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No homes here say residents
RESIDENTS are objecting to plans to build 24 homes on the former Co-op site in Highworth. They say the development will overlook their homes and be out of character with the area around the Cherry Orchard site. Highworth Town Council has also objected
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A dramatic exit!
WESTLECOT Ladies were pipped at the post in a tense and dramatic national inter-club championship match that went right down to the wire. After looking favourites for victory for a fair proportion of their Yetton Trophy sub zone final they eventually
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Making our voice heard
74477-17SWINDON schools will have a voice in the corridors of power now that a local head teacher has been elected to a top committee. Mike Welsh, head teacher at Goddard Park primary school in Park North, is now a member of the national council of the
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'I'm fed up with constant crime'
74476-21A TRADER who has been the victim of five thefts in just over two years is furious with what he claims is a lack of action by police. And he says things are so bad that he is considering shutting up shop altogether. Paul Lolley, of Discount Auto
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Girl pays a poetic tribute
74486-20FIFTEEN-year-old Kelly Morshead, from Broad Hinton, has been helping out with the relief effort being organised at Wroughton Airfield. She has written a poem to thank everyone who has helped and are still helping the tsunami appeal through donations
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Funding lifeline is offered by church
PEOPLE working on community projects in Swindon are being encouraged to apply for church funding. To qualify for cash from the Church Urban Fund, projects must satisfy a number of criteria. Firstly they must serve people living in social and economic
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Additional meeting on council tax
SWINDON Council has announced an extra public meeting about council tax. Less than a dozen members of the public attended the first meeting on Tuesday, to the disappointment of council leader Coun Mike Bawden. But now, in addition to the meeting already
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Take chance to learn skill
FAST-TRACK Arabic, talking about books and an introduction to the Baha'i faith are just some of the courses on offer as part of Swindon College's new part-time programme. A brochure is available now and can be picked up form the college reception. A Swindon
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Meet the police
THE next police surgery in the Parks area will be held on February 3. Community beat bobbies WPC Andy Rhodes and WPC Fay Weedon will be joined by anti-social behaviour officer Ian Napier. Residents can raise concerns about crime and anti-social behaviour
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'We don't want a bar or bookies here'
THE NUMBER of bars in Swindon town centre will again come under the spotlight next week. Councillors are being advised to reject an application which could see another bar open on Bridge Street. Swindon council members are also being told an application
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MP backs bid to encourage more recycling
74475-06SOUTH Swindon MP Julia Drown has helped to promote a supermarket's environmentally-friendly scheme. The Labour MP visited Tesco, in Ocotal Way, yesterday to support the store's Christmas card recycling campaign. After the festive decorations are
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I see the rats
IN response to your article on January 3, about the rat population in Swindon, I would disagree with what Gavin Calthrop (spokesman for Swindon Council) says. I quite often catch a number 17 bus from town, opposite the Zurich building in Fleming Way,
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Forget about the cup...
DAVID DUKE is not interested in crying over FA Cup spilt milk however refreshing a clash with mighty Middlesbrough would have been today. In an ideal world Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Stewart Downing, Gareth Southgate and friends would be strutting their
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Yobs scratch word on car
VANDALS left their mark on a car in Wootton Bassett. The offenders scratched an offensive word on the passenger side door of a blue Toyota Lucida Estima in Fairfield on during Monday night. They caused criminal damage valued at £500. Anyone with any information
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Wheel of fortune
Rotary International is about to celebrate its centenary but there is far more to this organisation than a group of men in suits who do their bit for the community. NIGEL KERTON found out what Rotary is really all about ROTARY Club members in the Wiltshire
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Tsunami could have killed 440 Britons
The official toll of Britons dead or missing in the Asian tsunami disaster has more than doubled to 440. And experts are working through a list of some 2,000 others reported missing after the Boxing Day tragedy whose cases are of "much, much less concern
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Deb's cutting edge offer to boost appeal
74490-19A Swindon hairdresser is celebrating 30 years in the business by donating a day's takings to the tsunami appeal. Deb Smith, owner of the Simply Red Hair Salon in Pinehurst, came up with idea after spending Boxing Day walking along a Cornish beach
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RSPCA shop wants help
THE RSPCA's North Wiltshire branch is making a plea for volunteers to help runs its Swindon shop. The shop, which supports the Swindon-based branch's animal welfare work, opened six months ago and has 10 volunteers. But another 10 or more are still needed
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Irish dance for Lourdes
A FUNDRAISING dance is to be held at the Thistle Hotel in Fleming Way, Swindon to raise money so that disabled youngsters can be taken to Lourdes at Easter time. The dance has been organised by the Moloney School of Irish Dancing in association with the
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Slimmers chat to top TV chef
A CELEBRITY chef put a smile on the face of two slimming consultants. Sharon Painter and Kathryn Applegate enjoyed a cuddle with Ainsley Harriot at Slimming World's annual awards ceremony. The chance meeting topped off a fantastic year for the pair who
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Drink-driver's two-year ban
A 20-YEAR-OLD motorist who ploughed over a central reservation while more than twice over the drink-drive limit has been banned from the road for two years despite claims that his drink could have been spiked. Daniel Hunt was driving a Vauxhall Nova on
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We need a bus
I WAS just wondering if any one can tell me why the bus company in Swindon thinks that nobody goes to the hospital after 10pm? Don't they realize that there are people who live in Park South and that we would like a Sunday service as well as an evening
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Still short life
G SCOTT's view (Letters Jan 3) that organic is best for animals, is only correct up to a point. Animals raised organically may be treated a little kinder, but they will still only be allowed a very short life and end upside down with their throats cut
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Can you help?
I WONDER is any of your readers know the whereabouts of a person who was living in Cedars Close in the mid 1950s. Her name then was Pauline Tanner. Also the whereabouts of a Sylvia Lane who lived in Cypress Grove. I've just come back from Australia where
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Labour is suffering amnesia
I SEE that Mr Benfield is suffering from the Labour complaint, amnesia (you forget my nanny application and you will still get a knighthood in the Honours List). Mr Howard was partly right when he suggested cutting the numbers of MPs in Parliament but
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An amazing aid effort
74402-73THE MASSIVE relief operation based in Wroughton is still receiving a huge number of donations. Organisers of the Wiltshire Mercy Appeal are awaiting clearance from the Sri Lankan High Commission before making their next shipment. The appeal, being
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Don't destroy all our values
I AM totally disgusted with the dismemberment of my old regiment. It seems that the Government is determined to destroy all the values that we stood for. When I joined the Army in 1970, at the age of 15, the regiment had only several years previously
