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Don’t miss the bus at the World Cup
Employees of Swindon-based building society Nationwide got the chance to sign messages of support to the England football team ahead of next month's World Cup. Around 200 staff wrote their messages on the Nationwide England Fans' Bus, which rolled into
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...to Prescott
South Swindon MP Anne Snelgrove must be truly desperate for higher office for her to announce such garbage as that the country feels a great sense of pride in its Deputy Prime Minister (SA May 18). Right honourable friends indeed! J ADAMS Freshbrook
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Misplaced loyalty...
I'M sure that John Prescott was very grateful for the show of loyalty from South Swindon's Labour MP, but are we really to be proud of a minister who has proved to be so successful in the various roles given to him that he now has next to nothing to do
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It’s a vice
IAN Cooke refers to smokers and enjoyment of their vice (SA Letter May 16). The shorter Oxford English Dictionary defines vice as extreme moral corruption, depravity, evil, grossly immoral or degrading habits or conduct. What does this say about the
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A disappointment in store
ANYONE who believes the new Home Secretary, John Reid, has the talent to reform the Home Office mess is due for disappointment. This is the minister who, when Health Secretary in 2005, received a petition on behalf of a children's ward in Cheltenham
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Nazi ideas must be defeated
THE ideas of Shirley Mathias and Joel Joffe belong in Nazi Germany not a caring sharing society like Britain. I wish I could dismiss their views as codswallop but unfortunately it is the dangerous view of too many selfish people, who are more concerned
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Care centre staff deserve to be thanked
AT 93 years of age I have just experienced my first hospital stay. This was in the Swindon Intermediate Care Centre, next to the Great Western Hospital, Forest Ward. Would you please extend my sincere thanks to all the staff for their excellent care
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Our university should be at Coate Water, Eric
WITH reference to the letter about allegiances from Mr Eric Beint of Burnley in Tuesday's (May 23) Advertiser. Who does this man think he is telling Swindon councillors and residents how to run our town when he doesn't even live here? Yes, the future
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Choirs were huge delight
I FELT I had to write a note of praise, after going with a friend to the Wyvern Theatre on Saturday evening to see a superb concert. Having read a couple of articles about Wessex Male Choir in the Adver I decided to go to see them and had almost the
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Faith on Fridays
Every week religious leaders share their thoughts with Swindon Advertiser readers. Today's guest columnist is the right Rev Rayfield, the Bishop of Swindon you may have missed the fact that the world record for the 100m was broken again this month.
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Could you be next big hit?
BANDS who want a shot at the big time have been invited to join in the Advertiser-backed Local Heroes competition. The Local Heroes contest offers up-and-coming unsigned new bands the chance to play at six major summer festivals in front of an audience
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Pensioner robbed
AN 83-year-old woman had £50 stolen when she fell victim to bogus callers. A man called at her home in Kent End Close, Ashton Keynes, at 2.15pm on Wednesday saying he needed to check the water. Police say he took the woman into the kitchen, turned the
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Elderly are urged to check up on phone insurance
ABOUT 25 million Brits are forking out £1.5bn a year on mobile phone insurance when their phones could already be covered under their home and contents insurance policy, it has been claimed. With mobile phone cover often costing more than the handset
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no need to rush things!
DENNIS Wise has already spoken to Mark Devlin about half a dozen transfer targets although it seems the rumour mill is not grinding out names with any great accuracy. Town's new manager has jetted off on a two-week break but his mobile phone will be
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Art of class
EVERYTHING from secret rooms to monsters in other dimensions have been explored in art at Swindon College. The work, by students on the foundation and access art courses, produced a range of work on their chosen theme, using painting, ceramics, photography
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A chance to celebrate the life of Brunel
CHILDREN across Swindon are being given the chance to find out how the town is celebrating Brunel 200. To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great engineer, every pupil at schools and colleges across the town are being given a copy of the
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A new start
THE details of Cavendish Square's compulsory takeover have been announced ahead of its revamp. Swindon Council has published plans of the compulsory acquisition order it will use to buy up land for the area's refurbishment. The orders are the last step
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Low risk report on roads
THE major roads in and out of Swindon have been rated among the safest in England. The AA Motoring Trust review of England's major roads has found the four major routes out of the town were, at worst, low to medium risk roads. The EuroRAP survey found
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Abusive cyclist spat at women
AN abusive cyclist is terrorising lone women in the town centre. Police believe the same man is behind a number of reports of women being insulted and spat at as they walk through town. None of the victims have been physically hurt but officers say
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Howell’s motoring at the BMW
But fighter David's still battling back: A PHILOSOPHICAL David Howell is continuing to beat the pain barrier but admits to nagging concerns' with the Ryder Cup just around the corner. The Swindon golfer has been struggling with a back injury ever since
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O’Hanlon deal moving closer
SKIPPER Sean O'Hanlon has enjoyed a chat with new boss Dennis Wise and chief executive Mark Devlin is confident the club captain will be kicking off the 2006-7 campaign at the County Ground. As revealed in Wednesday's Advertiser, the defender has now
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smith wants one more shirt from wise!
Midfield man Paul hoping to seal contract from Town's new manager: PAUL Smith already has the shirt off Dennis Wise's back and now the experienced campaigner is looking for Town's new boss to hand him a contract as well. Before Iffy Onuora's dismissal
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Now we'll make them come true
This is an exciting time for Swindon, and the Advertiser has launched a series of features looking at the town's future. Newly-elected Swindon Council leader Roderick Bluh speaks to political reporter Daniel Knowles about how he sees the next few years
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Dealer up for sentence
DRUG pusher Clifford Curtis has been remanded in custody by a judge after being arrested on a warrant. The 25-year-old was now being sentenced today for his part in selling heroin to undercover police in the town centre. And Judge Tom Longbotham indicated
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In the wake of the arsonists
THE blaze that gutted an empty industrial building on the Isis trading estate was the second deliberately lit fire of the night. Firefighters attended the incident at the Bamptons building in Stratton Road after the alarm was raised at about 11.30pm
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It's on the nose!
SATIRICAL magazine Private Eye has ridiculed MP Anne Snelgrove for her unflagging loyalty to Government ministers. The South Swindon Labour MP has been awarded the spoof accolade Order of the Backbench Brown Nose. The award comes after comments she
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Gypsies make their slow journey to event
DRIVERS passing through Wootton Bassett have been having their fortunes read by a fortune teller at a gypsy camp site. Two New Age travelling families have spent the last two days camped on the A3102 Swindon Road at the roundabout close to the Prince
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Pension plan welcomed by some experts
THE pension shake-up will only go some way to relieving the UK crisis, according to a Swindon expert. Gary Mothersill, a financial adviser with Morris Owen in Devizes Road, said the Government's White Paper on pensions, announced yesterday, only goes
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Team flies out to Herc crash
A TEAM of investigators has flown to Afghanistan to find the cause of a fire, which destroyed a RAF Hercules. It is understood that the team left RAF Lyneham yesterday ultimately bound for the airstrip in the Helmand province, where the burned out wreckage
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We are with you in your fight, Islan
ADVER readers are backing a bid to let a family of asylum seekers stay in Swindon. Eighty-five per cent of people who voted in a phone and internet poll say that the Eltuyev family should remain. The family fled torture in Chechnya to come to Swindon
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Skydiver to sue after landing KO
A PURTON man is suing a fellow parachute jumper who landed on him and put him in hospital. Simon Ward, of The Fox, is claiming more than £300,000 in damages from Wayne Humphrey for the injuries he suffered. The pair were among 10 parachutists taking
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"We have got you covered"
POLICE have enlisted Big Brother in the fight against crime in Swindon. Officers now have access to the council's 158 CCTV cameras, which have been placed at trouble hot spots throughout the town. The pictures, which go through to Swindon Council's
