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Four injured in crash
SWINDON: Four people were injured, one seriously, in a crash on the A419 on Monday night at approximately 11.30pm. The accident happened on the northbound carriageway near Cricklade and involved a Vauxhall Corsa, which ended up on its roof. Four
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The door is open
GORSE HILL: The Open Door Centre extraordinary general meeting is being hosted on Monday January 6 at St Barnabas Church Hall. The event will begin at 12.30pm and there will also be tea and coffee.
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Waste meeting
SWINDON: A special meeting of the cabinet at Swindon Council will convene this evening to discuss changes to proposals for green waste collection in the town. Following a scrutiny committee meeting on December 11, certain changes arising from the
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Busy night for officers
SWINDON: December 30 proved a busy night for Wiltshire Police, with a total of 45 people going through custody in the space of 24 hours, 28 of whom were from Swindon. Charges for those arrested included assault and robbery. Det Supt John of Wiltshire
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Thomas part of four-man striker wishlist
MARK Cooper has revealed that Wes Thomas is one of "three or four" striking targets Swindon Town have been monitoring ahead of the January transfer window. Town saw a bid, believed to be in the region of £100,000, rejected by Bournemouth for Thomas
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Covingham road subject to weight restriction
A COUNCILLOR has welcomed a new weight restriction brought in to help traffic in Covingham and vowed to keep up the pressure to ensure the law is enforced. The 7.5 tonne weight restriction traffic regulation order on Merlin Way was introduced by
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Help boost nature reserve cash
A SPECIAL meeting is being hosted for residents to hear the up-to-date news on how a project to safeguard Wroughton’s nature reserve for future generations is going. The event, which focuses on Kings Farm Wood, is taking place at the Brown Jack
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Portakabin 'yes'
DORCAN: Planning permission has been granted for the construction of a portakabin at BD Medical Pharmaceutical Systems, in Faraday Road. Swindon Council’s planning team approved the proposal under delegated powers.
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Forum to meet
TOWN CENTRE: The next meeting of Swindon Council’s Schools Forum will take place on January 21. The meeting will start at 4pm in the Civic Offices and all are welcome. The agenda will be displayed a week before the meeting on www.swindon.gov.uk
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Skatepark to be discussed
WEST SWINDON: A controversial plan for a new skatepark in West Swindon will be brought back to the table at the locality meeting this month following months of debate. The original site proposed at Salt Way met fierce objections from local residents
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THE DAVID RENARD COLUMN: Cabinet security committee works to allow transparency
I would like to start by wishing everyone a happy New Year. I hope that you all enjoyed the festive season, and if you feel inspired to get into shape for the New Year, I hope you will use the numerous Council gyms, parks, exercise areas and other
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Open for business
WROUGHTON: Wroughton parish council offices reopen today following the Christmas period. The offices have been closed to the public since 12.30pm on Christmas Eve, but normal opening hours will now resume. To contact the parish council offices,
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Nerds satisfy needs
OLD TOWN: Fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe, a sell-out comedy phenomenon is back on tour with a brand new show for the insatiably sci-curious. The Festival of the Spoken Nerd will bring their Full Frontal Nerdity show to the Arts Centre on Thursday
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Crash helmets recycled for ambulance training
HOUSING group GreenSquare has recently donated crash helmets to Wiltshire Ambulance Service for use in its training. The crash helmets were used by participants on GreenSquare’s Wheels to Work programme, which provides residents on its ‘Whatever
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Make resolution to use less water in 2014
SWINDON residents are being asked to make a New Year’s resolution for 2014 to cut down on the amount of water they use in their homes and gardens by spending less time in the shower and taking advantage of some free water saving devices. Thames
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Centre to open
THE grand opening of the new Community Centre at Christ Church and Garden of Reflection in Old Town will take place on January 18. TV personality Nick Hewer will officially open the new centre at 10.30am. A specially commissioned painting entitled
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The Ivy: in a league of its own
The Ivy Inn Heddington, Stockley Road, Calne SN11 0PL Tel: 01380 859652 www.inyinnheddington.com IT was worth driving out to The Ivy Inn at Heddington despite a wet Saturday night and we soon forgot the weather once we were inside. The pub,
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Boost for shoebox charity
NATIONAL charity Samaritan’s Purse has extended its thanks to the local Regus centre at Windmill Hill Business Park for their efforts towards collecting thousands of gift-filled shoeboxes which have since been distributed to needy and vulnerable children
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Full stomachs in an empty restaurant
EMMA DUNN finds the atmosphere – but not the food – lacking at a revamped Italian eaterie Buon Appetito 141 Faringdon Road, Swindon SN1 5DL Tel: 01793 534064 www.buonappetitorestaurant.co.uk IT’S a funny feeling when the waiters outnumber the
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Picturing pounds
SHRIVENHAM: A picture sale earlier this month raised more than £230 for charity. The works were created by local artists and the money raised will go towards Prospect Hospice.
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Identify photos
SHRIVENHAM: Shrivenham Heritage Society discovered unnamed photographs in the process of uploading documents and archives onto their website. They are asking residents to help try to label the photographs, which can be seen at www.shrivenhamheritagesociety.co.uk
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Cannabis clues hunt
COVINGHAM: Police are still investigating the discovery of a cannabis factory in Covingham before Christmas. Some 280 plants with an estimated street value of £85,000 were seized from a house in Merlin Way. Police are appealing to members of
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Planning starts here for £10k wedding winners
WITH Christmas and New Year wrapped up there is nothing standing in the way of the Adver’s £10,000 wedding winners Leanne Warner and Daniel Harper. The couple, who spent nearly £4,000 on copies of the newspaper to win on September 15 last year,
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Travel meeting
SWINDON: A Swindon and Wiltshire local transport body meeting is taking place at the council’s Civic Offices on January 8. The meeting, at 4pm, will be discussing a range of topics including major transport schemes for the borough.
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Occupancy drop
SWINDON: The number of people affected by the under-occupancy charge, which was introduced in April, has gone down from 1,095 council tenants to 868.
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Plan to make windows safe
SWINDON: Window restrictors, to make high and medium-rise blocks of flats safer for children and the elderly people could soon be fitted at selected council properties in the town. Catches will restrict the distance a window can be opened to 100mm
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Committee date
SWINDON: A children and young people’s overview and scrutiny committee is taking place at the council’s Civic Offices on January 15 at 6pm and will be hosted in Committee Room six.
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Work in common
CRICKLADE: A Dance Common work day is being hosted on January 12. The event is taking place at 10am on the Common. Refreshments will be provided.
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Down your way
SOUTH MARSTON: A Swindon North Neighbourhood Policing Team is set to take place at the Castle Eaton Village Hall on January 23. Residents can raise any concerns they have with officers at the event, which will run between 10am to 11am.
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School plans
HAYDON WICK: A planning application for the change of use from a caretaker’s bungalow to learning facility at School House, Haydon Wick Primary School has been submitted to Swindon Council.
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Letters to the editor: 2/02/2014
Unemployed trickery The MP for North Swindon is at it again (SA 20 December), this time it’s unemployment and it’s all Labour’s fault. That’s a bit rich coming from a Tory whose party is often called the ‘party of unemployment’, (a truth, not a
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Having a laugh tonight at Suju
John Gordillo is a Perrier Award-nominated English director and comedian who has directed shows by Eddie Izzard and was the host and co-creator of The RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance), the daily late-night topical comedy talk show. See him at the
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Sounds around town with Dave Franklin
A New Year, a new start; time to select a blank canvas and start sketching a fresh picture. Or, more relevant to this column, pick up a new instrument and play a new tune. TS Elliot put it well when thinking of New Year and fresh starts when he
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Full council meeting date
SWINDON: A full council meeting is being hosted in the council’s Civic Offices on January 27. The meeting will begin at 7pm and will take place in the council chamber. For more information visit ww5.swindon.gov.uk/moderngov/ieListDocuments.aspx
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Cabinet Scrutiny committee works to allow transparency
I would like to start by wishing everyone a happy New Year. I hope that you all enjoyed the festive season, and if you feel inspired to get into shape for the New Year, I hope you will use the numerous Council gyms, parks, exercise areas and other
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Fit enough for the Force?
SCOTT D’ARCY finds out when he takes the police fitness test “YOU could be a Special.” At first I thought I’d misheard Wiltshire Police physical training instructor Stuart Dinwoodie, and he was paying me a compliment. In fact, with the addition
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Appeal for witnesses following attempted robbery
WILTSHIRE Police are appealing for witnesses following an attempted robbery in Swindon. The incident took place at approximately 2.30am yesterday in Chalford Avenue. A young male was walking through Chalford Avenue with a group of friends when
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A perfect storm for injured trio
LUKE Williams felt the postponement of Swindon Town’s clash with Crawley Town yesterday was a “blessing in disguise” for several of the Robins’ injured players. A waterlogged pitch at the County Ground forced referee Steven Rushton into calling
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Defender Oakley hopes loan spell can get him back on track
AARON Oakley is hopeful his loan spell with Chippenham Town will help him go a long way towards feeling like a professional footballer again. The young Swindon Town central defender did enough to earn his first full-time contract last summer despite
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SOUTHERN LEAGUE: Marine boss Webb targets defensive recruits
SWINDON Supermarine manager Dave Webb has set his sights on bringing in one if not two defenders over the next week. Webb has been hunting for a left-back ever since stalwart Danny Allen retired in October and has made a seven-day approach for
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Mayo hoping to build on his 'best year yet'
SWINDON boxing promoter Keith Mayo hopes 2014 will be another knockout year for his Horseshoe Gym. A successful 2013 culminated in Mayo’s super middleweight star Kelvin Young winning the IBO Intercontinental title. And while Young’s victory
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You can always trust a Baker to rise to occasion
IT was Oscar Wilde who once said ‘I can’t stand people who do not take food seriously.’ And this opinion has never been more pertinent than when talking about the art of cake decorating. There are many people who negligently pick up a finely carved
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Liden residents get digging to keep back the floodwaters
TRENCHES have been dug by a footpath alongside Liden Drive as floodwaters consumed the area during recent downpours. The path, which was resurfaced at the beginning of December following a petition from residents who were concerned about surface
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From bald as a coot to hirsute... and back
A MOTORBIKE fanatic whose passion twice caused him to dice with death raised money to thank hospital staff by not cutting his hair for a whole year. At the end of 2012, Matt Rostron, 30, was clean-shaven with a bald head. By New Year’s Eve, he
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Concern over Swindon nursing home after inspection
CHERITON Nursing Home is meeting just one of the five standards the public has the right to expect, according to health inspectors. A report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) published in December found performance had nosedived at the care
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Brave Royal Wooton Bassett toddler battles cancer in his eyes
AN EYE test at the local opticians turned in to every parent’s worst nightmare for the Plant family. Will and Georgina Plant, of Royal Wootton Bassett, took their one-year-old son Benjamin to Haine and Smith for a test after noticing some odd symptoms
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50th McDonald's employee in Swindon gains apprentice place
MCDONALD’s is celebrating after its 50th employee in Swindon gained an apprenticeship as part of the company’s investment in staff training. Through hard work and dedication, Suzie Male, 29, became the 50th employee in the town to complete the
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Aldridge pleased with win on 'horrendous' ice
HEAD coach Ryan Aldridge praised his Swindon Wildcats players for getting the job done against Bracknell despite difficult conditions at the Link Centre yesterday. The ice in the rink was warmer than usual with the surface noticeably wetter, but
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Wes hopeful of a calm 2014
AFTER two manic years in a Swindon Town shirt, Wes Foderingham is looking forward to a much more tranquil 2014 - just as long as the Robins survive the January transfer window. Foderingham has tasted promotion from League Two, a League One play-off
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SOUTHERN LEAGUE: MP Justin lends a hand at Marine
EVEN the intervention of North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson was not enough to help Swindon Supermarine get their New Year’s Day clash with Guildford played. Tomlinson, a well-known supporter of the Southern League Division One South & West club
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Bournemouth reject Town's offer for striker
SWINDON Town have seen their fresh approach for striker Wes Thomas turned down by Bournemouth. The Advertiser understands Bournemouth want Swindon to improve their offer for the 26-year-old, which is believed to be in the region of £100,000, but
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Plenty to be happy about at the Abbey
THERE are plenty of reasons for everyone associated with Swindon Robins to feel positive about 2014 according to promoters Alun Rossiter and Pete Toogood. Salisbury businessman Toogood, a former owner of the club and BSPA chairman, has been brought
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Delight for families as Swindon newborns see in 2014
WHILE fireworks were exploding and people were seeing in the New Year, Swindon’s first baby of the year was being born at the Great Western Hospital. Summer Ponting said she was thrilled to hold her little boy Jacob who was born after a mere one
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Grieving mum channels energy into charity trek
THE first Christmas without her beloved son Jack was always going to be a difficult one for Tanya Savage. But the marathon charity trek she is set to embark on in May is helping her through an especially tough time of year. Since she began
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Man behind Swindon's Triangle honoured with MBE
KEVIN McCloud, of Grand Designs fame, who was the brains behind the Triangle housing development in Swindon, has been awarded an MBE for his work on sustainable buildings in the New Year’s Honours list. His ambitious 42-home development off Northern
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So lighty we likey – weight loss group meets star
IT DEFINITELY wasn’t a case of ‘no likey, no lighty’ when a group of Slimming World consultants met comedian and TV presenter Paddy McGuinness at an annual awards ceremony. The team, who run weekly Slimming World groups in Swindon, were delighted
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Allegations rise after Savile case
SINCE the historic crimes of Jimmy Savile came to light there has been a surge in allegations of abuse being made against staff and volunteers in Swindon. Swindon Local Safeguarding Children Board’s (SLSCB) annual report has revealed that more
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Council rents in Swindon may go up by £2.60 a week
COUNCIL rent could go up by an average of £2.60 per week which campaigners say could have a devastating effect. Swindon Council has been recommended to increase its rent for its 10,500 homes by 3.7 per cent next year which would equate to around
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A jog a day helps the funds roll in for hospice
MORE than 1,500 miles and more than £1,500 later, Dennis Wheatley is still not satisfied with his fundraising efforts which took him out the door for a run on every single day of 2013. The 48-year-old BMW Mini quality associate, of Berton Close
