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A lesson in virtual parenting
Mother's Day came early for 23 teenagers at Downton School, Lesley Bates reports. YOU remember Living Doll, Cliff Richard's first number one single in 1959? No? Too young? Well, what about the second time Living Doll got to be top of the pops, in 1986
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Designers put natural heritage on web
HEADSCAPE, the Salisbury web design company, has launched a new website for Scottish Natural Heritage, promoting Scotland's National Nature Reserves. Chris Scott, Headscape's managing director, said: "We were delighted to have been selected by Scottish
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Disabled access discussed
WILTSHIRE Tourism and the Tourism Skills Network Wiltshire hosted a disability discrimination awareness event to help organisations make sense of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. The act requires organisations to make reasonable physical adjustments
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Adviser warns of impact ISA changes will have
WITH the sale of tax-efficient independent savings accounts (ISAs) in full swing ahead of the end of the financial year on April 5, Salisbury financial adviser Bob Collom is warning of three important changes affecting investors. Mr Collom, from the Salisbury
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Knowledge of green laws 'poor'
EIGHT in every ten small and medium-sized businesses cannot name an environmental regulation relating to their industry, despite the legislation applying to every company, research has shown. Business Link Berkshire and Wiltshire is urging SMEs in Wiltshire
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Holmes fishing for three points
dLONDON side Fisher Athletic are the visitors to Old Sarum on Saturday, as Salisbury City's season reaches the crucial final furlong with a host of tough fixtures coming up. High flying Histon lost 2-1 away to Fisher on Monday night so the Whites know
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Extension to hospital under way
HEALTH care trust chairman David Noble cut the first piece of earth to signal the start of work this week on a £24m extension to Salisbury District Hospital. He was joined at the Monday ceremony by other Salisbury Health Care Trust bosses, hospital staff
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Top awards for Journal staff
CAROLINE Godwin is the toast of Salisbury Newspapers after scooping a top regional award in the annual Newsquest South West Ad Awards, staged in the Bibury Suite, at Salisbury racecourse, on Friday night. Caroline (42), who is the Journal's classified
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Trevor bows out with eclectic collection
A wandering minstrel delighted guests at the launch party for this year's Salisbury Festival, held in the Banqueting Room at the Guildhall, on Tuesday. Violinist Kai Chai from Godalming in Surrey was busking in the city to promote his string quartet and
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Archaeologists: 2.1km tunnel is inadequate
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have branded the government's £200m plans for a 2.1km tunnel under Stonehenge "inadequate", claiming it would bring "irreversible damage to the World Heritage site". At the inquiry this week, representatives of many of Britain's most respected
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Defence company wins US contract
YOUNG people in Salisbury are ditching the city to move north because it is too expensive to live here. With the cost of housing rocketing across the south over the past few years, first-time buyers are starting to look elsewhere. Young professionals
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Crash leaves pub damaged
FOR the second time in 18 months, a car has ploughed into the front of the Earl of Normanton public house, in Boscombe village, near Amesbury. The latest crash, which left a teenage driver with a broken collarbone, the front of the pub badly damaged and
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Head defends anti-bully policy
A HEADTEACHER has defended his school's anti-bullying policy, after worried parents removed their son because they feared for his safety. Andrew Gill and Donna Dobson claim their 12-year-old son Barry, who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
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It could happen to anyone, anywhere
29568-28A SPANISH woman living in Swindon has spoken of her shock and sorrow over the terrorist attack on her home country. Luckily, none of Begoa Diez's friends or family was hurt but she said: "I feel this could have happened to any of us, anywhere.
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No home for drunk
A MAN evicted from his sheltered accommodation for terrorising fellow residents says he is homeless. David Lewis, 62, was evicted at the beginning of the month from David Stoddart Gardens in Gorse Hill. Swindon County Court heard from borough solicitor
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Call for drinks action
South Swindon MP Julia Drown is calling on the Department of Health to act as a broker between medical experts and the drinks industry. The MP, a former NHS manager, says the DoH could bring the two parties together and get smoking-style warnings put
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Hanged girl hurt herself in past
Ref. 29562-07TEENAGER Joanna Hewson, who was found hanging from her bunk bed hours after splitting up with her boyfriend, had a history of self harm. The 13-year-old schoolgirl had just started back at school for the winter term on the day she died. A
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On your trail
Ref. 29447-66POLICE have yet more drug pushers in their sights, following a deluge of information from Advertiser readers. The Swindon Drugs Hotline has been inundated with calls from people after we published police surveillance footage of dealers in
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Developer needs to stump up cash
A housing developer whose new Okus project could bring hundreds of young families into the area has been told to stump up more cash for local schools. Fairview New Homes wants permission to build 349 houses on the site of the Okus Industrial Estate. The
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Antiquities need a special home
Ref. 29565-19RELICS from Cricklade's past may be housed in a purpose-built building near the town's library. Cricklade Museum is currently in a former chapel in Calcutt Street but the town council plans to find it a new home in the High Street. Cricklade
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Tots become Teddytubbies
A NEW playgroup is to start up next month. The Teddytubbies group will be based at the Central Community Hall, in Emlyn Square. Its opening session, which will be free, is pencilled in for April 20 from 1pm to 2.30pm. After that the cost is likely to
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Get ready to race for life
WOMEN from across Swin-don are being urged to dust off their trainers and start preparing for this summer's Race For Life. Last year 2,115 women entered the Swindon event, raising £140,000 for Cancer Research UK, but the charity wants to do even better
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Invite to air show for pupils
SCHOOLCHILDREN in Swindon are being invited to go along to Europe's largest airshow for free this summer. Up to 20,000 young people will be guests of the RAF, Navy and Army at the Armed Forces youth day at Fairford, on July 16 before the Royal International
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Listeners can keep up with events
USERS of the talking newspaper come from all backgrounds but are united by a desire to keep up with local news and other issues affecting them. They include 87-year-old Leonie Porter, from Swindon, whose sight has been poor for most of her life. She said
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Lefties to blame
IN her letter to the Evening Advertiser dated March 9, Mary Ratcliffe despairs at the possibility of the BNP fielding a number of candidates in the Swindon local elections and she asks all the main political parties to confront this menace. However, I
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Lax immigration rules help BNP
MARY Ratcliffe in her thought-provoking letter expresses concern that the BNP could obtain a foothold in Swindon (EA Mar 9). The question arises why has this become a possibility? Mary has given us the answer "promises must become a reality". The criminal
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Drag hunts are fun and cruelty-free
I WAS very fortunate to receive a very favourable report of a drag hunt attended last week near Newbury (Berks & Bucks Draghunt). What struck me was the genuine enjoyment the day, the health of the hounds (hunting hounds are starved before chasing
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Israel 'born of terrorism'
With ref to P Mallinson's letter (EA Monday, March 8). Mr Mallinson starts his letter by accusing Mr Topping of twisting the facts. He then does British servicemen who served in Palestine a monstrous dis-service himself by twisting the facts about the
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Take the challenge to aid sick children
AS a mother and a patron of CLIC I am writing to you to encourage your readers to support children with cancer. Every day in the UK five children are diagnosed with cancer or leukaemia. CLIC, one of the UK's leading children's cancer charities, works
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Rethink is needed over proposed skatepark site
SHOULD a Town Clerk not know his town? Highworth's Dave Lane suggests in EA March 6, that Highworth skaters should build their skatepark in the field north of Crane Furlong, which, he states would be ideal away from houses and in an area where children
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Time to give the Lords a shake-up
I WOULD like to make a comment on the recent article of Lord Stoddart. If I remember rightly the people of Swindon threw him out and I find it very ironic that the case he put for keeping the Lords and Judiciary is stating the obvious. Who gave him, an
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A lesson in virtual parenting
Mother's Day came early for 23 teenagers at Downton School, Lesley Bates reports. YOU remember Living Doll, Cliff Richard's first number one single in 1959? No? Too young? Well, what about the second time Living Doll got to be top of the pops, in 1986
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Planners rewarded for turnaround
THE planning team from North Wiltshire District Council has won a top professional award only a year after the service was condemned as one of the worst in the country. Weekly trade journal the Local Government Chronicle gave the planners its Management
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Seminar for catering trade
CATERING employers are being invited to Salisbury College, on March 31, for the third in a series of free business seminars. The event will include a short presentation and discussion on the benefits of the modern apprenticeship and Free2Learn initiatives
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Awards to honour the best entrepreneurs
THE Federation of Small Businesses has launched its annual business awards, which honour the cream of south Wiltshire enterprise. The awards, which will be presented at a ceremony on July 7 at the White Hart Hotel in Salisbury, are now in their fifth
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Exporters enjoy high sales levels
EXPORTERS across the south of England have achieved the highest levels of sales balances for six years and their confidence is at its greatest since 1996, according to the latest Business in Britain survey from Lloyds TSB Corporate. Forty-one per cent
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Pupils get to grips with science facts
SALISBURY and district schoolchildren were shown how science can come to life through a series of interactive workshops last week. The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) ran interactive, technology and engineering workshops as part of National
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High costs force young to move away
YOUNG people in Salisbury are ditching the city to move north because it is too expensive to live here. With the cost of housing rocketing across the south over the past few years, first-time buyers are starting to look elsewhere. Young professionals
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Key role for health team
A TEAM from Salisbury District Hospital, including top plastic surgeon John Hobby, is to play a key role in a European drive to develop the next generation of electrical implants, which are used to improve the lives of victims of spinal injuries and strokes
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Chance for young to show musical talent
YOUNG drummers added their beat to the music at St Edmund's School last week, as percussion classes were introduced to the Salisbury Young People's Festival for the first time. The music festival's chairman, Lynda Smith, reported that entries overall
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Meningitis survivor's marathon effort
THERE were times when Louise Clarke's family thought she would never pull through. At just 22, the bubbly student from Berwick St Leonard was enjoying life at the University of Aberystwyth, when she was tragically struck down with bacterial meningitis
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Assault victim on life support
ONE of Salisbury's well-known characters remained on a life-support machine in Salisbury District Hospital this week, following a violent assault in the city. Eric Rogereau, known to friends as Eric the Chef, suffered kidney failure and collapsed lungs
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Two million visitors in record breaking year
The National Trust today announced that in the 2003/04 season, visitors to its properties in the Wessex Region passed the two million mark for the first time ever. A total of 2,018,397 people were welcomed to the charity's pay for entry properties in
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Police pair star
ON walking over the park with my dog I spotted another dog injured lying on the grass. On calling the police, two young ones came out. They couldn't have been kinder. They covered the dog with one of their jackets and called a vet for help. So three cheers
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Their work is never done
Ref. 29380-10Despite falling membership, women's organisations such as the Women's Institute insist they still have a place in a busy modern society. SHIRLEY MATHIAS looks at the work these clubs are involved in, and their hopes for the future. FOR 68
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Don't forget the Calendar Girls
NATIONALLY the WIs have lost more than 58,000 members in 10 years. But with a total of 220,000 including 4,300 in Wiltshire they are still Britain's largest and most vocal women's organisation. Government departments have been known to quiver when the
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Their work is never done
Ref. 29380-10Despite falling membership, women's organisations such as the Women's Institute insist they still have a place in a busy modern society. SHIRLEY MATHIAS looks at the work these clubs are involved in, and their hopes for the future. FOR 68
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No one is safe
Ref. 29558-2A 10-wheel resurfacing vehicle, hired by Swindon Council, has been given a parking ticket by the council's own parking attendants. The large orange- coloured contraption took up three spaces near the entrance of the Bath Road Car Park in Old
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Motorcyclist crashes into car but no-one is badly injured
A MOTORCYCLIST was taken to hospital after a collision with a Renault Clio on the Greenbridge roundabout in Swindon. The accident happened early yesterday morning as the woman driver of the Clio left the roundabout, near Stratton. Police and ambu-lance
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New depot is given the go ahead for 134 buses
Swindon buses have outgrown their home. Thamesdown Transport has begun trying out longer vehicles and its current town centre depot in Corporation Street has become too small to store its fleet. Bosses believe the time has come to move its buses into
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Cash donation helps town's festival
THE Highworth Festival will get an extra dash of razzmatazz thanks to a £5,000 cash boost. The cash boost has come from the Oxford, Swindon and Gloucester Co-op to celebrate the first anniversary of its new store in Brewery Street, Highworth. It will
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£10,500 for a square deal
Ref. 23472-15PLANS are in hand to transform a drab 1960s square using the artistic talents of local residents. Sculptures, mosaics and a bright new colour scheme have all been put forward as possibilities for the project to make Sussex Square in Walcot
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Planners rewarded for turnaround
THE planning team from North Wiltshire District Council has won a top professional award only a year after the service was condemned as one of the worst in the country. Weekly trade journal the Local Government Chronicle gave the planners its Management
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How the hell did I get up here?
Ref. 29464-49WHAT does this photograph illustrate? a) That if you are manoeuvring a van in a first floor workshop, you should be careful not to slam it into reverse by mistake. b) That if you are transporting a van in a cargo aircraft, you should secure
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Bringing the news home to everyone
Ref. 29343-38A TAPED newspaper for people who have problems reading print has celebrated its 1,000th issue. The Swindon and District Talking Newspaper Association Stan has relayed local news, features and comment to a growing number of readers throughout
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On the right track
TRAIN driver Martin Davis is on course to arrive ahead of time when he competes in this year's London Marathon. Martin, of Kingshill Road, Swindon, completed a tough 20-mile race in Leicestershire at the weekend in 2hrs 9mins as preparation for the London
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Drug addict sent to jail
A PROLIFIC burglar who continued offending after being put on a drug treatment and testing order has been jailed for two and a half years. Shaun Burrows stole more than £15,000 worth of property in raids on homes across the town to fund his heroin habit
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GM crops do nothing to help developing world
DA Card mistakenly believes GM crops are being grown to help underdeveloped countries feed themselves not the European market. If this were true why has the Bush government been so aggressive about foisting their unwanted GM crops on Europe and been so
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'Boredom' no excuse for thuggish actions
WHILST standing in the local shop waiting my turn in the queue, an elderly lady next to me asked: "Why do children feel it's their right to be nasty purely because they say they are bored?" She referred to the subject of Liden Library as featured in the
