theatre in
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New on This is Wiltshire
VIEW and buy digital pictures from this year's Fairford Air Tattoo and aerial pictures of Wiltshire online with This is Wiltshire. Many of the pictures available online have not yet been published in the Evening Advertiser. Click here for Air Tattoo pictures
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Log on for health info
Wiltshire people have given a pioneering on-line project the thumbs-up. The project, healthinfo4u, aims to make specialist health information, formerly only available to health professionals, available to everyone. Members of the public can access the
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Council joins hands with an arts group
SWINDON Borough Council has joined forces with an arts group supported by pop stars and actors to create a summer drama workshop for children who are cared for by social services. Two workshops are running in August to encourage children and young people
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Saying farewell the modern way
MY Way, Over the Rainbow and You'll Never Walk Alone are among the songs chosen by Swindon people to accompany them on their last ride. A recent survey named Wind Beneath My Wings by Bette Midler and Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On as the nation's top
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It's not just about typing letters . . .
A WOMAN who handles the office work for a number of farmers in the Marlborough and Swindon areas has been named as Farm Administrator of the Year. Rebecca Hill, 42, from Chiseldon who has a six year old daughter, Lizzie, received the Lloyds TSB Bank sponsored
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Road will deflect industrial traffic
RESIDENTS in Stratton St Margaret will soon reap the benefits of a new road serving Marshgate Industrial Estate. A new link road is expected to reduce the number of lorries coming and going from the industrial estate, and in turn help reduce the amount
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Hackney may show the way
SWINDON Council is considering visiting the failing London Borough of Hackney to learn lessons about how to run a revenues and benefits service. Members of the council's special committee last night met in private for one and a half hours to look at the
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Hoping for a complete ban
WE are writing to update the address Mrs M Harrison of Swindon Animal Concern gave for the National Anti-Hunt Campaign to finally abolish hunting with dogs. The new address is 27 Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3XX. Telephone 01442 240246. We appeal
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Bus service to RIAT gets top marks
I would like to comment on some of the letters regarding traffic problems to RIAT at Fairford this year. With an expected 200,000 visitors to the show, it should have been obvious to everybody that hold-ups were going to happen. However, my wife and I
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Clothes do not make the mayor
I WAS saddened to read the criticism by Stuart Macpherson in your letters page of the Mayor's decision not to wear robes to normal council meetings. I believe someone needs to answer some of the points he makes. First and foremost Stan Pajak told me that
