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Keeping Cool
PAULA Radcliffe might have felt the heat on the streets of Athens, but Matt O'Dowd is as cool as ever ahead of his own marathon test. The Swindon Harrier's day of destiny finally arrives tomorrow but he's not feeling the pressure yet. Even Radcliffe's
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Boys close the gap with GCSE passes
15733/6TENSION filled the corridors at schools across west Wiltshire as this year's GCSE results were finally unveiled. Amid claims of easier exams and an escalating gap between the sexes, students across west Wiltshire were revelling in some of the highest
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Ruthless and money-hungry...and all for fun!
ALEX Lawrence has been a wheeler dealer, a bankrupt and has been landed in jail many times. She has also been a fearsome opponent and a merciless landlord but it is all a game to her. Monopoly, the game that can make millionaires, has become an obsession
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Thanks for a brilliant day
71957-78THE champagne corks were popping just minutes after Evening Advertiser Bride of the Year Louisa Curtis said 'I do to' fianc Michael Nestor. The rain held off and Louisa, 32, and Michael, 36, enjoyed a wedding they say exceeded all expectations
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Maths genius Chris gives school top A level result
A SWINDON school can now claim to have the best A-level results in the country, although its achievement will not feature in any official league tables. Students at Kingsdown School in Stratton St Margaret, for ages 11 to 16, leave after GCSEs and have
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300 over the limit on the M4
NEARLY 300 drivers have been caught speeding on the M4 near Swindon. The motorists were caught by cameras set up to protect workers laying fibre optic cables between Swindon and junction 18 at Bath. Speed checks have been carried out since August 9 to
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Super-star!
71959-52WHEN Sarah Blackford first arrived at her school to pick up her GCSE results, staff couldn't find her grades. Thankfully for Sarah, a pupil at Bradon Forest School in Purton, the agony wasn't prolonged. Staff soon located the right envelope and
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Call for meeting to be postponed
20259-32Planners should consider postponing development plans for part of the Mechanics' Institute. That's the claim from the New Mechanics' Institution Preservation Trust, which is campaigning to convert the 150-year-old building in the heart of Swindon's
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Path is clear for three PFI schools
Director of education . . . Hilary PittsPLANNING permission for the first three of the seven Swindon schools to be built under a private finance initiative is expected to be given on Tuesday. A consortium led by Equion, a division of John Laing plc has
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Four boys sign up for army life
71948-14WHILE other youngsters are deciding what A levels to take after getting their GCSE results, four school leavers from Swindon have already made up their minds about their future careers. Darren Richards, Peter Saunders, Simon Cook and Timon Simpkins
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Till thief foiled by checkout girl
FEARLESS shop worker Anika Moore sprang into action when a thieving heroin addict tried to grab cash from her till. She slammed the cash-drawer shut, and used all her weight to trap the thief by his hand. Even when the criminal started punching the petite
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100 years of transport
A GRAND bus rally at the Wroughton Science Museum will help mark the centenary of Thamesdown Transport. The event on September 12 will be part of the Heritage Open Days weekend event and will feature buses new and old. The company is also continuing its
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Treatment for MS sufferers
SWINDON Multiple Sclerosis sufferers have a chance to find out about hyperbaric treatment next week. Sufferers of the condition will be meeting at BSS House in Cheney Manor on Friday to mark 21 years of the oxygen-based treatment in the town. David Hughes
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Speed limit will drop to 30
THE speed limit on Cricklade Road and a short stretch of Cirencester Way is to be reduced from a 40mph to a 30mph zone. The Traffic Regulation Order has been advertised and it is hoped that the new speed limit will be introduced at the end of September
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Better than a letter!
7191-31PENFRIENDS who live 10,000 miles apart met up in Swindon after 50 years of writing. In an age dominated by emails, phone calls and text messages, the art of letter writing is in decline. But Sheila Woodman, 64, from Wroughton, remains a firm believer
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Success in town's blitz on beggars
A DRIVE to rid Swindon town centre of beggars is working. Campaign co-ordinators say the crackdown has led to a dramatic fall in the number of vagrants harassing shoppers for cash. Town centre manager Bernie Maguire, one of those behind Swindon Street
