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Test your old grey matter by helping others in charity quiz
JULY 6: COMPETITION is hotting up to see which company will be named the brains of the town at the Swindon Cares quiz. The quiz is being held at 7.30pm on Tuesday, July 13 in the winners lounge at Swindon Town Football Club. So far 12 teams have dared
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Igoe's Early Scare
SAMMY IGOE has endured a worrying start to Town's pre-season campaign after being hospitalised over fears of a blood clot. The 28-year-old midfielder spent Sunday night under observation after experiencing breathing difficulties and numerous tests have
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wilts bow out
WILTSHIRE'S hopes of progress in the 2004 Middleton Cup were ended at Wootton Bassett on Saturday. They slumped to a 21-shot home defeat by Warwickshire in their final inter-counties group match. Forced to make several late changes through injury and
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Salisbury College appoints principal
SALISBURY College Board of Corporation has appointed a new principal to take over from acting principal Ray Dowd in September. Gillian Thompson (49), whose career in education stretches back to 1978, was offered the position following a comprehensive
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Door-to-door sales healthy for Kleeneze
A SWINDON catalogue sales firm is expected to report full year pre-tax profits this week in line with forecasts. Kleeneze, which sells household items door-to-door, is likely to report earnings of £9.12 million tomorrow. It should see revenues fall modestly
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Test your old grey matter by helping others in charity quiz
COMPETITION is hotting up to see which company will be named the brains of the town at the Swindon Cares quiz. The quiz is being held at 7.30pm on Tuesday, July 13 in the winners lounge at Swindon Town Football Club. So far 12 teams have dared to throw
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Bashing Europe could hurt jobs
Dennis GrantTHE leader of Swindon's chamber of commerce has urged businesses to make sure they hold an informed opinion about joining Europe. Chief executive Dennis Grant says he fears there is not enough reasoned debate about European union and integration
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OAP admits sex assault charges
27330-02A PENSIONER talked about his sex life and offered cannabis when he gave young girls a lift home, a court heard. He kissed one youngster on the lips after one trip, Swindon Crown Court heard yesterday Grahame Adams admitted two charges of indecent
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Head start for Gina
71184-08TV beautician Georgina Akers is setting up her own salon in Swindon where she hopes to attract other celebrity stylists. She beat thousands of applicants to become a receptionist on Channel Four's reality hair and beauty programme The Salon, which
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Pass the soap Claudius
31158-24ARCHAEOLOGISTS working at a Roman site in Swindon believe that they may have figured out what once stood there almost 2,000 years ago. The experts from English Heritage have been carrying out excavations at the Groundwell Ridge site since the
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Walkers will be able to follow route of town's history
A series of walking trails around Swindon is being drawn up by town centre managers in an attempt to boost civic pride. Within the next couple of months the trails will feature on a website, along with notes for walkers The first trail will focus on the
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Convoy grows in size as it waits
71183-17TRAVELLERS say they have been forced to move on to private land at Blundson because they have nowhere else to go. The group has been moved off several sites by the police in the last week. Now the convoy of about 25 caravans and trucks has moved
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Party night turned to terror
71196-38Peter Taperek went to the pub to celebrate his 39th birthday. He ended the night with 18 stitches after an unprovoked bottle attack. A SWINDON man who was viciously attacked outside a village pub says he is lucky to be alive. Peter Taperek, 39
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John's in charge
John Freeth, former assistant manager at Cirencester Town and Swindon Supermarine, takes charge of pre-season training for last season's Wiltshire Premier Division runners-up AFC Stratton at the Crosslink Centre, beginning tonight at 7pm. Manager Stef
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A double six for Shaw
HIGHWORTH'S annual junior six-a-side tournament proved another hit at the weekend. A total of 184 teams took part in the event, with teams representing all corners of Wiltshire, plus others from Bristol, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire. Swindon club Shaw
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Bowl along to club fete
BLUNSDON Cricket Club is holding its annual summer fete on Saturday at the village's recreation ground in Sutton Park. The fete starts at 2pm and will include bouncy castles and slides, pony rides, bottle and cake stalls and a raffle. Ice cream and light
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Now hear this, festival will be fun for everyone
SWINDON'S town crier Fred Ferris is warming up his vocal cords to reveal the full programme of the Swindon Summer Festival. He will be crying out the festival's line-up today at 11am at the Jubilee Clock in Swindon town centre. The five-day festival,
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Golden couple meet on train ride to love
31164-17RON and Mary Twine celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a trip down memory lane. They returned to Combe Martin the same Devonshire town they stayed in during their honeymoon 50 years ago. This time their trip was a little less energetic
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Art work pays off for schools
71185-52Seven Swindon schools have made outstanding achievements in the arts. They have won national recognition from the Arts Council for their commitment to music, dance, drama, art and design. Churchfields and Bradon Forest Schools were both given
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Is this the end of bill stickers?
71194-47PEOPLE who stick up fly posters were given a taste of their own medicine when a Swindon councillor pasted a "cancelled" sign on one of their illegal bills. Former mayor Stan Pajak (Lib Dem, Eastcott) reckons direct action is the only way to stop
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Pupils call on the muse for a slam poetry contest
In recent years slam poetry has become the pop art event of literary festivals up and down the country and this week a Swindon school is jumping on board with a contest to encourage youngsters to take an interest in poems. Kingsdown School is hoping budding
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Our school bus is too tatty
SCHOOLCHILDREN fed up with travelling in dilapidated mini-buses are urging people to help them raise the £50,000 needed to replace them. Students at Greendown School say the buses have become a bit of an embarrassment and sometimes have difficulty getting
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June steps down as chairwoman of stroke support group
The chairwoman of the Swindon Stroke Support Group has stepped down from her role after 11 years. June McGinn will not be standing at the next annual meeting but says she is happy to remain as a committee member and trustee. She joined the Red Cross in
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Just the ticket?
71193-70PARKING charges for places such as Swindon should rise by at least £2 a day to get people out of cars and on to busses, according to the Government's top transport advisor. Prof David Begg, the head of the Commission For Integrated Transport,
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Has anything changed over the last 30 years?
It is with interest that I read the headline Tories renege on their word on June 18. This isn't the first time it has happened and possibly will not be the last. In 1973 it was the turn of the Independent group to nominate a mayor. They put forward Alderman
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Labour leader should talk to the electors
So Swindon's new Labour leader is to be David Nash. Is this the same person that as a prospective councillor attended all the Broadgreen Community council meetings and even joined, placard in hand, with the protest against the proposed bail hostel a number
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PITMAN A HITMAN
the biggest surprise of the day was a first defeat for Division Eight leaders Biddestone 3rd at the hands of an improving Devizes 4th. Lee Pitman (39) and Paul Stevens (35) helped Devizes to 200-8. Pitman then took 6-35 as despite Kevin Mitchell's 41
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Salisbury College appoints principal
SALISBURY College Board of Corporation has appointed a new principal to take over from acting principal Ray Dowd in September. Gillian Thompson (49), whose career in education stretches back to 1978, was offered the position following a comprehensive
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Defeat in opener
WILTSHIRE'S hopes of retaining the South Western Counties League title were dealt a severe blow. They were beaten by two shots in their opening match of the 2004 campaign at Gillingham by Dorset. Despite the narrow 114-112 loss, Wiltshire only took the
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Company drivers get to put their foot down
SWINDON businesses will soon be able to treat their clients to a high-speed thrill-packed day out. DRM Racing is opening a test track at Kemble Airfield, near Cirencester and will use it for corporate days out racing cars including Ferraris, Caterhams
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Walkers will be able to follow route of town's history
A series of walking trails around Swindon is being drawn up by town centre managers in an attempt to boost civic pride. Within the next couple of months the trails will feature on a website, along with notes for walkers The first trail will focus on the
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Convoy grows in size as it waits
71183-17TRAVELLERS say they have been forced to move on to private land at Blundson because they have nowhere else to go. The group has been moved off several sites by the police in the last week. Now the convoy of about 25 caravans and trucks has moved
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Are you sitting comfortably?
Physiotherapists in Swindon will be highlighting their work to mark Physiotherapy Week this week. Lesley Catling, of Wootton Bassett Physiotherapy Clinic, says that people should be more aware of how to sit at their work stations to prevent injury and
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Daughter joined by mum in rally
A MOTHER and daughter grabbed the bull by the horns when they stripped off in a near-naked protest against the matador. Marilyn and Anish Harrison felt so strongly about bullfighting that they decided to join a massive rally in Pamplona, Spain, yesterday
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Superhero sets the box office alight
THE eagerly-awaited Spider-Man sequel, set to open in Swindon next week, looks like it could break box office records after taking £85 million in its first five days in the US. Filmgoers in Swindon are expected to flock to the town's two cinemas to watch
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Ruskin Make a Day of It
RUSKIN School's six-a-side tournament went the distance. A part of the primary school's summer fete, the tournament kicked off at 1.30pm and eventually finished at 8pm. Some 10 teams took part in the event Eldene, Catherine Wayte, Lainesmead, Drove, Goddard
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Manager sought
ELDENE Rangers under sevens and under eights are on the hunt for new players. The under eights also need a new manager. Training is at Nythe School every Friday from 6pm. If you are interested in playing, or in the manager's job, contact Karen Nolan on
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Ciren take on champs Plymouth
A HOME friendly with Coca-Cola Championship new boys Plymouth Argyle heads up Cirencester Town's pre-season campaign. The Dr Martens Premier Division side host last season's Division Two champions at the Corinium Stadium on August 2 (7pm). The match was
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Pupils put minds to creating artwork
Youngsters across Swindon have been putting their creative skills to the test to raise awareness of dementia. Children as young as four were invited to put their thinking caps on to produce a poster for the Alzheimer's Society. This year's theme is the
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Tall story of grass
Take a trip to Barbury Castle and you will notice that the grass has been left to grow longer than in previous years. That's because Swindon Services' Ranger Team is undertaking surveys at the nature reserve to discover the range of grass and flower species
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Courtesy courses for the clampers
SHOPPERS at the Orbital Retail Park who fell victim to car clampers have welcomed plans to send the men on courses to learn manners. Mother-of-four Jane Puddifoot, who was clamped on Friday afternoon at the retail park in North Swindon, said she was left
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Tennis centre opens its doors to all
TENNIS fans distraught at seeing Tim Henman fail at Wimbledon again are being encouraged to have a go themselves. The All England Lawn Tennis championships have finished for another year but Swindon's Delta Tennis Centre is hoping fans have been captivated
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Will accreditation scheme for landlords really work?
I WAS interested to read in the Advertiser on June 26, a new scheme will be launched in which landlords will be awarded accreditation from the council if they fulfil a range of conditions. It sounds good but this scheme is only voluntary. And shouldn't
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Sicily was start of Invasion of Europe
I WAS very interested in Mr Gray's letter. I have always said that the invasion of Europe started with the invasion of Sicily. Actually not on July 10 but on July 9. Two battalions, 2nd South Staffs and 1st Border regiment went in by American gliders
