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Open at last
SUPERMARINE Bowls Club's revamped clubhouse has been officially opened. Thanks to the generous funding provided by Zurich Financial Services, the official opening of the extended clubhouse took place on Tuesday. John Wilks, President of the Wiltshire
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Cunning burglars pose as workers
CONCERNED residents are setting up a Neighbourhood Watch scheme after doorstep con artists burgled an 83-year-old woman by pretending to be from the gas board. Martina Lewis, 30, and Angie Robinson, 40, both full time mothers from Park North say they
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Cars sprayed
RODBOURNE CHENEY: Vandals caused damage estimated at £200 when they sprayed grey paint along the side panels of a Ford Fiesta parked in Mulberry Grove at around 5.15pm on Tuesday night. The same night vandals also sprayed paint across the side and rear
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Plea for witnesses
KINGSHILL: A 30-year-old man who was struck on the head as he sat on railings behind a bus shelter at the bottom of Kingshill Road at around 2am last Saturday has been discharged from hospital. The man who has not been named was struck to the head and
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Faye wins her fight
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl survived one of the deadliest forms of meningitis thanks to the swift actions of her family. Faye Habgood, from Rodbourne Cheney, contracted Hib meningitis which affected only 120 people in the country last year. If Faye's condition
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Fatal accident leads to speed-limit plea
VILLAGERS campaigning for speed restrictions at the site of a fatal traffic accident have been told they will have to wait. The residents made the plea following a fatal accident on the B4042 near Callow Hill where a 30-year-old woman from Malmesbury
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Appeal for volunteers to help with restoration of old canal
VOLUNTEERS are needed to help reopen an old canal route that runs near Swindon. Restoration work is going ahead well along the 29-mile line of the Cotswold Canals, which is made up of the Thames and Severn Canal and the Stroud-water Navigation. And this
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Soldier thinks of his heroes from the Middle East
WHEN SWINDON Town kick off the new season next Saturday, one of their biggest fans will be thousands of miles away in the Middle East. But Lance Corporal Chris Cole, who is serving with the British forces in Iraq, will be proudly displaying his allegiance
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It's a blast for young Georgia!
GEORGIA WALTERS has been crowned Nationwide Hotshot for season 2002/2003. The 10-year-old from Wroughton came top of the female under 10 category in Nationwide's competition to find the football fan with the fastest shot. Georgia, a pupil at Wroughton
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It's a dog's world out here
SWINDON is the pet capital of Britain, a new survey by a pet food manufacturer says. The study, by the makers of Sheba and Cesar, shows 85 per cent of households in the town own an animal. Swindonians spend an average of £2.80 a week pampering their pooches
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Window of opportunity for faster web surfing
VILLAGERS are being encouraged to join a campaign for greater broadband internet access in rural areas. Service provider British Telecom has set a threshold level of applications for each village before the company will consider connecting them to broadband
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Game for a laugh
PUB-GOERS in Gorse Hill beware - the girls of St Trinian's are coming. But drinkers need not be alarmed, these girls are harmless, and will be collecting money for our Macmillan appeal. Four game-for-a-laugh fundraisers will be donning school uniforms
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Items stolen after daring raid on van
THIEVES made off with thousands of pounds worth of leather jewellery boxes and satin slippers after driving away the van they were kept in. Police have re-appealed for witnesses after a van driver stopped his Mercedes Sprinter outside the entrance to
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Good things come in 3s
DOZENS of children patiently queued in the foyer of the UGC Cinema in West Swindon eager to experience three dimensional film technology. They had turned up to watch the next instalment of the children's spy thriller, Spy Kids 3D: Game Over. The $40 million
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Tennis for juniors
WEST SWINDON: The Delta Tennis Centre is re-launching the junior tennis club on Saturday mornings. The centre, in the Delta Business Park off Great Western Way, offers coaching for children aged between four and 12 costing £3.70 or £2.80 for Swindon Card
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Caribbean twist adds to the carnival atmosphere
CHILDREN enjoyed a taste of the Caribbean in Swindon. More than 30 seven to 11-year-olds enjoyed a week of carnival festivities in the Swindon Dance studios in Regent Circus. Dancing, mask making and story telling were just some of the activities on offer
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Tower open
WANBOROUGH: There will be a rare chance for visitors to the village to visit the 15th century bell tower of St Andrew's Church on August 16. The tower will open to coincide with the Wanborough Show. Entrance fees will be donated to the Tower Roof Appeal
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Here for beer
FEATURE: Arkell's Brewery is celebrating its 160th anniversary. Tamash Lal toured the building in Kingsdown where the Arkell family still brews its distinctive ales. WHEN John Arkell decided to open a brewery on his farm in 1843, he could never have imagined
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Villagers will battle bid to build homes
BISHOPSTONE Parish Council could take Swindon Council to the High Court to reverse a planning decision. Parish councillors are in discussions with a solicitor after Swindon planners granted permission for a developer to build eight houses on medieval
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In Safe Hands
FRASER DIGBY has pulled on his Town gloves once again but a return to competitive action is out of the question. The 36-year-old has agreed to a new role as the club's goalkeeping coach in addition to his position of sales executive at the club. It will
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District hope to stop rot
SWINDON & District BA will be looking for a change in fortunes this weekend. They have lost their last four representative matches but president Mike Large is hoping for a rare success tomorrow, when they take on Oxfordshire Vice Presidents at Swindon
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National bid by Purton
PURTON bid tomorrow to reach Worthing in the National Double Rinks. They compete at Wootton Bassett (10am) in one of the four regional finals being held simultaneously around the country. The winners of the four finals progress to the EBA Championship
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M4 is one of busiest routes in the country
THE M4 motorway, which runs to the south of Swindon, is among the busiest roads in the UK, figures released by the Department for Transport have revealed. Up to 146,000 vehicles a day use the main route, which runs across the country linking London with
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Four are arrested
SWINDON Police have arrested four men in connection with the rape and false imprisonment of a 20-year-old pregnant woman at her central Swindon home on July 5. The arrests were made after police launched a series of dawn raids at addresses in Swindon
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Bitter aftertaste as publican told to go
GRAHAM Ireland takes pride in running the Pipers Arms pub - but he has been told to leave by its owners. Enterprise Inns, which owns the pub in Devizes Road, Old Town, has sold the lease and asked Mr Ireland to vacate the premises by Tuesday. Landlord
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For young at heart
HAYDON WICK: Older people looking for company and friendship are invited to join the Haydon Wick Young at Heart club. Members meet every Friday at 2pm in the Haydon Centre. And over the summer months the club holds monthly outings. The club was formed
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Man is conscious
The man who fell down the stairs of the Brunel Rooms nightclub has regained consciousness. The 23-year-old from Swindon was apparently involved in a brawl at the club, in the Brunel Shopping Centre, on July 19. The man was taken to the Great Western Hospital
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On paws for your pet pooch picture
A PHOTO competition is offering the winner a chance to model for a national calendar but only animals need apply. A Swindon veterinary hospital is asking pet owners to enter snaps of their animal companions. Entries should be submitted to Drove Veterinary
