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Show that you really do care
Ref. 25670-62SWINDON CARES: A week of weird and wacky fundraising events has been launched to raise money for three charities. Swindon Cares week aims to unite the community in helping the NSPCC, Age Concern and the Swindon Cancer Appeal, which is raising
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Time for a reason in permit land
IT looks as if there will be quite a lot of strife when Swindon Council takes over the enforcement of parking regulations on September 1. The authority says it will ticket cars parked on double yellow lines, but people living in residents' parking zones
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A day where school proved to be fun for mums, dads and pupils
Children, parents, teachers and even the Mayor of Swindon went back to school at the weekend for a day of fun. Drove Junior School opened up its playground for a summer fete and was filled with cake and sweet stalls, bric-a-brac, toys and a display by
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Con man used firm's leaflets
A ROGUE trader has been jailed for four months for trying to pass himself off as a skilled workman in Swindon. William Doran, 32, pretended he was from Anglian Home Improvements to get work, when really he was an unskilled traveller with a history of
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Life looks rosier for little Toby
Ref. 25649-42AS SWINDON Town signing Adi Viveash settles into life at the County Ground, his son Toby is enjoying a new lease of life. Just eight months ago, the two-year-old was spending 24 hours a day connected to an oxygen tank to aid his breathing
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Why I quit
NORTH Swindon MP Michael Wills has resigned as a junior Home Office minister amid growing frustration that he has not been able to fulfil the ambitions he entered politics to achieve. He now wants to spearhead a campaign to scrap the Common Agricultural
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Just no room
Ref. 25653-34That's what residents like Jason Putt say about Swindon's residents' parking zones as a new batch of traffic wardens get ready to ticket cars RESIDENTS' parking could be cut from two permits a household to one after 14 extra parking wardens
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Swindon derby is the first round pick
AN all-Swindon derby is the local highlight of rugby's Powergen Junior Vase first round ties. Swindon and Supermarine will meet in a derby battle in the restructured competition at Greenbridge Road on September 20. Both have avoided having to play in
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Show that you really do care
Ref. 25670-62SWINDON CARES: A week of weird and wacky fundraising events has been launched to raise money for three charities. Swindon Cares week aims to unite the community in helping the NSPCC, Age Concern and the Swindon Cancer Appeal, which is raising
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Will field be a site for a skateboard park?
The future of a green field in Swindon is the focus of a public exhibition. Residents in Parks and Walcot visited the Dome, in Burghley Close, to view proposals for Buckhurst Field. Sara Slack, chairwoman of the Buckhurst Field Project, said Saturday's
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400 off in the saddle
Ref. 25668-06Hundreds of cyclists got into gear for a charity ride on one of the hottest days of the year. As temperatures topped 80 yesterday, the start line of the Wiltshire Heart Cycle Ride at Lydiard Park was packed with 400 bikers. A 52-mile route
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Big boost to fund
SWINDON CANCER APPEALMotorola employees have raised thousands of pounds for the Swindon Cancer Appeal. The appeal has been boosted by £7,500, thanks to a prize raffle held at the Swindon-based company. Motorola's executive vice president Adrian Nemcek
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Muslim cleric joins college
SWINDON College has appointed a Muslim cleric to its chaplaincy team for the first time. Imam Ali D Omar is already a part-time lecturer in Arabic at the college, and says he will now be in a position to help Muslim students and staff in their spiritual
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Bus shuttle to air tattoo
THAMESDOWN Transport will be running a special shuttle service to the Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford this weekend. On both days, buses will leave Swindon Bus Station between 7.30am and 12.30pm every 20 minutes and at busy times more buses
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Tee off to help canal project
THE Waterways Trust is holding a golf day at Wrag Barn Golf Club in Highworth in September to raise funds for the restoration of the historic Cotswold Canals. The Trust, which works to restore and conserve Britain's canals and rivers, is opening the golf
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Crowds turn out for a taste of the Caribbean
Ref. 25664-59A field in Walcot was transformed into a giant party arena for the Swindon Afro-Caribbean carnival. Young and old joined in the fun, while others relaxed on blankets, making the most of the live music and blue skies. George Carty, chairman
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Rail users face more disruption
RAIL passengers are set to face disruption to journeys from Swindon station over the coming month because of engineering work On Saturday and Sunday the line between Swindon and Chippenham will be closed. Services between Bristol Temple Meads and London
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Get in touch
RAF St Eval would like to contact all ex St Eval personnel, WAAF, WRAF and RAF, all ranks those on detachments, for membership, reunions and newsletters, over a hundred in touch already. For further information please phone the membership secretary, Graham
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A big thank you
MAY I through your letters column thank those who took part in, or assisted in The Wheelchair Marathon and Sponsored Walk, arranged by the Rotary Club of North Wiltshire, which took place on a very warm Sunday morning on June 29. I am sure that they would
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No customer relations at Cellular Operations
Hooray for Richard Corbett. (Your Letters, Thursday, July 10). He has broken cover on the total utter and complete lack of customer care within the Cellular Operations management. I can confirm from personal experience the unbelievable overwhelming arrogance
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We are failing to support skaters
I find myself once again dismayed at the apathy towards skaters in this town. I am outraged to find that a council meeting has been held concerning a small area within Haydonleigh School for an all- weather kick about and a small site for skating a meeting
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Glocs/Wilts Results
DIV 1 1ST XI Wootton Bassett (6) 165 v Colwall (17) 168-9 Hatherley&Reddings (6) 236-7 v Bredon (22) 237-2 Dumbleton (7) 228-8 v Goatacre (21) 230-5 Devizes (17) 67 v Trowbridge (7) 65 Swindon (20) 279-8 v Winget (9) 228 DIV 1 2ND XI Wootton Bassett
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You really are a generous lot
SWINDON Cares Week has been launched with the intention of raising much-needed funds for the NSPCC, the Swindon Cancer Appeal and Age Concern. It is traditional for local newspapers to wish the participants good luck, but we doubt there is a need. Time
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Howard's Way
YOUNG England star Brian Howard is set to snub Chelsea in favour of a move to the County Ground but only if Andy King has sufficient funds remaining in his transfer budget. The 20-year-old attacking midfielder, recently released by Southampton, caught
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Two women fall victim to indecent exposures
TWO women were left distressed following two separate incidents of indecent exposure in the town. The first happened on Saturday at 9.30am as an 86-year-old woman was walking along a disused railway line in Old Town. A man, aged between 40 and 45, emerged
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The smell of the oil and hissing steam brings it all back
A MUSEUM rolled back the years at the weekend as steam power returned to Swindon again. Visitors to Steam enjoyed a display of historic traction engines dating back to 1919. In the burning heat the five coal fired machines stationed next to the Swindon
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'The problem is lack of spaces'
Ref. 22068-34LAST December, the Evening Advertise told how Lee Watch of William Street planned to move away from the area after paying more than £1,000 in parking fines. Although he had bought a residents' parking permit, he said he was forced to park
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'We are given no help' says Les
Ref. 19975-67AS CHAIRMAN of Broad Street Community Council, Les Horn frequently airs the concerns of people in the Broad Street and Manchester Road areas about the lack of parking spaces and illegal parking by non-residents. He said: "There are lots of
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Third time at top for new Lion 'king'
THE new president of Swindon Lions club has been named as John Hamilton. The retired local government officer, 77, from Shrivenham, took the chain of office from Kate Kells, who was only the second woman to hold the office since the club was formed in
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Spirit of mardi gras lives on
Ref. 25659-16A slice of Rio's famous Mardi Gras carnival burst onto the streets of Wroughton. And with the sun beating down from a cloudless sky the setting was not that far removed from the Brazilian city itself. This year's Wroughton Carnival once again
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No evidence
YET another man was released from prison today having served many years for a murder he didn't commit. He might have been out much earlier but refused to plead guilty. This is one of many, yet still people demand the return of capital punishment. Does
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No free collect
Regarding your article on fly tipping on the Ridgeway and Eldene, I have noticed an increase in the amount of large items ie fridges, sofas and beds being dumped around Swindon. This increase seems to coincide with the council withdrawing their free collection
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Parents are the overlooked victims
I read with interest your story of Kristian Andersen's death in The Scourge, and wanted to commend your paper on the sensitivity you have shown to Kristian's mother, Jan Andersen. I met Jan Andersen online before Kristian's death. Although we have never
