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Getting fit with footballers
PUPILS from Broad Town Primary School indulged in football and food as Swindon Town treated them to an education week. The project was organised by STFC and Swindon Borough Council. Football development officer Shane Hewlett, goalkeeper Phil Smith,
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Community pub is set to open again
A CLOSED Swindon pub which came close to being turned into flats is set to re-open this month following a community campaign. The Globe Inn, in Eastcott Road, Old Town – once a buzzing community hub – was spared the conversion after objections
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Charity team appeals for help
A TRIATHLON to raise money in memory of Sophie Drury, who fought cancer for 10 years, has hit a stumbling block after a competitor was forced to pull out. Sophie, who lived at Castle Eaton, near Swindon, lost her battle with ovarian cancer on April
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Tories maintain grip on council
SWINDON Council’s elections were a mirror image of the national voting pattern with the Liberal Democrats failing to make an impact on the Tories’ stranglehold on the council. Of the 19 seats up for grabs, the Conservative group held onto 13 of the seats
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Older cats hit by recession
OLDER cats in Swindon are the latest victims of the ongoing impact of the economic climate, according to a local animal charity. The Swindon branch of the Cats Protection League, which helps re-home and neuter cats and reunite lost cats with
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Talk on hedgerows
Local author George Ottewell will be revealing the secrets of the hedgerows when he gives a talk to the Upper Thames And Ridgeway National Trust Association on Wednesday, May 19. This will be a welcome return visit from the writer who spoke on Cotswold
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Day to celebrate free trade
SWINDON Fairtrade Coalition is urging residents to think fair tomorrow. World Fairtrade Day is designed as a reminder of the continuing responsibility to be aware of the needs of people in developing countries who are trying to lift themselves
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Fallen heroes to return home
THE bodies of three British soldiers killed in Afghanistan will be brought home to RAF Lyneham today. Corporal Harvey Holmes, of 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment, and Sapper Daryn Roy, of 21 Engineer Regiment, died in explosions earlier this week.
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Tenners help young minds
SECRET Millionaire Caroline Marsh believes a money-making project has been the first step towards unlocking young people’s potential. The Make Your Mark with a Tenner scheme, financed by Enterprise UK, ran throughout March giving children in Swindon’
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Official figures show crime fall
CRIME recorded in Wiltshire fell overall by six per cent last year while confidence in the police remained high. Home Office recorded crime figures show fraud and forgery, house burglary and drug offences all increased, while incidents of robbery, criminal
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County is targeted as haven for birds
THE Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is targeting Wiltshire as a possible future location to tackle declines in species and climate change. The conservation charity has said that protecting wildlife under pressure in fragmented “islands” of
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String quartet to play at charity ball
TALENTED electric string quartet Asteria will be headlining this year’s Swindon Charity Ball. The four glamorous girls will be playing a variety of classical favourites and instrumental versions of pop songs for the major May 15 fundraiser at the Marriott
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BADMINTON: Geoff goes out on a high after 30 years
GEOFF Hinder oversaw his final duty for the Swindon & District Badminton Association at their finals night at New College. After more than 30 years of service as player, coach and chairman for both club and district, organiser of countless
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The final hurdle in the Adver Cup
QUEENSFIELD United will be looking to complete the double tomorrow when they take on Old Town Wanderers in the final of the Adver Cup at Swindon Supermarine’s Hunts Copse ground (kick-off 2pm). Pete Smith’s men have already wrapped up the Swindon & District
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Watt returns to Swindon Wildcats
SWINDON Wildcats have secured the return of Ryan Watt to their roster for the 2010/11 season. The 20-year-old, who left Wildcats for Bracknell in the 2008/09 season returns to the Link Centre after leaving play-off winners Slough Jets. Wildcats coach
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GYMNASTICS: Games cash boost for Jade
SWINDON gymnast Jade Faulkner has set her sights on making a mark at this year’s Commonwealth Games after receiving a £1,000 cash windfall from the Lloyds TSB Local Heroes initiative. For the second year running, the 16-year-old Esprit Gymnastics
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INSIDE LINE: Evergreen Adams
I REMEMBER hearing plenty of times over the winter, that 2010 was not going to be a vintage year for Leigh Adams. This point of view was formed firstly on the basis that the Swindon captain was shortly to reach 39 years of age (which he did
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Nationwide wary of Lechlade threat
HAVING composed themselves after last weekend’s bizarre defeat to Winsley, Nationwide take on relegated Lechlade in Wilts One tomorrow in search of an immediate response. Captain Joe Perkins, who was left hugely frustrated by the ruling which left Winsley
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Goatacre keen to avoid weather repeat
GOATACRE captain Sam Parish hopes the peculiarities of the West of England Premier League rule-book will not scupper his side’s chances of back-to-back victories when they entertain Winsley in Wilts One tomorrow. The visitors were the beneficiaries of
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Vincent wants Bassett to revert to basics
AFTER limping to defeat against Stroud last weekend, Mark Vincent’s Wootton Bassett hope to bounce back into an early-season rhythm with victory at Gloucester City Winget in Glos/Wilts One tomorrow. A worrying batting collapse combined with a bad bout
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Council leader holds off Labour rival as Tories keep a strong grip
CONSERVATIVE leader Rod Bluh squeezed home at the borough council elections by the narrowest of margins. Mr Bluh faced a strong challenge in the Dorcan ward by Labour's Sarah Bush, who has been managing former MP Anne Snelgrove's South Swindon
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Just another thrilling finale for Town...
Swindon Town are no strangers to dramatic final days and are set for another tomorrow at Millwall. With this in mind SAM MORSHEAD took a look at some of Town’s most dramatic finishes to the season. 1964/65 - Swindon go into the season’s last day with
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Ready to enter the Lions' Den
DAVID Lucas is ready for all the abuse that Millwall will throw at him tomorrow - quite literally - but Town’s keeper is confident there won’t be more scenes of worrying hooliganism as they travel to the New Den. Crunch games last weekend saw pitch invasions
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Smith relishing 'massive game'
JACK Smith admits former club Swindon’s success has taken him by surprise, with the full-back determined to seal promotion at the expense of his ex-employers. Having been one of 13 players released from the County Ground last summer, the full-back bounced
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Wilson: Make yourselves heard
SWINDON will need the full backing of more than 2,000 travelling fans at the New Den tomorrow. That is the opinion of manager Danny Wilson ahead of Saturday’s potentially winner-takes-all game away at Millwall in the race for promotion.
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Town holding out for a hero
DANNY Wilson has urged one of his players to “become a hero” and fire Town into the Championship. Swindon travel to promotion rivals Millwall tomorrow knowing that victory at the New Den, coupled with Leeds dropping points at home to Bristol Rovers,
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Glen completes good night for the Tories in Wiltshire
JOHN Glen has hung on to the Salisbury seat for the Conservatives with a much-reduced but still convincing majority of 5,966. Immediately after the result was announced at the City Hall early this morning he paid tribute to Labour candidate Tom Gann
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North Wiltshire winner James Gray condemns Lib Dem attacks
IN the first election since his extra marital affair came to light James Gray was re-elected as MP for North Wiltshire. At the count in Malmesbury's Activity Zone leisure centre the Conservatives increased their share of the vote to 52 per
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Leigh wrecks Troy's return
LEIGH Adams romped to a 15-point maximum as Swindon thrashed patched-up Peterborough 54-39 last night, wrecking Troy Batchelor’s hopes of a dream return to his former club. Much of the pre-meeting talk had focused on the reappearance of Batchelor
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Liberal Democrats capture Chippenham
LIBERAL Democrat candidate Duncan Hames has become the first winner of the new Chippenham constituency after beating Tory Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones by 2,470 votes. Returning officer Andrew Kerr announced the result just before 5am. Cheers broke out
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Swindon General Election seats: the facts and figures
SWINDON SOUTH Robert Buckland (Con) 19,687 Anne Snelgrove (Lab) 16,143 Damon Hooton (Lib Dem) 8, 305 Robert Tingley (UKIP) 2,029 Jenni Miles (Green) 619 Alistair Kirk (Christian Party) 176 Karsten Evans
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Tomlinson secures Tory double for Swindon
TORY candidate Justin Tomlinson stormed to victory in North Swindon with a massive 7,000 vote lead. Visibly moved, he took to the podium to rapturous applause after securing more than 22,000 votes and delivered a polished speech. He
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Perry continues Blue legacy in Devizes
CLAIRE Perry has held Devizes for the Conservative Party with a similar majority to that of her predecessor, Michael Ancram. She took the seat, held by Mr Ancram since 1992, with 25,519 votes, just over 13,000 more than her nearest rival, Liberal
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Swindon turns Blue as Labour suffer double dose of defeat
VOTERS in Swindon performed a dramatic U-turn last night as both the town's seats went to the Tories. Justin Tomlinson swung to a comfortable lead in the North and Robert Buckland had a smaller win in the South. Ever since the constituency
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Murrison hangs on to South West Wiltshire seat
ANDREW MURRISON has been elected as Conservative MP for South West Wiltshire, polling 25,321 votes, more than half of 49,109 cast, with a 68.5 per cent turnout. Dr Murrison, who has been an MP for the former Westbury seat since 2001, thanked his supporters
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Tears for Anne as Snelgrove suffers shock defeat
ANNE Snelgrove suffered a shock defeat when she was voted out of office in the early hours of Friday morning. She looked stoney-faced as returning officer Steven Taylor called all the candidates over to one side to show them to numbers.
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James Gray holds north Wiltshire seat
CONSERVATIVE candidate James Gray has won the North Wiltshire seat.
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Anne Snelgrove loses seat to Tories
THE wind of change blew into Swindon last night as the town changed from red to blue. South Swindon Conservative candidate Rob Buckland won his seat, meaning Labour's Anne Snelgrove lost out, and at the time of going to press the results of Swindon North
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Still too close to call
THE election count in Swindon has gone right down to the wire this morning with both seats still too close to call. Speaking to the Adver returning officer Steven Taylor said he was waiting for the results of one more ward to come back.
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Exit polls predict cliffhanger
Britain was braced for an election "cliffhanger", as the Tories were forecast to be the largest party at Westminster - but fall short of an overall majority. A TV exit poll said the Conservatives would win 305 seats, Labour 255 and the Liberal Democrats
