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Swindon crash to near rivals
SWINDON slumped yet again with a five-wicket defeat to Devizes that leaves them perilously near the foot of the Glos/Wilts Division One 1st XI table. Having elected to have first use of what looked an easy-paced wicket Swindon needed a competitive total
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Tayler rescues Bassett
TAYLER Aitken rescued Wootton Bassett against Calne in the North WIltshire Junior Cricket League Under 11s section with an unbeaten 38. Bassett were also helped by Sam Packer's 20 as they closed on 86-3. In reply, only Stewart Windsor (12) offered much
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Bucks are too good for Wilts
WILTSHIRE suffered a 76-run defeat against Buckinghamshire in the Minor Counties Knockout Cup at Chippenham on Sunday. Having won the toss Wilts put Bucks into bat and the visitors made slow but steady progress and their innings, held together by captain
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Jon Lewis Journal: Frustrated, but I've just got to take it on the chin!
I WILL be a reluctant spectator today as Gloucestershire travel to Warwickshire in the C&G Trophy. It's always disappointing not to be selected for a match, especially as I targeted the one-day games as an area where I wanted to make a bigger impression
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Ottakar's expands chain
OTTAKAR'S, the leading UK book chain with its head office in Salisbury, has bought Hammicks. Ottakar's, which has 93 book stores, has acquired the 24 branches of Hammicks, which have an annual revenue of £28 million, for £3.275 million. The deal means
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Paul branches out
HORTICULTURAL firm Keith Banyard has been purchased by its former general manager, Paul Edwards, and renamed Banyards Ltd. The expanding firm, which is based near Ringwood, had its best ever year in 2002 with a £3 million turnover and now has 95 staff
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Back to base for Chris and partner
WHEN the Salisbury firm he worked for merged with the international practice of Baker Tilly, Chris Bush was forced to take his clients with him to new offices in Somerset. But, despite the support shown by his business clients, he felt he could not deliver
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Bosses look to brighter future
CONFIDENCE among business leaders in the west about the future of the UK economy has taken an up-turn. But an underlying air of caution remains, according to West Business Watch, the monthly business confidence survey run by the south west office of accountants
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One in six dads have DIY bug
DADS with the DIY bug save families around £500 a month. A new survey released in the run up to Father's Day on Sun-day has found that one in six people say dads are crazy about DIY. The survey, by the Swindon-based Nationwide Building Society, claims
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Profits on the way up for security firm
SECURITY company Blick has recorded half-year profits before tax of £2.7m. In the six months leading up to the end of March, the firm, based in Bramble Road, Elgin, had a turnover of £34m, slightly less than for the same period last year. Figures for
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Need direction to achieve potential
MANY small businesses are simply not achieving their full potential, according to a leading expert. Bosses have competing ideas of where their business should be heading, sales staff each have a different way of trying to win customers and managers are
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Time for tea? just give me a break
MAIN PICTURE: Andy Wills in a spin. INSET: Ronald Rose gives repoter Victoria Tagg a turn around the dancefloor. Break dancing is still in vogue with the younger generation, while more traditional forms of dancing, such as ballroom, are still trying to
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Students get a head start at art exhibition
STUDENTS from the Foundation and Access to Art courses at Swindon College are displaying their work this week. The exhibition, called Think Outside Of The Box, features art and design in a variety of forms including, sculpture, ceramics, 3D design, fashion
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Bid to improve sex education
MPS have demanded better sex education lessons in schools after serious weaknesses were exposed by teenage mums from Swin-don. A report by the House of Commons Commons Health Select Committee urged the Government to make 'electronic babies' realistic
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Thieves steal charity boxes from stores
THREE charity boxes have been stolen from shops in the same street. The thefts occurred within days of each other in a Prospect Hospice charity shop, a Salvation Army charity shop and The Ninety Niner store in Cricklade Road, Gorse Hill. The box stolen
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Junior chefs prepare for a clash in the kitchen
FINALISTS in the 2003 Nation-wide Young Cook of the Year competition will test their skills at Swindon College tomorrow. They will be trying to impress a panel of judges including Andrew Litchfield, head of community relations at Nationwide, Tom Hales
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Daniel wins at ivy house
YOUNG Daniel Laing easily won the Ivy House lakes AC junior match fished on Saturday with a nice bag of carp weighing in at 13-4-0. Ben Buckwell was second, and third was Greg Taylor. In the club's senior match fished on Sunday, Mark Ponting came out
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Trusted employee took advantage of situation
MARGARET Lesley Cross admitted stealing £164,000 from Swindon businessman John Keeping while his wife was dying of cancer. Cross, 62, formerly of Queensfield, Swindon, but now living in Scunthorpe, netted the cash from Keeping Transport by falsifying
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Offer celebrates the famous flights of Concorde
CONCORDE fans mourning the end of the supersonic jet are expected to snap up limited edition envelopes marking two historic dates in its history. The first envelope marks the 20th anniversary of the first British Concorde flight to Paris. The illustration
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Gardens to open for the public
WESTONBIRT School is to open its historic private gardens to the public during the summer holidays. There is an extensive terraced pleasure garden, Italianate walled gardens, water features, a grotto, grass amphitheatre and wooded walks to the lake. There
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Recycling depot given go-ahead
Household recycling is set to improve in Swindon. Last night Swindon Council's planning committee approved plans for a new £6million recycling depot at Cheney Manor. The move will mean the closure of the existing facility at the Barnfield site and the
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£180,000 conversion gives congregation a new chapel
METHODISTS in Rodbourne held a service of thanks in their new chapel. The Rodbourne Methodist Community's 100-year-old former chapel was demolished in April as it was felt to be too costly to maintain and too large for the congregation. And in a £180,000
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Three appointments made to college team
SWINDON College has announced a series of new appointments to its senior management team. Two new vice-principals and a new chair of the board of governors have been appointed. The principals will help run the college as it prepares to move out of its
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Explosive gas gear dumped in street
GAS detection equipment stolen from a van in Abbey Meads has been found on the other side of Swindon. Thieves stole metering equipment and a canister containing potentially explosive hydrogen when they broke into a van belonging to gas supplier Transco
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Wood-burning power station wins Government support
Government representatives have visited a Sevenhampton farm to discuss sustainable energy projects with a farmer who wants to build a wood-burning power station. The meeting happened yesterday at Rupert Burr's Roves Farm, where Mr Burr is hoping to build
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Loose dog causes carnage at farm
THE PEACE has been shattered at an urban farm after a pet dog savaged four chickens. Now Matt Holland, owner of Lower Shaw Farm, is calling on dog owners to make sure their animals are properly trained. Mr Holland is best known as the founder of the annual
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Cancer appeal goes European
SWINDON CANCER APPEAL: NEWS of our Swindon Cancer Appeal is spreading across Europe. Or at least it soon will be if Ada Grnert-Retzki has her way. The 36-year-old from Swindon's twin town of Salzgitter in Germany took part in Sunday's Castle Mountain
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Good news at last for railway museum
VISITOR numbers are increasing at Swindon's Steam railway museum. Following a long period of falling numbers and rising debt, numbers for the first two months of the new financial year have exceeded targets. In April, 6,797 people were expected through
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Lies, hypocrisy and innocent deaths
IF Tony Blair wants to see Weapons of Mass Destruction, I suggest he visit Fairford Air Tattoo next month. He will then see some of the craft which helped to annihilate vast areas of Iraq, killing thousands of innocents on the back of lies and hypocrisy
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A dark and dangerous option
As a pedestrian, I was interested to read about the proposal to replace underpasses in Swindon by road crossings. I wonder if this thinking could be extended to the railway, which is surely the biggest barrier for pedestrians in the town. For eight months
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New Mears deal
LEE Mears' progress from promising youngster to understudy to Bath Rugby hooker Jonathan Humphreys has earned the 24-year-old a new two-year Rec contract. Mears established himself as regular No 2 to Welsh international Humphreys last season, making 18
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Marlboroughget home by four wickets as Box fold
A hard-hitting display of 77 from Frank Whiting took Marlborough to a four-wicket win at Box in Glos/Wilts Division Two. Box batted first and were in a good position thanks to Richard Foley (64), Neil Pettit (32) and Tony Trotman (21). A mid-innings collapse
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Jif bags 56 as Goatacre grab first league victory
A superb all-round display at Colwall gave Goatacre a much-needed first Glos/Wilts Division One win of the season. After restricting their hosts to 149-7 off their 50 overs, Goatacre knocked off the runs for the loss of four wickets in just 36 overs,
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Nalgo move into joint top spot
NALGO went joint top in the Swindon Evening Cricket League Division One after a 45-run win over Wroughton. W Ahman top-scored for Nalgo with 44 while T Khan (5-41) and Z Saeed (5-9) bowled out Wroughton for just 75. Another 10-wicket victory was handed
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Hope for better days from now
TRANSPORT boss John Keeping appears to have had more than his share of ill fortune. He will probably never fully get over the death from cancer of his wife Sally, who helped him to found his once successful business. But we hope he can put behind him
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We should be inspired by this tale
WE report many inspiring examples of courage and optimism. The story about John Hughes is one of them. The Swindon businessman's decision to give £4,600 raised at a series of charity golf events to the Evening Advertiser's Swindon Cancer Appeal is a moving
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Parkin Power
ANDY KING does not have bundles of cash to tempt his striking targets to the County Ground, but the Town boss already has proof that the 'Parkin factor' is a powerful persuasion aid. Forwards on the manager's hit list will have to accept that their wage
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Howzat! for Hay
JAMES Hay Pension Trustees are sponsoring South Wilts Cricket Club for the 2003 season. The company employs 530 people in Salisbury and provides self-administered pension scheme administration and trusteeship. Ian Hammond of James Hay said: "We are very
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Theatre group gets business back
YOUNG people's theatre group Stage 65 has had a major boost with the announcement that it is to have its own sponsors. Salisbury Newspapers and Lloyds TSB have teamed up to sponsor the group, which performs at Salisbury Playhouse. Its latest production
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Officer assists in work for disabled
HELP is at hand for companies in south Wiltshire having trouble filling their vacancies and for people with disabilities who want to work. Hazel Matthews has been appointed by a number of charitable organisations and public bodies in Salisbury as a supported
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Herb beauty grows
LINDA Anousta, who makes and sells natural beauty products, has moved to larger premises. Ms Anousta, who used to work full-time as an aromatherapist and started her business from home more than three years ago, has taken a unit on Barnack Industrial
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Train to retail
AN INITIATIVE aimed at improving skills has been launched in Salisbury. Retailers were invited last month to a lunch paid for by the Employer Training Pilot to hear about Free2Learn, which provides free training for employees of national and independent
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Stage set for Paul's debut
STAGECRAFT, the Salisbury lighting, sound and stage specialist, has appointed Paul Harte as its hire manager. Mr Harte is responsible for the hire department and will work closely with Mike Naish, technical director of the newly merged live events and
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Mum of dead addict backs drugs hotline
The Evening Advertiser has joined forces with police to launch a telephone hotline enabling people to report suspected drug dealers and already it is getting results. TAMASH LAL reports on its progress and how one mum wants your help in catching the dealers
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Woman who stole from boss jailed for two years
PENSIONER Margaret Lesley Cross has been jailed for two years after swindling a Swindon transport boss out of £164,000 while his wife was dying of cancer. Cross, 62, shed a tear as Swindon Crown Court heard how she ripped off haulage boss John Keeping
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John is a real sport
SWINDON CANCER APPEAL: Golf fan and cancer patient John Hughes is donating £4,600 the biggest individual pay out yet to the Swindon Cancer Appeal. GOLF enthusiast John Hughes today handed over an incredible £4,600 to our Swindon Cancer Appeal after fighting
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Time Team prepare to set up camp in Swindon
English Heritage will set up a mobile archaeology headquarters at Swindon's Roman site. As the Evening Advertiser has already revealed, the national heritage organisation plans to start digging at Groundwell Ridge on June 23. Its archaeologists are already
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Concert held in tribute to popular couple
A CONCERT has been held in memory of a Wootton Bassett couple who died in a road accident last year. Denise and Richard Rugg were well known in the town for their charity work. The Wootton Bassett Choral Society performed the concert at St Bartholomew
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No barriers to finding a good job
A CHARITY which helps disabled people in Swindon find work has set up a job club to give them more support. The club is intended to provide practical advice for disabled people on how to apply for work and how to prepare for interviews. John Green, co-ordinator
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Can you make her drama out of this crisis?
Teenager Holly Hughes has the potential to reach the top in acting and musicals if only she can raise the money. The Swindon College student has the chance to study musical theatre at a top London theatre school in September. It's a dream come true for
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Born Free at Oaktree
ANIMAL welfare campaigner and actress Virginia McKenna, who starred in the film Born Free, is to visit a Swindon school to open a wildlife area. Staff and pupils at Oaktree Nursery and Primary School in Park South have developed the site with the help
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Airshow is a tribute to the jet age
Kemble's Classic Jet Airshow takes place on Sunday. This year's show pays tribute to all jet aircraft used operationally by the Royal Air Force. Aircraft appearing at the show include two examples of the Gloster Meteor, Britain's first jet fighter, and
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Lecture due today on town's art collection
A CRITIC is due to give a free lecture on the Swindon Collection of British Art this tonight. Erik Burnett Godfree was curator of the Swindon Art Collection from 1991 to 1997 and managed the Swindon Museums Education Service. In his talk at the Oakfield
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From Consignia to Royal Mail and back again
I hear in the media, squeezed in between the latest news about David Beckham, that Royal Mail, which spent several millions changing its name to Consignia, has now become Royal Mail again. And now it says it is going to save £90 million a year by switching
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We should be sad not judgmental
AS a part time writer myself I understand the journalistic perspective behind the headline and story detailing the conviction of a 15-year-old Highworth boy to six months imprisonment in a young offenders' institute. However as a resident of Highworth
