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FULL TIME: Millwall 3 Town 2
TOWN will have to settle for a place in the League One play-offs after going down 3-2 away at Millwall this afternoon. The result from this fixture was academic anyway, with Leeds beating Bristol Rovers 2-1 at Elland Road to claim the second
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Novelist Barbara Trapido gives popular talk at Swindon Literature Festival
Novelist Barbara Trapido gave her audience a privileged insight into the writer’s mind during a talk about her new book Sex And Stravinsky at the Arts Centre on Thursday. She was quick to confess, though, that there are only a couple of brief sex scenes
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MILLWALL v TOWN: Ferry and Austin return for huge game
TOWN boss Danny Wilson has made two changes for their crunch final game of the League One campaign away at Millwall this afternoon. Midfielder Simon Ferry and 19-goal front man Charlie Austin are restored to the starting line-up in place of
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Tyre blows out windows in Old Town
AN EXPLODING lorry tyre was blamed for a mystery detonation which shook buildings ‘like a bomb’ in Old Town in the early hours of Thursday morning. The noise in Newport Street woke up dozens of bemused residents who ran out into the road to find five
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Thieves stage laptop raid at theatre
CRUCIAL information for an upcoming show has been stolen from the Wyvern Theatre. Two laptops belonging to Wild Rose, the company behind this weekend’s Snow White on Ice performances, were taken from the theatre on Wednesday. They detail everything
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New MP praises polling station staff
NEW North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson has praised the election staff at the Tawny Owl and other polling stations for helping as many people as possible to vote. However, both he and South Swindon colleague Robert Buckland believe it’s time to change
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Anger over vote chaos
ANGRY voters were left queuing outside a Swindon polling station just minutes before ballot boxes closed, in scenes which one woman described as “more like the third world”. The Tawny Owl pub in Abbey Meads was besieged by voters late on Thursday evening
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Victory sealed with a kiss
SWINDON Council leader Rod Bluh sealed his victory in the polls with a kiss for his Labour rival Sarah Bush. Conservative councillor Bluh maintained his seat in Dorcan by a meagre lead of just 460 votes, nudging ahead of Mrs Bush, who has been managing
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Ferry ready for big occasion
SIMON Ferry has branded this afternoon’s crunch promotion battle between Town and Millwall at the New Den as the biggest of his short career. The on-loan Celtic midfielder, who has been a lynchpin in the middle of the park for the Robins this season,
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BOWLS: Swindon & District face Hampshire double-header
SWINDON & DISTRICT Men’s Bowling Association continue their 2010 campaign this weekend. Their representative team play two home games against district sides from Hampshire today and tomorrow. The first match today sees S&D men host Portsmouth & District
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Swindon quartet get county call-ups
FOUR of Swindon’s first team squad members have been selected to represent Dorset & Wilts in the County Championship tie with Berkshire at Swanage & Wareham this afternoon. Greenbridge Road captain Adam Westall will fill in at fly-half for the counties
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BOWLS: Westlecot face up to Wilts in centenary celebrations
WESTLECOT men will face Wiltshire men in a special match to celebrate the club’s centenary. The match, which will take place on Saturday, May 15, at Westlecot (2.30pm), will also double up as the first Middleton Cup trial of the 2010 campaign. Hosts
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Stagecoach defends actions of staff
STAGECOACH has defended its action to stop a woman from collecting a petition in protest that the number 54 bus will no longer serve West Swindon. Suzanne Allen, from Godolphin Close, in Freshbrook has gathered more than 500 signatures from bus users
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Look Watt the Cats dragged in
SWINDON Wildcats have added a familiar face to their roster ahead of the 2010/11 English Premier League campaign. Former Cats fan favourite Ryan Watt returns to the Link Centre after brief spells at Bracknell Bees and Slough Jets - where the explosive
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DAN THE FAN: Can Rovers help us out?
A much-improved Town moved a step closer to the dream of second spot in the League One table after a good win over Brentford last Saturday. Today's game is one of the biggest in recent history and the support the team will get will be fantastic with
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TURF TALK: Abbey daze for one lucky punter?
With the first two Classics completed last weekend at Newmarket, attention now turns to the Epsom Derby on June 5. Following the first Derby trial at Chester this week, won by Ted Spread from the Mark Tompkins stable, Lingfield hold their Group 3 Derby
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Macari is your manager choice
WHEN Lou Macari took over at Swindon Town in 1984, the club was without investment, struggling with a tiny pool of players and had just registered its lowest ever finish in the Football League - 17th in Division Four. In six years, the Scot pioneered
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Turner tastes Horseradish victory
JOCKEY Hayley Turner reached double figures for the new season at Chester in the week when she rode Horseradish (7-4) to victory in the Stellar Group Handicap over six furlongs. The three-year-old, trained by Michael Bell, was always travelling well
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We won't be failures, says Wilson
DANNY Wilson insists his Town side cannot be labelled “failures” this season, as he piled the pressure on their promotion rivals ahead of today’s final fixtures. A win for Swindon at third-placed Millwall could see them clinch a place in the Championship
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TURF TALK: Racing for Change behind push for McCoy BBC prize
CHAMPION jump jockey Tony McCoy is to be at the centre of a campaign to come out on top in the BBC’s Sports Personality Of The Year Award. Following his first Grand National victory, watched by around eight million viewers on BBC1, he is one of the favourites
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TURF TALK: Sunday racing
ONCE again the racing fixture list has no flat race meetings scheduled for tomorrow - instead there are three jump meetings at Uttoxeter, Worcester and Plumpton. With the weather set to be cold and damp, the National Hunt fraternity should feel at home
