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We are so quick to pay off our mortgages
SWINDON homeowners will take about 19 years on average to pay off the rest of their mortgages. The announcement was made after the Royal Bank of Scotland conducted a study of home owners in the south west. According to the results, Exeter is the
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A big dust-up over rubbish
AN MP has been accused of "muckraking" in a dispute over the town's rubbish recycling record. North Swindon's Michael Wills spoke out in a Commons debate on recycling to say that he was disappointed at the number of recycling points in the borough,
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Police renew appeal over burglary
POLICE have re-launched an appeal for information on a distraction burglary at the home of an 83-year-old man. Two thieves struck at the home of Trevor Fry in Cornwall Avenue, Rodbourne, just before 3pm on Tuesday, May 2. One of the men claimed
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Labour against unjust charges
ACCORDING to Mr Buckland (SA, May 5) the Labour Party is trying to make political gain from the fact that the Tory administration is charging Swindon council house tenants twice for the warden service. As the Advertiser pages have made clear it was
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Council tenants treated as a captive cash cow
WE know that council tenants have had a £1 charge added to their rent to pay for wardens. However, the council has also allotted a sum from the council tax to cover the non-council tenants who live on the estates. This means that tenants who pay
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Art-felt thanks
Thank you for the coverage you gave to the Highworth Artists' Society Spring Exhibition. It was a success, achieving the society's objective of involving Highworth's five local schools so that pupils could display their artwork at the same event.
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BNP figure ‘creditable’
I TAKE issue with your headline Voters boot BNP out of town (SA, May 5). In fact the BNP polled 150 votes more than the Lib Dems and only 102 less than the Tories in the ward. Even the run-away winner (Labour) only won just over twice the BNP total
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Britain out of control
THE disclosure in regard to criminals convicted of crimes of murder, rape etc, convinces me that our country is out of control in every way. It seems to me that when a person is convicted that his/her details are placed in a file. That file follows
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What’s fare about this?
THAMESDOWN Transport in the Swindon area will, from May 15, have no return bus fares single fares only, adults 90p, £1.40, £1.80, children 80p throughout, not zoned, single fares on the hospital bus. How the bus company can force these very high prices
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Repaying faith
I wish to thank all the residents who showed faith in me and voted a Labour candidate on to the council. I aim to repay that faith with hard work and improved decision-making within the council. I am there to represent all residents of Central those
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Driven mad by parking
PEOPLE power may have forced a U-turn in the council's policy over parking this week. But some residents living in the town's residential parking zones say they are still not happy with the system and claim the council is persecuting people for having
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MP plans to speak out on eduction
SOUTH Swindon MP Anne Snelgrove will be speaking about the controversial Education Bill next week. Mrs Snelgrove was appointed to consider the Education and Inspections bill when it passed its second reading in the House of Commons in March. It
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Getting the message over early
IT is a sight that is becoming all too familiar in the media stories of children who have become addicted to drugs or alcohol. But primary school pupils across the town are being given advice on how to keep their bodies healthy and how to deal with
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Students are all made up
A YELLOW brick road led to Swindon College as students prepared for their end of year show. The students from the college's media make-up and beauty therapy courses put on a show with themes including the four seasons, stepping through time and the
