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Mum's death hangs over hospital
THE Great Western Hospital’s NHS Foundation was hit with a £75,000 fine, plus £25,000 costs, by a judge at Bristol Crown Court on Monday. This followed the death in 2004 of Mayra Cabrera at Swindon’s Great Western Hospital just hours after giving birth
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BREAKING NEWS: Town to face Millwall in play-off final
TOWN will face Millwall in the League One play-off final at Wembley on Saturday, May 29. The Lions overcame Huddersfield 2-0 this evening at the New Den thanks to goals from Steve Morison and Paul Robinson, handing them an aggregate win of the same scoreline
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Fans still buzzing after Monday night’s nail-biting dramatic win at The Valley
SWINDON Town fans were tired but jubilant as they greeted the morning after the incredible night before. At the club shop, manager Clare Haworth said business was four times the level she’d expect on a usual post-match morning. Among the superfans who
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Talented band are literally rubbish
A group of youngsters are making sweet music with the inside of an old washing machine, a few beer barrels, brushes and dustbin lids. The Junk Band is the brainchild of Debbie Matthews, woodwind teacher at Wootton Bassett School, who saw a junk band
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Fond memories of RAF Lyneham
AS RAF Lyneham celebrates the 70th birthday of its founding unit, former serviceman Dan Gurney recalled his happy years there and his sadness at its impending closure. Dan, who shares the milestone birthday this year, joined the RAF Fire Service in 1958
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Town prepares to kick off its own world cup
BUDDING Wayne Rooneys are preparing for their own World Cup in Swindon just a week before England kick off their campaign in South Africa. Swindon Council is organising a World Cup-themed football festival to promote soccer in the community
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Fresh volcanic ash misery for air travellers
TRAVELLERS and holiday-makers in the South West faced fresh misery yesterday as all flights out of most airports in the region were grounded because of the volcanic ash. Bristol airport was closed until 1pm yesterday with 75 flights being cancelled,
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THE COUNTDOWN TO WEMBLEY BEGINS
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Play-off final ticket details
TOWN have announced their tickets prices for the League One play-off final at Wembley on Saturday, May 29. Swindon have been allocated 36,700 tickets in the west side of the national stadium, where they will face either Millwall or Huddersfield
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Letter from Mike Hosking
IT never ceases to amaze me how bigoted people can be about their own political views. In last weeks’s general election the people of Swindon voted overwhelmingly to kick out a tired old Labour government, who have spent the last 13 years turning a huge
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Pretend street of mini shops
BBC Wiltshire’s Pretend Street came together in all its glory at the weekend. The street was the brainchild of radio presenter Graham Seaman, who asked listeners to his lunchtime show to create a shoebox shop to put on the street. Graham said: “Listeners
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Academy teams up with football club and @Futsal
Students enrolling on the new Futsal scholarship programme will be trained by coaches from Reading Football Club. A partnership deal has been signed between @Futsal Ltd, Swindon Academy in Beech Avenue, and the Championship club. The latest development
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Draw a picture of your daddy
We are inviting our younger readers, aged four to 11, to get creative for our Draw Daddy competition. You could win a free sitting for a portrait and a 12” x 8” print framed and ready to hang on the wall. Photo Faces photographers are providing the
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Loving cat lost
Rio, a small, ginger, Tom cat disappeared from the Ponting Street area of Swindon on Sunday, May 12. The cat is a home loving feline of seven years of age. He is wearing a green camouflage collar with a bell but no identity tag. Anyone seeing Rio should
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See life down on the farm
MEMBERS of the public will get a glimpse of life on the farm next month. Vowley Farm, on Bincknoll Lane, Wootton Bassett, has signed up to the Open Farm Sunday event on June 13. Part of a national event, the day runs from 11am until 3pm. There will
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Having a ball to help good causes
THOUSANDS of pounds were raised for good causes at the 22nd Swindon Charity Ball at the Marriott Hotel on Saturday. About 150 people attended the annual event, organised by Swindon Rotary Club and the hotel, which featured food, entertainment
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Teen wins award
A TEENAGER from Swindon has won a host of international engineering awards. James Popper, 18, from Marlborough College, has scooped major prizes at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), in San Jose, California. He beat 1600 students
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Letter from T Reynolds
IN response to the letter from Mr Mullin, if I didn’t know better, I would have thought it came from either Mr Warner or Mr Spry! He talks of mess - where has he been for the last 13 years, and again, lay the blame on Mrs Thatcher, she came to power
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Letter from Sue Hooper
A HUGE thank you to all the generous B & Q customers who gave to the recent NSPCC collection. The total collected was £591.09 which was a great result. Thank you to all the collectors who turned out to help - you are all great giving up your time and
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‘Old Town must move with times’ says boss
AN ENTREPRENEUR, who hopes to turn a part of Old Town into a ‘continental culinary haven’, has defended her attempts to alter an empty shop’s retail license to a French bistro. Shareen Campbell, owner of Los Gatos, is currently in talks with Swindon
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Police appeal after serious sexual assault in Swindon
POLICE have launched an appeal for witnesses about a serious sexual assault in Swindon last week. The incident took place around Manchester Road and Corporation Street between 10.30pm and 2.10am on Tuesday, May 4, and Wednesday, May 5.
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M4 closed after fatal crash
THE M4 westbound has been closed this morning after a fatal crash. Four people were injured in the smash, three with minor injuries and one woman who suffered head, chest, pelvic injuries and went into cardiac arrest. The Adver understands the woman
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Mayor splashes cash
SWINDON mayor David Wren presented a cheque for £5,000 to the Swindon branch of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association at South Marston Primary School yesterday. The money from the Mayor’s Charity Fund, raised with the help of several local schools
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Can We Kick It? Yes We Can
AS the midday sun-shone brightly on the County Ground car park hundreds of town fans revelled in their assembled glory. Smiles adorned most of their faces with both young and old, women and men, anticipating the biggest match since the mighty
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Letter from Frank Jurga
HERE we go again - five days after the election and we are already getting extreme views being published again. I'm talking about people believing that the Government will be slashing public spending and raiding pensions to pay fat cats - I can only assume
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Fans struggle to get home after Charlton victory
BLEARY-EYED but elated, Swindon Town fans are today preparing for their first visit to the new Wembley Stadium after last night's thrilling victory against Charlton Athletic. The match went into extra time followed by penalties as Town battled
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Letter from Georgina Palmer
I WAS woken abruptly from my sleep this morning by a rather angry phone call from my boyfriend. I must add that he is not usually an angry person and remains calm in almost every situation, so I knew something must be awry. The cause of his annoyance
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Letter from Geraint Day
THE new Conservative Member of Parliament for South Swindon has stated on his website that he does not intend to work as a barrister now that his employment has shifted to the House of Commons. Yet he still states that he will work as a judge "for no
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Letter from Greg Heathcliffe
RATHER than blame the council for "just waving through" the planning applications, Shirley Burnham, why not put the blame where it belongs - our true "government" in Brussels! Actually the Regional Development Agency, a department of the Brussels’ "government
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Letter from Martha Parry
THE words ‘water feature’ have terrorised Swindonians ever since the one in The Parade was removed decades ago. It was a feature of the BHS side of The Parade from its opening in around 1966, when Alma Cogan was the pop star of the day who graced the
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Letter from Natalie Tarrant
WE want to thank schools, companies and everyone in the local area who took part in this year's Fruity Friday campaign. We are pleased to say the campaign was a big success, with more people taking part than ever before. Fruity Friday is an annual fundraising
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Letter from Jean & John Beale
HOW very saddened we are to read of the forthcoming closure of “Top Drug” in Wood Street, we have been customers for many years, and have always found Colin and all his staff to be so helpful and cheerful, more like friends always a pleasure to shop there
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Letter from Frank Avenell
DURING the last few weeks the UK population has been subjected to a massive “brainwashing” operation, masterminded by the media on television and the press and no doubt at the behest of government. Every effort has been made to expunge memories of the
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Letter from M J Warner
AND so it’s happened!The “Yellow Peril” as the Tories call the Lib/Dems have gone into a coalition with the “nutters”, the endearing name Nick Clegg calls the Tories. Benjamin Disraeli a political hero of David Cameron called a Conservative Government
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Martin aims for final glory
WALCOT boxer Ryan Martin will go for glory on Saturday when he contests the Royal Navy Junior ABA Finals at the Metrodome in Barnsley. He will meet Midlands area champion Steed Woodhall in a class four, 70kgs decider. The 16-year-old Greendown pupil
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Letter from R W Selway
YESTERDAY I had occasion to speak to two senior citizens who reside in the Swindon South Constituency. Both said, and I have no reason to disbelieve them, that they have been Labour supporters all of their lives but had not voted for Mrs Snelgrove in
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Dyton leaves Shrivvy post
ALAN Dyton says he did not have the motivation to carry on as Shrivenham joint boss in the 2010/11 season. The experienced campaigner re-joined the club at the start of the year to work alongside Mark Love at the helm, but has now stepped aside. ”I
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A night to tell the grandkids about
THERE are occasions as a football fan, and they are very rare, when you put yourself through the whole spectrum of emotion. But on the even rarer occasion when you come through that spectrum intact, with a smile on your face and singing your
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Hero Darby keeps his cool
THE way Stephen Darby stepped up to slot home Town’s winning penalty last night, you would think he had been taking them all his life. The Liverpool loanee had the coolest head inside a ridiculously-tense Valley as he calmly side-footed his effort into
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After the pain... Town are back
IF you were there at a rain-and-tear-soaked Withdean Stadium in 2004, this is for you. If you have suffered the years of finanacial mismanagement at the County Ground, relegations, administrations and the very real threat of no club to support
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Wilson hails Town's penalty kings
DANNY Wilson hailed Town's Wembley-bound penalty kings, admitting: “We were spot on!” Swindon triumphed 5-4 over Charlton in a penalty shootout to book their place in the League One play-off final at the end of the month, where they will face
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Sedge has the edge in under 21 qualifier
SWINDON’S Justin Sedgmen will contest the world under 21 semi-final after edging through his third round qualifier at a rain-hit Gorican on Sunday. The teenager notched up eight points from four rides to ensure his progress at the soaking Croatian track
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SUNDAY LEAGUE: Another cup triumph for Greyhound
DECORATED Greyhound continued nearly two decades of success as they won the Knockout Cup at Swindon Supermarine’s Hunts Copse ground. Dave Hawkins’ side overcame Division One rivals The Manor 2-0 on Sunday, meaning they have now won a trophy in each
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Tourist who suffered burns has not testified
A TOURIST from Swindon who was allegedly set on fire by a woman in Crete was left too fearful to attend her trial, according to his parents. Stuart Feltham, 20, was severely burned when 26-year-old student Marina Fanouraki allegedly threw a flaming shot
