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Fundraising week is the biggest yet
THIS week's Swindon Cares extravaganza has set a new standard for fundraising in the town. At the moment it is not yet known how much money has been raised but it will be more than the £14,000 amassed last year. And thousands of people have enjoyed one
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Megan's angel is a winner
A BRIGHT-EYED angel with a shiny halo and star-shaped wand has captured the heart of the new High Sheriff, James Arkell. Zoe the Angel was designed by six-year-old Megan Stapleton from Covingham as part of a BBC Radio Swindon competition for Swindon Cares
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MARLBOROUGH & PEWSEY TOWN GUIDE
Check out our new feature the Marlborough & Pewsey Town Guide which contains local town events and history plus tourism news and features. Click HERE to view the latest Marlborough & Pewsey Town Guide
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No more Mr Nice Guy, says Holmes
NICK Holmes is back and he means business. Taking up the reigns at Old Sarum after his lengthy enforced absence in Florida, the Salisbury City boss has warned players and supporters alike to be ready for a bumpy ride ahead. He is pulling no punches in
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Leading the way
LEADERS Westlecot have extended their lead at the top of the East section of the Wessex League. They recorded their fifth win in a row with a comfortable 92-70 victory over West Berks (Newbury). Westlecot took the honours on all four rinks to collect
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smith books final place
NEIL SMITH became the first Westlecot player to book his place in the Area 16 finals of the English National Indoor Championships. A finallist three times in the previous five years Smith reached the singles final again for the third year in a row with
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Clevedon too good for Swindon
SWINDON Town Ladies were on the end of a 4-0 defeat away at Clevedon Town in the South West Combination. Despite Laura Morgan testing Clevedon goalkeeper Sam Finch early on, it was the home side who took the lead. Marcia Dean was fouled inside the box
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defeat at last!
FOR the first time in two years Swindon Town Ladies Under 16s were on the losing side. Town had never lost a game in the Under 16 Surrey League but, in a five-goal thriller, they lost 3-2 to derby rivals Reading. Reading were worthy winners against Town
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Stratton sides in a goal rush!
Under 17 league leaders Stratton Juniors B made light work of it against Blunsdon Colts, hitting 10 without reply. On target for Stratton were Rory Sproule with a hat-trick, Craig Whitbread (2), Ben Rutter, Anthony Cachio, Luke Daley, James Baldwin and
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MARLBOROUGH & PEWSEY TOWN GUIDE
Check out our new feature the Marlborough & Pewsey Town Guide which contains local town events and history plus tourism news and features. Click HERE to view the latest Marlborough & Pewsey Town Guide
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Bid to save volunteers' grants rejected
HOPES to ring-fence grants to voluntary groups have been thrown out by councillors. As Swindon Council considers cutting £252,000 from the grants Liberal Democrat councillors asked for the £1.1m currently given to voluntary groups to be ring-fenced for
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Making a drama out of specialist arts status
Ref. 75805-11A SWINDON school is to get a new dance and drama studio now it has won specialist arts status. Bradon Forest School will become a Specialist Arts school by September and will receive £129,000 a year for the next four years. This will be spent
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Prescott plan to redevelop town
A 3,000-home building programme is the key to the rebirth of Swindon town centre Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has claimed. Speaking yesterday Mr Prescott used his five-year plan for the regeneration of local communities to hail proposals by the
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Excellent safety record
Although RAF Lyneham's Hercules transport fleet has an unrivalled safety record there have been a number of tragic accidents involving this aircraft since it first went into service in 1967. And when accidents do happen they tend to hit the headlines
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Nick secures a home win
SWINDON Under 14s picked up a deserved 25-17 triumph over Westbury to bounce back from their 27-10 defeat to a strong Newbury side. Westbury scored first after a Swindon mistake, but the home side woke up and Andy Pederson scored their opening try from
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House double lifts Chippenham
Kalum House and Neil Jenkins both scored twice as Chippenham under 13s defeated Wootton Bassett 40-7. Shane Mitchell scored with a 70-metre burst just five minutes in before Jenkins added his first. Bassett hit back with Gareth Evans' converted try but
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Ferndale on pole
Under 10 North Ferndale Rodbourne have taken over the mantle of title favourites after yet another win, this time a 3-0 victory at Blunsdon Colts, courtesy of goals from Jack Allan (2) and Liam Gallagher. With leaders Wootton Bassett Town slipping up
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Town get back on the title trail
FARINGDON Town revived their Division One title challenge with a 6-0 thrashing of Long Wittenham Athletic. Town's scorers were Chris Benson, Tim Thurston, Robert Owen, Lee Moss, Robbie Harrington and Darryl Pugh. In Division 3, East Hendred Reserves had
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Bar six-shooters stay out in front
Bar OC stayed top of Division Four in the Auto Business Solutions Chippenham & District Sunday League after a convincing 6-0 win over KSM. The latter played the majority of the first period with just 10 players, and the winners' goals came from Andrew
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Marine chase Corcoran
SWINDON Supermarine have joined the fight to secure the services of Cirencester striker Phil Corcoran. Highworth have already made an approach for the player who has been restricted to substitute appearances at the Corinium Stadium following his switch
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Chance to discuss growth of the town
A MEETING to discuss the future development of Swindon will be held at the Parish Council offices in Haydon Wick today between 3.30pm-7.30pm. Swindon Council and Wiltshire County Council are carrying out a consultation exercise on how Swindon could cope
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Gipsy inquiry starts
A LONG awaited inquiry into a controversial gipsy site begins today. Residents in Minety are objecting to the site occupied by around 50 travellers who want to stay on land they own but for which they do not have planning permission to develop. Last year
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Plans under fire
SWINDON Conservative Coun David Renard (Haydon Wick) has criticised plans for 24-hour drinking. He said the move would extend the binge-drinking culture and leave councils and taxpayers picking up the bill. "I believe local people know what is best for
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Oriental express cooking by Hom
TV CHEF Ken Hom will give a live cooking demonstration in Swindon next week. Ken will be at the Asda Walmart store at The Orbital 3-5pm on Wednesday, February 9, to show shoppers how to make authentic oriental meals in moments. Shoppers will be able to
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Schools channel
A television channel for teachers is being previewed. Teachers' TV enables teachers and schools to learn by sharing ideas and information. Julia Drown, Labour MP for South Swindon is taking Dorcan Technology School headteacher Dr Scott Sissons as her
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Pub still waits to face music
REGULARS at the Piper's Arms in Old Town are still waiting for a decision on whether live music can continue at the pub. Members of Swindon Council's licensing sub-committee were due to decide whether to renew the Piper's live entertainment licence last
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A chance to see classic movies
SWINDONIANS who crave a dose of old-fashioned slapstick humour will jump at the chance see a Silent Move Show featuring live music. Classic films by Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton are being screened at a special event at St Peter's Church in Marlborough
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Twelve year old was youngest drink-driver
A 12-year-old girl became Britain's youngest female drink-driver when she stole her father's car after downing beer and alcopops. The pint-sized youngster was almost twice the legal limit when she took her father's Vauxhall Corsa after drinking at a family
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Addict is set to be jailed for mugging
YOUNG thug Karl Telfer could face prison after failing on a drug treatment and testing order imposed for attacking a woman in the town centre. The 20-year-old mugger escaped being jailed last summer after he knocked his victim to the ground and then dragged
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Ring of success
Ref. 75742-104TSUNAMI APPEAL: A WOMAN who is collecting mobile phones to send to survivors of the Asian tsunami says that she has received more than 30 phones in the last week. Alison Mitchell, a quantity surveyor from Liden, was in Sri Lanka at the time
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800,000 will need feeding says agency
TSUNAMI APPEAL: NEARLY 800,000 people will need some form of food assistance in Indonesia's Aceh province as it recovers from the devastating tsunami, the head of the UN's food aid agency in the region claims. Claude Jibidar, the World Food Programme
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Massive feat
WE are writing to ask all infant and primary schools to join us in Little Feet, Big Feat a new schools' initiative to raise funds for Marie Curie Cancer Care. The charity is looking for 150,000 little pairs of feet to "step into someone else's shoes"
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Single parents are not winners
I was horrified to read A Mum's World by your regular columnist Michelle Tompkins (EA, January 27). It was based on the recent findings of the Centre for Policy Studies into the level of welfare that single parents can get. According to Mrs Tompkins,
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MARLBOROUGH & PEWSEY TOWN GUIDE
Marlborough High Street, looking towards St Marys church and the Town HallCheck out our new feature the Marlborough & Pewsey Town Guide which contains local town events and history plus tourism news and features. Click HERE to view the latest Marlborough
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Taking the Mick!
RUMOURS that Mick Harford was due to take over as manager at the County Ground yesterday proved unfounded for the time being at least. The former Luton striker was tipped to take the hotseat, with his friend Andy King moving 'upstairs' to a Director of
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High cost of fraud
Ref. 74481-206 Richard BakerMAJOR fraud is on the increase in Swindon and south west. Business services firm KPMG monitors fraud each year and found that in the south west and Wales there were 23 cases worth £16.1m, compared to 19 cases worth £14.3m the
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Community honours its heroes
Ref. 75862-48 Among those pinning up flowers and tributes was former RAF and civilian firefighter, Dan Gurney from West SwindonTHE community of Lyneham will strengthen after the tragedy of the Hercules crash over Iraq according to its vicar. The Reverend
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Cup comeback for winners Cricklade
CRICKLADE bounced back to overcome Marlborough in the under 17s League Cup. The hosts went behind after 30 seconds and trailed until the hour when Jon Smith created a chance for Hankins to score. Ten minutes later Smith fired the winner. Devizes went
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No goals in derby
THERE were no goals in the derby between Spitfires Under 10s and Swindon Town Under 10s. Spitfires' goalkeeper Kayleigh De Bank pulled off a string of saves to keep her team in the game early on. And fine defending from Jade Wakeling and Nicole Dhillon
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You can take on that burglar
HOUSEHOLDERS will not face prosecution for attacking or even killing a burglar providing they use only "reasonable force", new guidelines said today. Police and prosecutors published a new leaflet advising the public how far they can go to defend their
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Plumber sinks a massive win
Ref. 75864-83A LUCKY punter has scooped nearly £35,000 for a 50p each way bet. Plumber David Minty claimed £34,995 from Ladbrokes, in Cricklade Road, after placing a Lucky 15 bet, which is a total stake of £15. His scoop is the third big win at the Cricklade
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MARLBOROUGH & PEWSEY TOWN GUIDE
Marlborough High Street, looking towards St Marys church and the Town HallCheck out our new feature the Marlborough & Pewsey Town Guide which contains local town events and history plus tourism news and features. Click HERE to view the latest Marlborough
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Community honours its heroes
Ref. 75862-48 Among those pinning up flowers and tributes was former RAF and civilian firefighter, Dan Gurney from West SwindonTHE community of Lyneham will strengthen after the tragedy of the Hercules crash over Iraq according to its vicar. The Reverend
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'Fine young man' mourned
TODAY tributes continue to be paid to Australian Flt Lt Paul Pardoel, who was the first victim of the crash named. And children and teachers at St Joseph's RC Primary School in Malmesbury, where two of Flt Lt Pardoel's children will be attending a mass
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Bassett are in the final
WOOTTON Bassett booked their place in the final of the Wiltshire Under 15 Cup with a 22-0 triumph over rivals Devizes in a fiercely-fought semi-final. There were four tries in all as the home side came out on top at Ballards Ash. In an evenly-matches
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Salute to our brave men
Ref. 75862-62A SENIOR investigator was on his way to Iraq today to search for clues into what happened to the Hercules aircraft lost on Sunday. Mystery still surrounds what happened to the C-130K Hercules, the aircraft numbered XV179 pictured right one
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More of the same
CIRENCESTER'S Bristol jinx struck yet again as they were downed 7-3 at Bristol Saracens. Myles Ferris' men had already endured bad days out at both Ashley Down and Old Bristolians in their previous two away games. And despite their opponents playing a
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Bradfordtoo strongfor Bassett
Bassett 3rd went down 32-22 to Bradford on Avon 2nd in their latest Dorset and Wilts 2 North game. The home side scored first with a converted try, closely followed by a penalty. Bassett fly-half Phil Woodcock ghosted in under the posts on 20 minutes,
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Old Boys blitzed bya 14-tryonslaught
Wootton Bassett's Reserves had an eye on next week's 2nd team cup semi-final, after a 76-5 trashing of Old Sulians in their Merit Table fixture on Saturday. The 14-try spectacle of running rugby was characterised by incisive running and outstanding support
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Coe grabs a vital winner
MATCH of the day was in Division Seven, where leaders Queenstown met third-placed Officewise. Goals from Neil Strange, Paul Barrett and Paul Bisset gave Officewise a 3-0 lead early in the first half before Queenstown staged their comeback through Duncan
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Bassett hit the leaders for six
The race for the Swindon Indoor Cricket League First Division title has been thrown open with Wootton Bassett's defeat of leaders Swindon I by six runs. Bassett were all out for 98 (Ian Lancaster 30), but tight bowling and keen fielding enabled them to
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Pumas mauled by Vince and Co
ZURICH recovered from last week's Premier Division 3-2 defeat by Liden FC by thrashing the other Liden club, the Pumas, 11-1. Among their scorers were Vince Meredith (4), and two apiece for Richard Jones, Craig Alexander and Andrew Drinkwater. Queensfield
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Keeping watch
TWO local teams are seeking goalkeepers at the moment. Swindon Sunday League Division 8 side West Swindon Wanderers are short of a keeper and anyone interested should call Stewart Parsons on 07919 915349. Old Town Under 8s of the North Wilts Youth &
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Gr-eight way to celebrate for Brunel!
Brunel Boys sealed the Cirencester & District Youth League under 14 title in emphatic fashion, thumping Malmesbury 8-0. The Boys scored four goals in each half, with Gavin Lloyd bagging a hat-trick and debutant Jamie Hamill also hitting a treble.
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On your marks, get set...apply!
A scheme that will make between £250 and £5,000 available to sports organisations has been launched. The Sport Relief grants, backed by former Olympic athlete David Hemery, are intended to support projects in the local community. Sport Relief is working
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Help for parents
A course offering advice on how to cope with teenagers starts this month. It is run by the Children's Information Service and Connexions. It takes place on February 10 from 6.30pm-9pm, in Victoria Hospital, Okus Road. It is free but a booking fee of £10
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Driver safe after M-way accident
THE driver of a Land Rover escaped injury after the caravan he was towing overturned on the M4 today. The vehicle was travelling along the eastbound carriageway when the caravan turned onto its side into the hard shoulder between Membury services and
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Talk on threat of metropolis
AUTHOR Herbert Girardet will talk about how cities can be improved for a sustainable world. Urban growth is changing humanity and the face of the earth. Half the world's population now live in cities, with most of the other half depending on them for
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Stage struck cast get glitzy for musical treat
Ref. 75863-3MUSIC and comedy group Stage Struck are well into rehearsals for their next show called 'Mah Nah, Mah Nah'. The stars take to the stage for real in May at the Wyvern Theatre. And the group will be performing songs from two of the hottest West
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Photo rules hit concert
Parents will not be allowed to take photos of their children at the Junior Music Festival this year. There will be a camera ban at the festival, which takes place every year at the Oasis Leisure Centre. Parents of the 700 children from 30 schools taking
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Sentence is too soft say critics
CAMPAIGNERS have blasted the so-called soft sentence given to Britain's youngest drink-driver, who was 12 when she was stopped. Now aged 13, the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was given a 12-month supervision order. She was also banned for
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Bags of cash for the appeal
TSUNAMI APPEAL: MARTIAL arts groups came together to raise money for the appeal. Children and adults from three groups raised £1,600 by helping shoppers pack their bags at Asda. They were inspired to do something to help as in Thailand the national sport
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Kids make sure it's in the can
Ref. 75822-28TSUNAMI APPEAL: TOTS at a Cricklade nursery are doing their bit to help young survivors of the tsunami tragedy. Dozens of pupils at Meadowpark Nursery and Pre-prep School, in Calcutt Street, have got involved in the massive relief effort
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Irresponsible
THE potential danger to the proposed Wiltshire and Swindon Records Office from the immediately adjacent electrical substation and transformers has been raised repeatedly, with no response from officers or councillors. There is not one, but two huge transformers
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Fine the mayor
I WAS outraged to hear that the Mayor of Swindon did not receive a parking ticket from the attendant on duty on January 27. The parking rules are clearly laid down in the Highway Code and those rules apply to me, you and the Mayor of Swindon. While I
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Churchill betrayed bombers
MARY Ratcliffe is quite wrong to assume everyone thought of Sir Winston Churchill as a great man. Much of what she writes is true but sadly, the truth is that, like most politicians, he could turn against "friends'' once they no longer suited his aims
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Lobby MPs over mental health
THE Government's controversial plans for reforming mental health law are currently being scrutinised by a Parliamentary committee. The Mental Health Alliance a coalition of over 60 organisations is encouraging everybody to lobby their member of Parliament
