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Bid NOW for Melinda Messenger's dress
FOLLOWING the massive success of our benefit gig, the Evening Advertiser is now hosting an auction with top prizes from celebrities up for grabs. Robbie Williams and Melinda Messenger are among the famous names who have donated items for our blind charity
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Church revamp
PARISHIONERS in Highworth are to be asked whether they want St Michael's Church redecorated. The roof was repaired last year, but now attention is turning to improving the interior of the 13th century building. Church warden Peter Hinton said: "We would
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Bid NOW for Melinda Messenger's dress
FOLLOWING the massive success of our benefit gig, the Evening Advertiser is now hosting an auction with top prizes from celebrities up for grabs. Robbie Williams and Melinda Messenger are among the famous names who have donated items for our blind charity
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Bid NOW for Melinda Messenger's dress
FOLLOWING the massive success of our benefit gig, the Evening Advertiser is now hosting an auction with top prizes from celebrities up for grabs. Robbie Williams and Melinda Messenger are among the famous names who have donated items for our blind charity
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Bid NOW for Melinda Messenger's dress
FOLLOWING the massive success of our benefit gig, the Evening Advertiser is now hosting an auction with top prizes from celebrities up for grabs. Robbie Williams and Melinda Messenger are among the famous names who have donated items for our blind charity
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Bid NOW for Melinda Messenger's dress
FOLLOWING the massive success of our benefit gig, the Evening Advertiser is now hosting an auction with top prizes from celebrities up for grabs. Robbie Williams and Melinda Messenger are among the famous names who have donated items for our blind charity
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Bid NOW for Melinda Messenger's dress
FOLLOWING the massive success of our benefit gig, the Evening Advertiser is now hosting an auction with top prizes from celebrities up for grabs. Robbie Williams and Melinda Messenger are among the famous names who have donated items for our blind charity
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Bid NOW for Melinda Messenger's dress
FOLLOWING the massive success of our benefit gig, the Evening Advertiser is now hosting an auction with top prizes from celebrities up for grabs. Robbie Williams and Melinda Messenger are among the famous names who have donated items for our blind charity
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Graham goes out in blaze of glory
75692-54A SWINDON firefighter has celebrated his impending retirement in a blaze of glory with a seven-engine procession to his home. Sub-officer Graham Weller, who is in charge of Swindon Fire Station's Blue Watch had been hoping to keep his retirement
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Car crime is still rife
THREE vehicles were attacked when thieves went on a smash and grab rampage in Old Town. The break-ins, to cars parked in Little London, were discovered yesterday morning. It is thought that CDs and other personal items may have been stolen from the vehicles
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Bid NOW for Melinda Messenger's dress
FOLLOWING the massive success of our benefit gig, the Evening Advertiser is now hosting an auction with top prizes from celebrities up for grabs. Robbie Williams and Melinda Messenger are among the famous names who have donated items for our blind charity
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College opens doors to welcome students
AN open evening for potential students is being held at Swindon College. The event, at North Star campus, will give year 11 students and their parents the opportunity to chat to specialist lecturing and advice teams. They will be able to see what the
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Thieves take bike
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a red mountain bike was stolen in Swindon. The £350 bike was taken between 4pm and 5pm from Market Street on Wednesday. Anyone with information about the theft should phone Swindon Police on 01793 528111.
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Graffiti on rise
Residents in Rodbourne Cheney are being urged to report graffiti to Swindon Services, following a spate of vandalism in the area. The local residents' association says Church Walk is particularly badly affected. Call 01793 463463.
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Drivers given wind warning
SWINDON motorists are being warned that high winds are expected in the south west over the next few days. The Highways Agency is reminding drivers to take extra care on the roads. The Met Office expects gusts reaching 55mph over the next few days across
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Bureaucracy
IN reply to W L Bunce (Letters Jan 19), it is not in the last few months that the regional bureaucracy has been built up, but over years. All manner of quangos exist, controlling aspects of the public arena, with no accountability to local people. The
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A man of changing loyalties
Ex-councillor Peter Mallinson states that "the people of Walcot deserve better than Laura Holiday'' in the upcoming elections (The Hot Seat, Adver Friday, January 14). So let's examine Peter Mallinson's record in recent years. A former Conservative councillor
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Patients didn't wait 12 hours
I WAS dismayed to read the article "Patients face 12 hour wait in A&E." This was not only completely untrue, it also undermines the superb efforts of staff who worked so hard over the holiday period to ensure patients were seen as quickly as possible
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Rain fails to dampen Lewis spirit
SWINDON'S Jon Lewis is still enjoying his England experience despite a frustrating washed-out first day at Centurion yesterday. With England not announcing their final starting XI until the last minute, Lewis was still waiting to hear whether he would
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Bid NOW for Melinda Messenger's dress
FOLLOWING the massive success of our benefit gig, the Evening Advertiser is now hosting an auction with top prizes from celebrities up for grabs. Robbie Williams and Melinda Messenger are among the famous names who have donated items for our blind charity
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Bid NOW for Melinda Messenger's dress
FOLLOWING the massive success of our benefit gig, the Evening Advertiser is now hosting an auction with top prizes from celebrities up for grabs. Robbie Williams and Melinda Messenger are among the famous names who have donated items for our blind charity
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Safe keeping
STEVE BOOK is poised to try and build on his unblemished record between the sticks for Town with Rhys Evans facing a late fitness test on a back spasm injury. Should Evans miss out then Book (pictured) will look to make it four wins out of four in the
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Bid NOW for Melinda Messenger's dress
FOLLOWING the massive success of our benefit gig, the Evening Advertiser is now hosting an auction with top prizes from celebrities up for grabs. Robbie Williams and Melinda Messenger are among the famous names who have donated items for our blind charity
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Bid NOW for Melinda Messenger's dress
FOLLOWING the massive success of our benefit gig, the Evening Advertiser is now hosting an auction with top prizes from celebrities up for grabs. Robbie Williams and Melinda Messenger are among the famous names who have donated items for our blind charity
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Bid NOW for Melinda Messenger's dress
FOLLOWING the massive success of our benefit gig, the Evening Advertiser is now hosting an auction with top prizes from celebrities up for grabs. Robbie Williams and Melinda Messenger are among the famous names who have donated items for our blind charity
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Exam success hit by break-in
75714-13A STUDENT has appealed to thieves who broke into his car to return his A-level notes. Nicholas Sutton, a sixth former at St Joseph's school in Swindon, was distraught when his Vauxhall Corsa was broken into. Although his stereo was stolen along
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Bid NOW for Melinda Messenger's dress
FOLLOWING the massive success of our benefit gig, the Evening Advertiser is now hosting an auction with top prizes from celebrities up for grabs. Robbie Williams and Melinda Messenger are among the famous names who have donated items for our blind charity
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Bid NOW for Melinda Messenger's dress
FOLLOWING the massive success of our benefit gig, the Evening Advertiser is now hosting an auction with top prizes from celebrities up for grabs. Robbie Williams and Melinda Messenger are among the famous names who have donated items for our blind charity
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Ramsay's set to impress Japan
CELEBRITY chef Gordon Ramsay is set to expand his food empire by opening his first restaurant in Japan. The Hell's Kitchen star's new venture will open at the Conrad Tokyo hotel opening in July. Ramsay, who has won seven Michelin stars, said: "Opening
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Left stranded
FOLLOWING the closure of Great Western Way the buses are not going via Mannington Lane. My 12-year-old daughter found this out Monday morning when she was left stranded waiting for a bus that never came. The water main burst Friday. Why three days later
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Still threatened
I WAS at the Wroughton fish and chip shop when the man next to me looked at my Save Coate badge and said: "What can I do to help?" He's on the net, so I said go to the website www.savecoate.org.uk The girl behind the counter piped up "Oh I signed that
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Anti-EU fight
THOSE people that have lived in Swindon for a long time will remember Lord Stoddart former MP for Swindon. He was a charismatic man who was admired not only by his own Labour Party supporters but also by voters from both the Liberal and Conservative parties
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Donate a phone to save a life
WHEN I began researching my role as Charlie Stubbs in Coronation Street I got a first hand insight into the lives of those affected by domestic violence. I originally approached the team at Women's Aid to help me understand my storyline in Coronation
