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Starter for Ten!
ANDY KING knows 10 of the 11 starters he would like to face Sheffield Wednesday on August 9, but has challenged everyone in his squad to make filling in that first teamsheet as tough as possible. Eight summer arrivals mean the Town boss has competition
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It's the sky high school
Ref. 25761-83Swindon pupils had a rare treat when they were taken on a preview of the air tattoo at Fairford. ANTHONY OSBORNE went with them and reports on their day. EUROPE'S biggest military airshow is really cool, according to youngsters who had a
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Plunge helps drive beat £10,000 target
SWINDON CARES: SWINDON Cares week hasn't even finished yet but the fundraising drive has already exceeded its target of raising £10,000 for three local charities. So far companies, schools and individuals across the town have raised nearly £11,000, and
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Festival is off but it will return
THE Wiltshire Festival is off this year, but organisers say it will return next year bigger and better than ever before. The county's most prestigious summer music event usually runs over the August Bank Holiday weekend at Lydiard Park, with a classical
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Council told to get with it over gay weddings
SWINDON Liberal Democrats want the council to create a civic register for same-sex and heterosexual couples. The motion, which aims to recognise the partnership and commitment status of same-sex and opposite-sex relationships, will be debated at the full
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Zurich group to close IT centre
ZURICH Financial Services, one of Swindon's biggest employers, has announced that it intends to close one of its local offices with the loss of more than 45 jobs. The company's Data Centre in Wootton Bassett, which provides an IT processing service for
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Ringers get all the bells and whistles for St Leonard's
Ref. 25698-41MONTHS of fundraising has paid off for handbell ringers in Minety, who now have a complete set of bells. Members of the St Leonard's Minety Church Handbell Ringers raised around £3,000 to buy the extra nine bells they needed to complete their
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Asbestos was used at car factory
A CAR factory worker died of a cancer normally associated with Swindon's railway workers after exposure to asbestos, an inquest heard. Geoffrey Dainton, 75, was diagnosed with mesothelioma four decades after he worked at the former Pressed Steel plant
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Marie's a high flier in the wing-walking world
UTTERLY Butterlys wing-walker, Marie Duguid, will celebrate the 100th year of aviation as she reaches for the skies at the Swindon Show onAugust 2 and 3. Marie, 25, will roar into Lydiard Park waving from the top wing of her Utterly Butterly biplane and
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Double centurion Davies steers Wilts to vital victory
Wiltshire under 17s recorded their first championship success in three years when they beat Bedfordshire by six wickets at Devizes. On day one, as Bedfordshire steadily piled on the runs in sweltering conditions, Muzawazi scoring a cultured 100 not out
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Three changes for cup battle
WILTSHIRE selectors have made changes to the side for the crucial Middleton Cup inter-county championship quarter-final clash with Oxfordshire next weekend. Despite good wins in the qualifying stages against Warwick, Worcester and Hereford they have opted
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Children get their play area
Ref. 25737-17CHILDREN at an Old Town primary school now have their own play area despite an unsuccessful lottery bid for the project earlier this year. The early years classes at Lethbridge Primary School have a specially designed play area thanks to
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A minefield of cyber perils face children
Ref. 25753-31IT'S every parent's nightmare their child disappearing with a stranger they had met on the internet. This week the national papers reported the cases of two teenage girls who went missing under these circumstances. In the most prominent case
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Kids from Fame play a part
Ref. 289976SWINDON CANCER APPEAL: A SECONDARY school took a step back in time to raise money for the Swindon Cancer Appeal. Pupils at Churchfields School in Walcot left their school uniforms at home for a unique fundraising event. More than 800 pupils
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200,000 expected over the weekend
THE Royal International Air Tattoo 2003 is expected to attract up to 100,000 visitors each day this weekend. This year, there will be four routes into the show Blue, Red, Green and Brown. The newest Brown route will bring traffic from the M4 past Malmesbury
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Bosses hope to keep nightclub going despite hiccups
BOSSES of a Swindon nightclub say they have no plans to close, despite the group being in administration. Po Na Na Souk Bar in Theatre Square looks set to ride out the administration of parent company, Po Na Na Group plc, which first opened in 1995. In
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Couple tie knot Flintstones' way
Ref. 25766-4A COUPLE tied the knot dressed as characters from The Flintstones. Swindonians looked on in amazement as Rick Sommers, 36, and Martine Tait, 41, walked through town to the Register Office in Temple Street as Barney and Betty Rubble. The couple
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Sanctuary is leading the way
RAPE victims face a postcode lottery in the way they are dealt with after an attack, according to a women's equality group. But Swindon emerges well from the report. It is one of only seven areas in the country to have a specialist Sexual Assault Referral
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Ace Danielli extends his Bath deal
BATH wing Simon Danielli has extended his Recreation Ground contract by two years. It caps a great week for Danielli, who was Bath's top try scorer last season, after he was named in Scotland's 50-man preliminary World Cup squad currently away training
