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Library and arts scheme unveiled
PLANS to create a new cultural hub including Old Town library went on display to the public for the first time on Wednesday. Swindon Borough Council wants to transform the Arts Centre in Devizes Road by moving Old Town library there and creating a new
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Cuts could hit regeneration plans
Government plans to save £6.2bn in 2010-11 could indirectly affect the regeneration of Swindon town centre after Chancellor George Osborne announced that a total of £270m would be cut from regional development agencies. At the moment there are no concrete
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Join Mike for a mass charity fun run
MARATHON man Mike Buss is used to participating in gruelling challenges alone but for his next venture he will be leading 1,500 supporters. Mike, 35, from Highworth, has organised Run for Heroes, a 5km fun run at Lydiard Park on Sunday, June 6 to raise
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Tragic Tyrese is face of anti-speeding campaign
A GRIEVING mother is hoping that her son’s face staring out of a poster will make speeding motorists think twice. Seven-year-old Tyrese Hannah, who died after he was knocked down by a driver in Drove Road, Swindon in 2008, has become the face of road
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Family heartbreak at grandad’s death
THE HEARTBROKEN family of grandad Nick Bishop have spoken of their loss after he died in a motorcycle accident near Wroughton. Nick, 60, from Calne, died after his motorcycle collided head-on with another motorcyclist near Berwick Bassett on the A4361
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Police raid nets huge drugs haul
POLICE seized a massive haul of drugs after raiding a cannabis factory at a house in Swindon yesterday morning. Teams of police swooped on a house in Queens Drive after receiving a tip off from a member of the public. They found more
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Talent show heads for Lydiard Park
Swindon Talent ’10 is hopping on board The Big Arts Day at Lydiard Park. The one day festival marking arts, music and creativity is on Saturday, July 10 and the talent contest kicks off at noon. Head of Culture at Swindon Council, Helen Miah, said:
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Society sees its profits tumble
Nationwide Building Society has reported a 46 per cent fall in annual profits and warned that historic low interest rates would hit profits over the year ahead. The UK’s biggest building society, and one of Swindon’s biggest employers, posted underlying
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£23m to be cut from regional development agency budget
THE South West Regional Development Agency (SWRDA) says it is expecting to lose about £23 million from its budget. Chancellor George Osborne has announced that a total of £270m would have to go from regional development agencies across the UK. SWRDA
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It's the World Cup of fashion
Models will be shimmying down the catwalk as a fashion show with a World Cup theme kicks off at Swindon Designer Outlet. The clothes from the outlet’s fashion stores celebrating the world’s biggest football tournament will be modelled on Saturday, June
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Drink-drive campaign to be launched
THIS summer’s drink-drive campaign will be launched on June 1 by the Association of Chief Police Officers. Wiltshire Police will be stepping up roadside enforcement throughout the whole of June in a determined effort to catch those drivers who ignore
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Pupils take heat out of dragons' challenge
WOOTTON Bassett School emerged winners of a Dragons’ Den-style day of challenges – with a dragon of their own. The team opened their presentation with the line, “We would like to introduce our dragon to the Dragons”, at a challenge day for gifted and
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African schools to see the light thanks to offenders
OFFENDERS in Swindon are making solar-powered lighting systems for schools in Africa under a pioneering Community Payback initiative. Wiltshire Probation Trust has joined forces with local charity Lights for Learning to allow criminals sentenced to unpaid
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Tee off for Guide Dogs
SWINDON Guide Dogs have announced their first ever pro-am golf tournament. The tournament, sponsored by Scottish & Southern Energy, will be on Monday, July 5, at the Wiltshire Golf & Country Club. The golf day will be run by the PGA West Region
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Mystery man is driven to open new Autocentre
Top Gear’s ‘The Stig’ was on hand in Swindon to officially open the new Nationwide Autocentre at the town’s Equity Trade Park. The mysterious racing driver was joined by the Mayor of Swindon, MP for North Swindon, Justin Tomlinson and manager
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Government bid to save billions will see closure of jobs scheme
A JOBS scheme that helped hundreds of out-of-work young people in Swindon will be axed under Government moves to slash billions of pounds from the national debt. The Future Jobs Fund, which helped create minimum wage jobs for 18-24-year-olds who had
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G4S staff fundraising gives boost to Down's Syndrome group
STAFF at a firm which carries out electronic monitoring of offenders in Swindon has raised more than £2,000 for the Swindon Down’s Syndrome Group. Employees at G4S Care and Justice Services, based at Kembrey Park, organised various fundraising activities
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It was a miracle that bikers survived accident
A DOCTOR has described finding a Swindon motorcyclist who had survived a head-on collision with another motorcyclist as a miracle. The 19-year-old was airlifted to Bristol Frenchay Hospital with serious injuries after the collision near Berwick Bassett
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Frank taking off for charity
Wootton Bassett’s Frank Ashton, 89, will be up, up and away this Saturday when he and 14 colleagues take off in an air balloon in aid of charity. For the last 40 years Frank has been raising money for charity and the Prospect Hospice in Wroughton
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Man in court charged with killing soldier
A 21-year-old man has appeared in court charged with killing a soldier from Wiltshire. Private Matt Brooks, who served in the Royal Logistics Corps, was assaulted outside Yates’s bar in Portsmouth, Hampshire, on May 13. He suffered serious head injuries
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Do you want to run in Torun
A GROUP of sportsmen from Swindon are looking for a runner to join a five day trip to Poland to run in a Half Marathon. Last year’s Swindon Half Marathon was won by Krzysztof Bartkiewcz from our twin town of Torun in Poland and the six runners
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Vicar swaps his pulpit for a bike for charity ride
A vicar has got on his blessed bike to take the 1,000 mile pedal power challenge all the way to France. The Rev John Noddings swapped his cassock for lycra outside Coleshill Church, near Highworth, following a service attended by Bishop Stephen Cottrell
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Heroes' charity cash stolen
DISGUSTED Vince Ayris has spoken of his contempt after heartless thieves broke into his shop and stole cash destined for injured soldiers. Vince – who engraves details of fallen heroes onto artillery shells to pass onto the families of dead
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Builders delighted with £850k profit
Despite the impact of the recession, family-owned construction firm Beard, has reported strong sales of £50 million and before tax profits of £850,000. Beard, which has offices in Swindon, Oxford and Guildford, says the results are due to several contract
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Winning has opened doors
Jade Wilkinson, last year’s Swindon Talent winner, has had an eventful year scooping some major gigs including performing alongside X Factor’s Same Difference and Rachel Adedeji in July. She puts a lot of her luck down to winning the talent
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SAS Travel coach departure details
WITH 62 coaches due to depart from the County Ground by 9.30am on Saturday, SAS Travel have released the following important information: Please be at the County Ground by 9am latest. Coaches will depart at 9.30am and are unable to wait for
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Pupils enjoy challenges
GIFTED and talented pupils from schools across Swindon competed in a variety of subjects. Nova Hreod School hosted a Year 8 Able, Gifted and Talented Challenge day for more than 90 pupils selected from eight Swindon secondary schools.
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Tom Bowler is the prize find for Wiltshire cricket
WILTSHIRE finished their group matches in the MCCA Trophy with a two-wicket win against Buckinghamshire at High Wycombe on Sunday. Winning the toss, Wiltshire asked Buckinghamshire to bat. The home side made a steady start on a good wicket and totalled
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FGW defends ticket prices
COMPLAINTS have flooded into the Adver offices about First Great Western’s (FGW) ticket price discrepancies for fans wanting to travel to London for Saturday’s final. Rail users yesterday criticised FGW after many fans were left out of pocket by up
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Malmesbury come back from the dead to beat Calne
ONE wicket down and halfway to a modest target, it seemed for all certainty that Calne would ease to victory over Malmesbury in Wilts One on Saturday. But an extraordinary recovery, fronted by James Pickering and ably assisted by Richard Gaunt and Jack
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Swindon Town fans paying over the odds for rail tickets
AN INTERNAL investigation has been launched by First Great Western (FGW) after discrepancies in the company’s ticket prices for Swindon fans wanting to travel to London for Saturday’s Wembley final. The probe comes days after one fan said
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White Horse canter into pole position
WHITE Horse and Compton lead the way in Division One of the Monahans Midweek Cricket League, both recording their second victories of the season last Thursday. White Horse surpassed Nationwide’s score of 126, for the loss of five wickets. Sam Morshead
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Learn about Churchill's secret army
LYING just outside of Highworth, this palatial mansion kept one of the country’s most closely-guarded secrets during World War Two. Thousands of men were trained at Coleshill House during the 1940s to form the backbone of a British resistance movement
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Fortune favours Gibbens' Goatacre
GOATACRE captain Craig Gibbens thinks his side may have used up their quote of good fortune for the current campaign after an astonishing 100-run win over Marlborough in Wilts One on Saturday. Despite being reduced to 156-9 from their 45 overs on what
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Letter from M J Warner
IN your article “settling in as new MPs” (May 21 2010) I wondered, how long will their enthusiasm last come late sittings in the winter months and the revolts when spending cuts, tax rises, unemployment and inflation bites. I see Robert Buckland’s committee
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World Cup wonders
YOUNGSTERS from across the south west were given the chance to emulate their footballing heroes as they took part in a World Cup six-a-side tournament at the County Ground. With the days ticking down until kick-off in South Africa, starlets of the future
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Flay all the way in Nationwide chase
AN innings of stubborn resilience and concentration from Mark Flay saw Nationwide House complete their second consecutive win with a two-wicket victory over Devizes in Wilts One on Saturday. Flay ground out 82 invaluable runs as Nationwide collapsed
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Stronger powers to tackle drinking in Queen's Speech
MEASURES to end the problem of binge drinking in Swindon town centre will form part of the coalition Government’s first legislative programme, the Queen announced yesterday. The Licensing Act 2003, which brought in 24-hour drinking but has been blamed
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Wilson closing in on Wembley selection
Danny Wilson admits he is almost certain of his starting line-up for Saturday’s League One play-off final against Millwall. Injury fears over goalkeeper David Lucas and 29-goal Billy Paynter were alleviated earlier this week when the pair
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Easy life for Tucker
LIAM Tucker’s honeymoon start as Swindon captain continued on Saturday as his side edged past Rockhampton in Glos/Wilts One. John Baden and Adam Tribbick spearheaded a perfectly-timed run chase as Swindon passed Rockhampton’a 210-9 with four balls to
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New director of football at Supermarine
SWINDON Supermarine have announced the appointment of Richard Carter as director of football at the club with immediate effect. After the decision last night by former manager Mark Collier to resign from his post at Hunts Copse, Carter takes
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Full-back Sheehan - I'm 50-50
ALAN Sheehan has rated himself as 50-50 for Town’s League One play-off final against Millwall at Wembley on Saturday. The left-back, who missed Swindon’s sensational penalty shootout victory over Charlton in the semi-finals due to a pelvic
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Bodies of killed servicemen flown home to RAF Lyneham
THe body of a sailor who died following a road accident in Bahrain will return to Britain today, alongside a soldier killed in action in Afghanistan. Chief Petty Officer Andrew Brookes, of the Royal Navy, and Corporal Stephen Walker, of 40 Commando
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Littering pair are hit with £80 fine
TWO young women who dropped cigarette butts in the town centre were each fined £80 at Swindon Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Yasmin Stratford and Michaela Gallagher, both 20, were prosecuted by Swindon Council after being caught throwing down the litter
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Another chance for a season ticket snip
SEASON Tickets will be on sale at League One prices from the STFC Box Office from Wednesday morning until Thursday at 7pm. Swindon Town FC have chosen to offer supporters the opportunity to purchase a 2010/11 season ticket at League One prices for a
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More celebrations?
SWINDON Town Football in the Community Trust are hoping that their Whitsun half-term course coincides with celebrations of Town’s promotion to the Championship. On Saturday Swindon take on Millwall at Wembley in the League One play-off final, and just
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Fan to swap the tropics for final
A HOTEL manager from the island paradise of Zanzibar is flying back to Britain for his very own ‘Robins weekend’. Robert Hind, 45, originally from Highworth, said he has already hired a Hummer limo and organised a few parties to celebrate the event –
