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Out Of Town
INJURY-hit Town headed for Queens Park Rangers this morning with three members of today's squad already aware that their services will not be required next season. Bart Griemink, Jon Stevenson and Ben Martin have all been told they are free to find other
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Hopes rising for skatepark
A HIGHWORTH councillor believes he is on the verge of a breakthrough in the town's long- running skatepark saga. Coun Steve Weisinger has invited a firm specialising in skateparks to assess several sites in the town. Experts from Poole-based GBH Engineering
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Summer is all jazzed up!
ACKER BILK AT THE 2002 SWINDON JAZZ FESTIVALUNTIL a week ago, it looked as if the highly successful Swindon Jazz Festival was no more. Swindon Council wound up Swindon Arts back in January and the popular festival, which brings thousands of people to
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Get your running shoes on
TODAY the Evening Advertiser urges its readers to pull on their trainers for a charity half marathon. The Adver has teamed up with Swindon Council and Nationwide Building Society to host the run on October 17. Details are still to be finalised but all
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Youth sought
GRANGE PARK: A 12-year-old boy was threatened by a teenager who demanded cash as he cycled along a subway between Holbein Walk and Rowton Heath Way at 5.30pm on Thursday. The boy refused and managed to escape. The youth, who was of mixed race, aged about
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Stadium protest
WEST SWINDON: Protesters will be out in force along Mead Way today from noon, demonstrating against plans for the new Swindon Town stadium and sports complex. Swindon Forest Protection group says it anticipates hundreds of people turning out to voice
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See school's new scheme
PLANS to build a new reception area and head teacher's office at Ferndale Junior School go to consultation next week. Swindon Council officers will be in the main hall of the youth centre in Southbrook Street between 10am and 8pm on Thursday for residents
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Vehicle ban
WILTSHIRE: Almost all vehicles have been banned from Savernake Forest over the bank holiday weekend after estate the Earl of Cardigan, took advice from the police in the light of a mass bank holiday break-in last summer when 900 people held an illegal
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Tesco may shoot itself in the foot
TESCO could be frozen out of future Swindon Council developments unless it drops plans to close Shaw Post Office. That's the warning from Swindon councillor Nick Martin (Con, Shaw and Nine Elms), who said the council would take a dim view of the supermarket's
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Traffic delayed
WILTSHIRE: Motorists faced long tailbacks yesterday at junction 17 of the M4 caused by a jack-knifed lorry. Both east and westbound carriageways, the A429 southbound and A350 were all affected by the incident, on the roundabout between the Sutton Benger
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Wizards from Oz
Wessex Male Choir will share the stage with one of Australia's top choirs the New England Youth Choir in its third international concert on Tuesday, May 25, at Holyrood Catholic Church, Groundwell Road. The concert begins at 7.30pm. Tickets are £7 and
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It's showtime
Scores of youngsters from Wootton Bassett are getting in the mood for dancing. Some 150 children from the Maureen Cockram School of Dancing, based at St Bartholomew's Church Hall, are putting the final touches to their annual show. And judging by the
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Rescue plan for sub post offices
SOUTH Swindon MP Julia Drown has come up with a plan she hopes could save many of Swindon's post offices from closure. Ms Drown reckons that rather than closing struggling sub-post offices, they could instead be pared down to a limited service available
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Get your running shoes on
OCTOBER 17, SWINDON: TODAY This is Wiltshire.co.uk urges its readers to pull on their trainers for a charity half marathon. The webite's evening newspaper, the Swindon Evening Advertiser, has teamed up with Swindon Council and Nationwide Building Society
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Students learn skills for life thanks to Lucent
STUDENTS at Greendown School are learning about the world of work thanks to Lucent Technologies. Scientists and engineers at the telecommunications company in Westlea, have been teaching year 10 students about life skills, such as how to write a CV and
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It's showtime
Scores of youngsters from Wootton Bassett are getting in the mood for dancing. Some 150 children from the Maureen Cockram School of Dancing, based at St Bartholomew's Church Hall, are putting the final touches to their annual show. And judging by the
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All systems go for the Wiltshire Festival
Past acts include Liberty XTHE organisers of this year's Wiltshire Festival have signed on the dotted line to allow the huge event to take place. In a ceremony at Lydiard Park, Neil Cooper, the director of Green Arena Events the organiser of the event
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Police fear for safety of missing girl
POLICE are growing increasingly concerned about the whereabouts of missing 14-year-old girl Leighanne Clayden. Leighanne goes to school at the Riverside Centre, in Queen's Drive, but lives in the St George area of Bristol and travels from Bristol Temple
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Hero honoured for his daring rescue
SECURITY guard David Thompson has been honoured for risking his life to save a suicidal man from jumping off a Swindon car park. Mr Thompson could easily have been pulled to his death when he grabbed the 18-stone man who had let go of a ledge at the Fleming
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Do you have the £14m lottery ticket?
SOMEONE in Swindon could be a multi-millionaire without even knowing it. A Lotto prize worth more than £14m has gone unclaimed since a double rollover draw on Wednesday, April 14. The National Lottery has revealed that the winning ticket featuring numbers
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Drug boss must pay £295,000
Vincent Gibbs' house in Croft Road, Old TownA SWINDON businessman who headed a cocaine and cannabis cartel must hand over £295,446 of his ill-gotten gains. Vincent Gibbs, 38, who formerly worked for family firm Gibbs Tarmac, is serving seven years' imprisonment
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Arts centre shines out
Swindon Arts Centre is to get new outside lighting after patrons said it looked too gloomy. The centre, in Devizes Road, is to get a £5,000 makeover, thanks to a donation from Swindon-based plant and machinery hire company John O'Flynn Developments. The
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Tell your tales of Red Cross
The Red Cross is looking for people who have benefited from its work to come forward and share their stories. The charity, which has been helping people in crisis across the world for 60 years, is celebrating its achievements as part of Red Cross Week
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Home is where the art is for talented children
Bob the Builder and the Mayor of Swindon took time out of their busy schedules to meet some of Swindon's talented children and the people who care for them. Mayor Derek Benfield (Lab, Covingham and Nythe) opened a display of children's work in the Brunel
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Christians spend the weekend doing good deeds
YOUNG Christians in Swindon are taking part in three days of social action this weekend to help create a better environment for their community. Planting new vegetable beds at Penhill's community orchard, revamping the community centre garden in Walcot
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Students learn skills for life thanks to Lucent
STUDENTS at Greendown School are learning about the world of work thanks to Lucent Technologies. Scientists and engineers at the telecommunications company in Westlea, have been teaching year 10 students about life skills, such as how to write a CV and
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Canal plan has to go with the flow
A NEW bid is to be made for lottery cash for a project that will eventually help create a new inland waterway network around Swindon. Two months ago the Heritage Lottery Fund decided to defer a decision on whether to support the project to restore the
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Historic city set to be a closer friend
A POLISH city which has a friendship agreement with Swindon will officially become part of Europe today. Torun, which entered into a friendship and co-operation agreement with Swindon on May 13 last year, will become part of the European Union when Poland
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House may have to be demolished
THE man who unwittingly cheated death when a blast ripped through his home is now waiting to know whether the remains of his home have to be completely demolished. Paul Hebden's semi-detached property in Beechcroft Road in Upper Stratton exploded after
