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Biddestone sides go through to finals
both Biddestone under 13 and under 15 cricket teams won through to their respective county finals following wins over Calne and South Wilts. Biddestone under 15s entertained South Wilts. The visitors lost the toss and were asked to bat by Biddestone skipper
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Shut the gate!
Tommy Mooney has expressed a genuine desire to see Town succeed next season and fans can take some comfort from the fact that he won't be returning to the County Ground in a Bristol City shirt. The 32-year-old striker is looking for a fresh challenge
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Tribute paid to air crash pilot
A PORTON Down scientist was one of four people killed in a light aircraft crash in Devon on Sunday afternoon. Dr Paul Norman (52) was piloting the Cessna aircraft which nose-dived into a field on the Somerset and Devon border. Dr Norman, from Winter-bourne
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Heartbreak for ploughman Jack, 82
Jack House with his few remaining rosettes. PLOUGHMEN are being urged to rally round 82-year-old champion Jack House after thieves took all his harnesses and equipment. A handful of rosettes is all the pensioner has left following last Wednesday's raid
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Firm raises cash for kids
SPECIAL needs children from across the UK have benefited from £250,000 raised by staff at support services firm Sodexho. The firm, which has offices in Westlea and employs about 100 people in Swindon, made a huge contribution towards raising the money
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Slow down!
Ref. 31118-64THIS is the latest weapon in the fight against speeding drivers. The £30,000 Honda Deau-veille is packed with the latest laser technology. It will be used by police to catch drivers who turn rural roads around Swindon into potential death-traps
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Three step out for pool
MEMBERS of a Swindon charity group are celebrating raising about £400 for the Thamesdown Hydro-therapy Pool. Three members of the Swindon Rotaract Club Bruce Boulton, Lee Hudson and Ellen James took about seven hours to complete the recent annual Ridgeway
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Managers branch out
Ref. 31121-30The North Swindon Family Centre has been given a Ground Force-style makeover. The NSPCC-run centre, in Atworth Close, was visited by a team of 30 branch managers from Nationwide Building Society. Their mission was to turn it into the sort
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High-flier lands Headlands job
PUPILS and parents at a beleaguered secondary school hope the appointment of a dedicated new headteacher will help turn its fortunes around. Janet Shadick is currently the associate head at a similarly troubled school in Tower Hamlets, East London. She
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Slow down!
Ref. 31118-64THIS is the latest weapon in the fight against speeding drivers. The £30,000 Honda Deau-veille is packed with the latest laser technology. It will be used by police to catch drivers who turn rural roads around Swindon into potential death-traps
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Fury as death driver's jail term is cut
Ref. 20224-49THE girlfriend of a Swindon man, killed when a lorry hit an ambulance he was being treated in, has hit out after the truck driver had his jail term cut. Clare Moreton, 30, said it was a travesty of justice that James Kelly, 54, should have
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Ferndale start
FERNDALE Rodbourne are back in training again. The club run teams from under six up to adult level with new faces welcome. An assistant manager for the under 13 team is also required. Contact Stuart Morgan on 01793 703630.
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Les steps up at Bassett
Wootton Bassett Town have appointed Les Gill as assistant to manager Pete Yeardley for the coming season. A former player, Gill will work closely with Yeardley in progressing the club through the Hellenic Premier league. Rob Hopkins, last season's club
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It's another mess you've got us in
Ref. 31117-19A CUSTOMER of double-glazing firm Coldseal is so dissatisfied with its after sales care that she is putting a sign up in her garden. Celia Howard, of Vicarage Road, Cheney Manor, spent about £5,000 on having new windows fitted last summer
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Spirits stay high at grand garden party
SWINDON CANCER APPEAL: The bad weather may have turned a garden party into a kitchen gathering but that didn't dampen the Swindon Cancer Appeal fundraising spirit. Tea, cakes and strawberries were on the menu at Paddy and John Marsh's Poulton Hill home
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Michael drops in to No.10
SWINDON street warden Michael Yohans was one of six front-line workers invited to 10 Downing Street last week. Mr Yohans, 34, from Upper Stratton, joined Prime Minister Tony Blair and wife Cherie for a special reception to honour the workers improving
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Pupils are fighting fit
Ref. 31110-23 Russell Archer gets to grips with some boxerciseYou're never too young to have a personal trainer, as these children have discovered. Pupils at Brookfield Primary School, Shaw, got off to an energetic start to the day with fitness guru Les
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Better late than never for Suez veteran
Ref. 31112-28A SUEZ veteran has been rewarded with a medal nearly 50 years after his service ended. Ernest Goodchild, 74, served with the RAF during the canal emergency of the 1950s, but neither he nor his comrades sometimes called the Forgotten Army
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Cyclists are set to show they care
CYCLISTS from across Swindon are encouraged to get pedalling for a good cause and possibly win a new bike. A sponsored White Horse Bike Ride and Treasure Hunt at 10am on Sunday, July 11 will see participants complete a 25-mile circular course beginning
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Musical play highlights the dangers of conmen
PROFESSIONAL actors have been enlisted to help make elderly people more vigilant against conmen. Next Wednesday profes-sional theatre group, Solomon Associates, are coming to Swindon to give two performances of their short musical play, Trickster. It
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Where Toothill gets its name from
I AM afraid the name Toothill has very little to do with the railways, as suggested by Margaret Brown of Moredon. Former West Swindon church community worker the late Olive King described the ancient origins of the word in the first ever edition of The
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Keep the former museum in the picture for art
RECENTLY, I visited an art exhibition in the former Railway Museum in Faringdon Road. The expanse of the museum is an ideal venue for exhibitions, displays, concerts and lectures etc. The exhibition was thought-provoking and very enjoyable: greatly enhanced
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Kahn stars as Nalgostroll home
Tufail Kahn scored 82 runs and took 5-39 as Swindon Nalgo 2nds easily beat Sandhurst 2nds by 143 runs. Having lost the toss, Nalgo raced to 129-0 with Joe Jenkins (47) and Kahn in control of a modest bowling attack After the loss of the openers, Paul
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On McLeod nine
A QUICKFIRE century from James McLeod took Swindon to a comfortable seven-wicket victory over Wootton Bassett in the under 13 section of the North Wilts Junior League. In a high-scoring game, the home side's innings of 201-8 was built around a fine innings
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Tribute paid to air crash pilot
A PORTON Down scientist was one of four people killed in a light aircraft crash in Devon on Sunday afternoon. Dr Paul Norman (52) was piloting the Cessna aircraft which nose-dived into a field on the Somerset and Devon border. Dr Norman, from Winter-bourne
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Heartbreak for ploughman Jack, 82
Jack House with his few remaining rosettes. PLOUGHMEN are being urged to rally round 82-year-old champion Jack House after thieves took all his harnesses and equipment. A handful of rosettes is all the pensioner has left following last Wednesday's raid
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Holidays are too stressful for some workers
ANNUAL holidays are no longer eagerly anticipated, as office workers complain they have to work up to 50 extra hours in the weeks before and after they go. According to research by the Office Angels secretarial and office recruitment agency, workers who
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Gym finished ahead of schedule
RAF Lyneham personnel and their families will be able to get fit quick at a new gym built by a Swindon firm. The station's new £700,000 gymnasium and fitness suite was officially opened this week by Air Marshall Clive Loader OBE. Also present at the opening
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Town targeted by cut price retailer
A LONDON-based discount retailer is looking to include Swindon in its expansion plans. 99p Stores currently has 20 stores across the South East and West Midlands, employing 445 people. This week the company received about £5 million of roll out funding
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Make a date with calendar
Swindon Council tenants have just over a month to get their artistic brains in gear. The Council has launched the Tenant Calendar 2005 competition for tenants and their families. There are a variety of age groups, including under fives and over 25s. A
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Have your say over play equipment
PENHILL residents have the chance to make dreams of a new adventure playground become a reality. Campaigners want to build the £80,000 facility at Seven Fields Park. The park's paddling pool closed several years ago because of vandalism, and parents frequently
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Tench haul nets Isis match win for Eamonn
The Isis AC match at Sutton Benger attracted a good entry, and they were rewarded with some good sport as the roach showed well. But it was tench which proved the main individual catches, with match winner Eamon Byrne taking a cracker of 6lb 10oz in his
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Lawyers argue the case for peace activists
FIVE peace activists arrested at RAF Fairford during the run-up to the Iraq war were attempting to stop what they believed would be a crime of aggression, the Court of Appeal heard yesterday. Lawyers for the five argued that their belief that the war
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Town is average in abortion study
Ref. 31122-06MORE THAN four in 10 pregnancies in Swindon teenagers between 15 and 17 end in abortion, according to a new study. The report, by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, ranks Swindon at 250th out of 374 areas of the country in terms of the abortion
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Ton-up time
Dave Read is looking forward to the start of Blunsdon United's next 100 years. The 47-year-old goalkeeper and United chairman has been playing for the club since he was 18, and has no intention of standing down for the 2004/05 season. He said: "I am looking
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Name the teddy and win a pair of tickets to air tattoo
THERE'S a pair of free tickets up for grabs to see the world's largest military air show and they will go to the person who comes up with the best name for the show's new mascot. The Royal International Air Tattoo recently adopted a large cuddly teddy
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Smilemenders to head for Ukraine
A HUMANITARIAN team of dentists is heading to the Ukraine to help in the fight against tooth decay and gum disease. The team, known as the Smile-menders, includes orthodontist Richard Swift and dental practitioner Brendon Ball, who practice in Swindon
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Skaters step forward
Highworth skateboarders are hoping to get a £40,000 stunt area. The Highworth Sk8ers want to build the facility next to the youth shelter on the Rec. But there are several hurdles to cross before the park becomes a reality. The first is to win town council
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Have your say on future of cemetery
Wootton Bassett cemetery is the subject of an online questionnaire. Residents are being urged to give their views about creating new cemetery space. The moves comes after the town council started a public consultation on whether to create 'double-decker
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Warning: Could this land damage your health?
Ref. 30986-99HEALTH service chiefs are scheduled to hold talks with Swindon MP Julia Drown today amid fears Front Garden development plans could harm the health of future residents. Campaigners, headed by the Front Garden Action Group, have sounded alarm
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Girls just miss out on trophy for chess
CHESS talents from Swindon were squeezed into second place in an English championship at the weekend. The Wiltshire Under-14 girls' team were competing in the major finals of the English Counties Girls' Chess Federation Cup in Milton Keynes, having won
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Health is on agenda over the summer
A new diary of health meetings has been published for the summer months. About 10 public meetings have been arranged by Patient and Public Involvement In Health Forums in Wiltshire. The Swindon PPI Forum will meet on Thursday, July 22 at 10.45am at New
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Parade set to wow crowds
THIS weekend, thousands of people will flock to Old Town and the Lawns to enjoy the full splendour of the Old Town Festival. Previous years have seen up to 15,000 people enjoy the fun in the streets, on the Lawn and in the Town Gardens. Among the biggest
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Appalled at our urban sprawl
Planning chiefs in Swindon have been criticised for failing to combat urban sprawl. According to a Government report, Swindon officers are among the worst in the country for approving wasteful land policies. Under national guidelines, all councils should
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Women set to soldier on in aid of charity
Ref. 31089-05 Nicky Bint, Anne Walton, Jo Mitchell and Sue Rolfe, of Drove VetsVETERINARY staff are undergoing a vigorous SAS training course in aid of charity. Four women who work at the Drove Veterinary Centre signed up to the challenge without realising
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Patients hit out over care
Patient complaints about the lack of hygiene at Swindon's hospital are coming in thick and fast. Margaret Greenwood, the patient representative of Wanborough Surgery, said she has received a surge of complaints from Great Western Hospital patients. She
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Cause of air crash remains a mystery
AIR accident investigators are still looking into the cause of a crash which killed four people, including the Wiltshire pilot. The 44-year-old man, believed to be from Salisbury and named as Paul Norman, died along with a father and daughter and a former
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A little car with a big reputation
Ref. 31114-13SWINDON Pressings has been showing off its involvement in the production of the new MINI Convertible. The Stratton St Margaret plant has played a crucial role, supplying panels to the MINI plant in Oxford. Yesterday the Convertible came to
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Cracking prize Gromit!
Ref. 31108-04SWINDON grandmother Doreen Everitt has won a cracker of a holiday. She will be taking daughter Sally Rachel, 28, with her on a £20,000 three-day trip to New York in October. And it's all thanks to a humble packet of Jacob's Cream Crackers
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Compromise may end crazy situation
What a crazy old world in which we live, or maybe it's just the crazy old town that we love. One side is fighting to fend off a proposed football ground and the other side is desperate to hold on to one. Some say it could only happen here. It is quite
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Bath eye up O'Driscoll
Bath will come face to face with Ireland skipper Brian O'Driscoll on their return to Heineken C up action. Last season's beaten Zurich Premiership finalists have been drawn with O'Driscoll's Leinster side in Pool Two of the 2004-05 competition. French
