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Thames Water leaders channel unit energy
TEAM leaders from Thames Water have completed a six-month development programme. Thirteen staff from the water firm attended the Fast Forward training and development centre in Shaw Village Centre to complete a six-month Team Leader development programme
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May the force be with you
LOWLY workers may think life is good at the top, and so it should be. But for many directors and managers, life at the cutting edge of business is not always champagne and caviar. Many are still prone to nagging doubts about their businesses, and while
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That's a relief
Picture Ref: 77353-11THE tsunami relief operation based at Wroughton Airfield has finally been completed. The last two containers full of donations left Wroughton and are now on their way to Sri Lanka. Last week the Evening Advertiser reported that more
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Mugging charge teenager on bail
A TEENAGER accused of mugging an 81-year-old woman has been released on bail. The boy, 15, from the Meadowcroft area of Swindon, has been charged with robbery after Jeanette Maltby was knocked to the ground and her bag stolen at 1.45pm in Walcot on February
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Crash man serious
AN elderly motorist was in collision with a lorry yesterday. The accident was on the A346 outside the Ogbourne St George Golf Club at about 3.30pm. Diversions were put in place and the road reopened at 7pm. The local man, in his 70s, was rushed to the
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Can you help to catch culprits?
The two who may have witnessed the attackSWINDON police are appealing for two men caught on CCTV to come forward as witnesses after a man was attacked. The 50-year-old was walking along Queens Drive in Walcot after a night out with friends when he was
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Swindon Festival of Literature
What's coming up TODAY Jeanette Orrey, the original dinner lady. Jeanette was raising questions about the state of school meals long before Jamie Oliver. See her at the Arts Centre at 12.30pm. Clare Dudman addresses mental illness and the importance of
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No way to vote
THE Muslim Council told the Muslims in Bethnal Green to vote for the renegade Galloway and he has been elected to Parliament. This has nothing to do with Britain or the British people, this is politics Muslim-style where people vote, not for a manifesto
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It seems odd
IN answer to the letter from P J Howells, I was just sat fiddling with the remote and stumbled on HTV. I thought all Sky users had got HTV back, but after a friend of mine tried all channels he got Grampian TV which I think is Scottish TV. I don't know
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In agreement
IT is rare that I agree with Andy Newman about anything, particularly politics, but his call for proportional representation is spot on. How can the Labour Party claim to speak for the nation when it was returned with just 36 per cent of the turnout and
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Rot sets in at town centre
TOWN parking charges are up again; leading national retailers have difficulty persuading managers to come to, or stay in their Swindon stores. Swindon people are voting with their feet and avoiding the town centre if at all possible. The decline is apparent
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Don't be silly!
TOWN director Sandy Gray has warned rival clubs not to make 'silly' offers in the belief that Town will sell players for peanuts. Despite intense speculation no firm offer in writing for Sam Parkin has been forthcoming. The list of teams linked with the
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BMW in the hot seat
BMW group, the parent company of Swindon Pressings, says it is confident about sales for all of its brands in 2005. In the German car manufacturer's 2004 annual report, the firm said that it forecasts sales volume growth for its BMW, Rolls Royce and Mini
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Poets use rhyme and reason to win
Winners Ross Peters, Joe Fyans, Thomas Fletcher and Catherine Smith Picture Ref: 77355-02FORGET Pop Idol, Swindon schoolchildren have become Poet Idols. The Stanza And Deliver Youth Slam is a poetry competition open to every school in the town. And youngsters
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Man made a £66,000 pay claim
A SOCIAL worker falsely obtained £66,000 from his employers in six months by claiming he was working up to 28 hours a day, a court has heard. Jaswinder Bains, 45, put in the blatantly dishonest claims to help pay for his £5,000 a month mortgage on a luxury
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Dare-devil diners scoff at danger
INTREPID explorer David Hempleman-Adams is set to break yet another world record. The dare-devil is hoping to break the record for the highest formal dinner party, at 25,000 feet. And, famous British explorer, Bear Grylls and Lt Commander Alan Veal will
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Beer festival draws them in drinkers
Reporter Gareth Bethell performs the arduous taks of sampling beer at the festival Picture Ref: 77349-21IT SEEMS that Swindon has got festival fever. Not content with a literature festival as well as a fringe, two pubs in town have just launched a beer
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That's a relief
Picture Ref: 77353-11THE tsunami relief operation based at Wroughton Airfield has finally been completed. The last two containers full of donations left Wroughton and are now on their way to Sri Lanka. Last week the Evening Advertiser reported that more
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BMW worker denies attempted rape of young man
A TEENAGER has told a jury of his horror when he woke up in a bedsit to find the occupant trying to rape him. The 17-year-old said he fell asleep after Soran Mohammed had plied him with vodka and woke to find he was trying to have sex with him. But Mohammed
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Rules for holding drunks breached
Sarane Allen and son Bruce from a previous relationship Picture Ref: 29920-33A PROBE into the death of a man in custody at Westlea police station revealed police breached their own guidelines several times. The revelation was made during the first day
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Shop the graffiti vandals
Graffiti in West Swindon Picture Ref: 77352-49THE Adver is calling on Swindon residents to bring to justice the yobs that are blighting our town with graffiti. Police in West Swindon say the problem has got so bad that there is hardly a flat surface left
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School set for a first-class fun run
CHISELDON primary school is holding its 20th annual Fun Run next month. It will be run on Sunday, May 22, at 10.30am. The run will take its traditional flat five-mile route through the village to Ridgeway View and the old railway. There will also be a
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Water crowfoot reintroduced to help ecosystem
THE Environment Agency has been giving nature a helping hand by re-introducing water crowfoot plants into the River Coln near Whelford. The rural stretch of the river has been without the plant for many years, but now some 300 plants are being reintroduced
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Polling cards abandoned by council after voting
SWINDON Council has been accused of an "insane" approach to security after leaving polling cards in a community centre. Tony Stevens, secretary of the Park South Community Centre, Cranmore Avenue, arrived at the centre on Saturday morning to find a binbag
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Mr Mayor's new limo is ready to go
Picture Ref: 73357-30SWINDON'S Mayor will be driving around town in style when he gets a brand new BMW today. Managing director of BMW's Swindon plant Bob Bolam will officially hand over the silver 7-series to Coun Peter Stoddart outside the Civic Offices
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Popular poppy seller saluted
TRIBUTES pouring in for old soldier Gordon Moore, who has died at the age of 92, included a letter from a member of one of Britain's most influential families. Mr Moore, who became known as Swindon's number one Royal British Legion poppy seller, was driver
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Short is snappy about Tony Blair
Former Cabinet member Clare Short who appeared at Swindons Festival of Literature Picture Ref: 77351-24SWINDON FESTIVAL OF LITERATURE: FRONT page news came to the Swindon Festival of Literature with the appearance of a former Cabinet Minister. Clare Short
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Teens shine
NO one could have asked for more from Swindon's teenagers last Saturday morning at the town's first Youth Poetry Slam. Ten schools motivated 17 teenage teams to write and perform their own poetry to a packed Arts Centre auditorium. The whole building
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Don't want a fine? Then don't speed
I see that once again people are banging on about the speed cameras for heaven's sake, shut up. No matter what reason the cameras are there, what difference does it make to anybody? The only reason people complain is because they are the ones wanting
