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Shaping up with Ronny Terry
STAYING hydrated seems a simple enough concept. Drink three or so litres of water per day and the body should have enough fluid in the system to complete all of the processes for healthy living, in an optimal biological environment. But there
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FAMILY PETS: Time for training
Matt Whittaker manager of Oets at Home Swindon writes about our pets Training a new puppy and welcoming them into your home is a crucial part of their development and it will strengthen the bond between yourself and your beloved new dog. At
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Where did youget that hat?
This week, stylist Shan Williams looks at how to turn heads in a headpieceDespite the wonderful history of millinery we have here in Britain, many people are a bit fearful of hats. Gone are the days when people wore a hat everyday; we now reserve them
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New fears as second quake hits Nepal
FEARS are growing for Swindon people’s friends and families caught up in the Nepalese disaster after a second earthquake hit on Tuesday. Rescue work has resumed to find the victims and survivors of the latest deadly earthquake to hit Nepal.
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FAMILY DAYS OUT: Farmer Gows
WITH newborn lambs to cuddle, wriggly piglets to tickle and fluffy chicks to stroke, there’s lots of hands-on fun to be had at Farmer Gow’s. As a mixed livestock farm it is home to a large contingent of sheep, cattle, turkeys, ducks and even ferrets
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Fiona Caine listens to your problems
Fiona Caine counsellor answers your dilemmas Q MY husband has just told me that a woman at his new job is flirting really strongly with him. He says he’s told her he’s happily married, but why should he think she’ll accept this? I’m so shocked
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Event highlights the work of nurses
NURSES at Great Western Hospital were celebrated on Tuesday(may12) in a special day to mark the great work they do in the townSwindon. Staff were on hand at The Academy in the lower ground floor of the Marlborough Road hospital on Tuesday
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Warren Shute gives advice on inheritance tax
Q: We want to pass our assets to our two children when we die. They themselves are both married with children of their own. The value of our estate is c£950,000 consisting of our home which is about c£550,000 with the balance in various savings &
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Drop in number of town's jobless
NEW figures out show Swindon has seen yet another drop in the number of people claiming Job Seekers Allowance. Over the last three months, the figure has dropped by more than 100, from 2083 to 1964, dropping under 2,000 for the first time in a
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Bug's Life with Rob Derry
Welcome to my first article in the Swindon Advertiser and thank you for reading. I’m Rob Derry and I’m a recent inductee to the Swindon BUG (Bicycle Users Group) Steering Committee. We aim to represent the views of cyclists in and around Swindon
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Plans under way for summer fun day
PLANS are well underway for the second North Swindon Community Fun Day with hopes high it can be better than last year’s inaugural event. Judged an overwhelming success by the 4,000 who attended last summer, the organisers are hoping they can build
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Man spared jail for attack on wife
A FATHER who launched a drunken attack on his wife has been spared jail but banned from contacting her for five years. Yusuf Kariuki’s victim said her attacker doesn’t understand that domestic violence, which she says is ignored in Africa, is not
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Richard Durrant gets Bach on his bike in Purton
Concert guitarist, Richard Durrant, is back on his bike for another cycling gig tour. Bach on a Bicycle is the barefoot guitar maestro's second tour, up and down the highways and byways of the UK, performing at various venues and carrying his instruments
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Plans to relocate Rodbourne Post Office
RODBOURNE Cheney Post Office could be moved under new plans to extend its opening times for an extra forty-seven hours a week. A six-week consultation has now opened asking residents for their thoughts on the plans, which would see the Post Office
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'Forrest Yoga is my daily medicine'
When Charlie Speller set off on a retreat in Portugal five years ago, she thought yoga was a waste of time... Now she’s teaching it. MARION SAUVEBOIS reports YOGA shmoga”- Charlie Speller was not going to be fooled into lolling on a mat teetering
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Play-off finalists Preston facing FA charge
TOWN'S play-off final opponents Preston and their vanquished semi-final opponents Chesterfield have both been charged by the Football Association for failing to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion. The charge relates
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Dying to know some answers
PEOPLE are being asked to answer some difficult questions about death and dying by organisations around the town for Dying Matters Week, in a bid to raise the standard of care of dying people. The questions are being asked by local organisations
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Teams hit road in charity boost
POLICE officers and call centre workers are riding in tandem from Scotland back down south in bids to raise funds for various worthy charities. Last week, a team of Wiltshire Police officers from the Swindon drugs team set off on the 900 mile journey
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Historic and ornate items on offer to the top bidders
The recent Met Ball at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York made headlines around the world, as A-list celebrities dressed on the theme of Chinese influences on western fashion.And social media was buzzing with pictures of pop star Rihanna in a
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Car firm landmark is a real booster
VOLVO dealership Johnsons of Swindon is celebrating the quarter-century anniversary of introducing the first ever integrated booster cushion. The dealership in Great Western Way is just one of many Volvo networks celebrating 25 years since they
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We are now a town on the up says Robert Buckland
At the beginning of the General Election campaign, I bought a new pair of trainers. Looking at them last weekend, I could see they were very worn! Over the past six weeks I have visited thousands of fellow residents and campaigned hard to be re-elected
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Bikers to roar in to show their respect
THOUSANDS of bikers are expected in Royal Wootton Bassett this weekend for the annual Ride Of Respect. The 15 mile mass ride was started in 2010 to pay tribute to those who served in Afghanistan and Iraq. Bikers will ride out from Hullavington
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Park South murder victim named
Wiltshire Police are appealing for information following a fatal stabbing in Park South, Swindon, yesterday. At approximately 3.45pm on Tuesday 12th May 2015, police were called to Evelyn House following a report of a serious assault in a communal
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Missing person's uniform revealed to aid search
PICTURES of the uniform police believe Julie Peters was wearing when she went missing have been released. Wiltshire Police launched an appeal for information last night to try and trace the missing Swindon woman, who hasn't been seen for more than
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Swindon photographic students are in the frame for new exhibition
A group of Swindon students, studying photography, have a special exhibition of their work on show this week. A Few Frames is showcasing work from a BTech Level 3 extended Diploma in Photography course at New College. The exhibition is at the Post
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Photographers show off their skills
AMATEUR photography will be on show at the Link Centre for the next two weeks as budding photographers from Highworth show of the last three years of their work.The Highworth Camera Club set up their exhibition at the Link Centre Library last weekend,
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Royal Mail cheat ordered to repay money
A man who cheated the Royal Mail out of tens of thousands of pounds has been ordered to hand back what he took. And Delowar Hussain, who was spared jail for his packaging scam, has also been landed with a bill for more than £8,000 in costs.
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Will the circles be unbroken?
FARM manager Jack Torrens is stomping through a pungent field of oilseed rape and having a good old rant. “We’re fed up with this every year,” he is fuming down a mobile phone at this reporter. “What they have done is irresponsible….there is nothing
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Swindon residents mark VE Day anniversary in style
RESIDENTS at an Old Town care home marked Victory in Europe (VE) Day in style with a tea dance.Staff and residents at the Princess Lodge Care Home in Curie Avenue welcomed performances from the Phoenix Players, as well as a packed schedule of singing,
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Swindon sing sensation Rob Richings to record album with Passengers producer
SINGER-songwriter Rob Richings is taking the next step in his musical career after securing a record deal with Crescent records.The 34-year-old from Old Town, whose musical ambition was revitalised after overcoming a serious bowel condition, will release
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UPDATE: Jay's Wembley mosaic dream comes true
SWINDON Town supporters and local businesses have dipped their hands in pockets to help fan activist Jay Collett put on a big display for the Robins at Wembley. Collett who, with the help of a £200 donation from the Advertiser, organised an impressive
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Swindon pals pack a punch at MECA to swipe at Cancer
FRIENDS and colleagues Carl King and Tom Barkham are hoping to take a swipe at cancer when they take part in a charity white collar boxing match next month. Carl, 37, and Tom, 28, will be proving they can both pack a punch when they take part in
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Swindon author is overjoyed by award presented by X Files star Gillian Anderson
Sci-fi star presents prestigious prize A SWINDON author saw his career soar when he was presented with an award by X-Files star Gillian Anderson. Steve Antony, of Old Town, won the second Evening Standard Oscar’s First Book prize award for
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Make travel plans for STFC play off
IF you are planning to see Swindon’s League One play-off final, now is the time to make the necessary travel arrangements. With Network Rail having announced that no trains will leave Swindon on May 24 because of work on the line, early plans are
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Meeting minutes
I WAS very pleased to see your restriction on letters of a political nature lifted now the General Election is over. I can now reveal the minutes of a meeting held prior to the election in 2010. It was held in a back room of Conservative Central
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Proving the funny fat girl can write at Swindon Festival of Literature
Comedienne turned author tells of slimming struggles HELEN Lederer has one of those funny faces. Not her features per se — those icy-blue eyes and long blonde hair make her distincitive but certainly not ridiculous. But looking at her face,
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Together in disaster
TO BE fair to the Russians, they have never forgotten the debt of gratitude they owe to the veterans of the Arctic convoys, some of whom have featured in recent newspaper reports. Equally heroic are the teams of rescue workers from around the world
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The Divided Kingdom
THE General Election is over. We’ve all had the opportunity to elect who we want to form the next government whether we agree with the outcome or not. We’ve all had a moral obligation to vote and this letter should only be read by those that did
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No conscience
RE ‘DEATH-CRASH driver licence ban upheld’ of May 8, bravo to the top judges who rejected the death-crash driver’s appeal to have his 10 year driving ban reduced. This is a ‘man’ who killed another man’s son and left the father with life-threatening
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Learn all about ME
“WHEN my ME was at its worst, I couldn’t eat, I couldn’t move, I couldn’t go out. Even washing my hair was tiring.” This is what one woman living with the chronic, disabling condition Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) told us about her experience
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Swindon artist donates painting to Needy Dogs charity
A LOCAL artist has donated her first canvas in four decades to help support Swindon Needy Dogs in an auction over the course of this month. The canvas, called Leap of Faith, by Ingrid Rylance, is currently on display at Eastcott Vets and will be
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Catch real culprits
ON MY normal commute to Gloucester I have to use Elstree Way leading up to the Motorola junction to get onto the A419. On parts of this road there are places where the dual carriageway goes into three lanes. The message I would like to get out there
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World's biggest lifeboat
SO the EU want to impose migrant quotas on us as people flee the various troubles around Africa and the Middle East. Why should we take these people in? What if a billion of them decide to come over and live among us? What do we do when we are
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Back down to earth
NOW the General Election is over, we can all get back to reality paying the extortionate bills. There are water rates, rents, mortgages, council taxes and a disgraceful, forced and implemented by law, BBC licence, VAT at 20 per cent affecting every
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Ten-year-old’s tour is toast of the town
A TALENTED ten year old is taking Swindon residents on a whistle-stop tour of the town’s best-loved historical locations in his new documentary. Kody Bowler, from Broome Manor, wrote, presented and produced the ‘Ye Olde Swindon’ film – a 10-minute
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Fire alarm warning following fire death in static home
WILTSHIRE Fire and Rescue have urged people to check their smoke alarms following the death of an elderly woman this morning. Crews were called by neighbours who saw flames and smoke coming from a static home on Green Road in Meadowcroft, shortly
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Deadline warning over green waste collections
RESIDENTS in Royal Wootton Bassett, Cricklade and the surrounding villages are being urged to sign up for garden waste collections from Wiltshire Council as the deadline approaches. More than 37,000 Wiltshire households have so far signed up to
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PLAY-OFFS 2015: Second time around Smith eyes a real Wembley experience
MICHAEL Smith, a two-goal hero from Town’s epic play-off win over Sheffield United on Monday, is gagging to get some competitive action at Wembley. The Geordie hitman was cup-tied for his only other opportunity to appear at the home of English
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WILTSHIRE LEAGUE: Bassett hit the summit
SAM Lawro struck his second half-century of the season for the early Division One pace-setters Wootton Bassett. After his 96 last weekend, the Bassett opener helped guide his side to an eight-wicket success over Urchfont. The hosts were dismissed
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PLAY-OFFS 2015: Wembley costs draw criticism
SWINDON Town supporters’ representatives have criticised the pricing of the League One play-off final for not giving a fair deal to fans. More than 30,000 fans from Swindon and a similar amount from Preston will be descending on Wembley on May
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McDonagh has class at St Jo’s
ST JOSEPH'S College hosted the England Boxing National Schoolboys Pre-Quarter Finals on Sunday, which pitted the Western Counties champions against their counterparts from the London Division, writes DAVE VEYSEY. From the 20 bouts contested, the
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After javelin and netball, Kelly steps into the ring
HAVING represented your country at netball and javelin, entering the prize fighter arena is not the next logical step. But that is exactly what Kelly Morgan is trying to achieve. The 34-year-old is no stranger to sporting success. She has worn
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WEPL GLOS/WILTS DIVISION: Swindon feeling Sore
AN unbeaten 102 from Swindon’s Jon Sore was not enough to prevent his side slipping to a 52-run defeat at the hands of Burbage & Easton Royal. Sore hit his third highest score for Swindon as he helped them to recover from the early loss of
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WEPL PREMIER TWO: Lechlade brought down to earth
LECHLADE fell to a disappointing eight-wicket defeat in their first home match of the season against Potterne. Jake Roberts (3-16) and Joshua De Souza (3-25) did the damage in the first innings as Lechlade limped to complete their 50 overs, setting
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NORTH WILTS YOUTH LEAGUE: Foursome Purton
PURTON Youth put in a superb display as they overcame Wroughton to lift the Under 16s League Cup. As part of the North Wilts Youth & Minor League finals day at Cirencester Town’s Corinium Stadium on Sunday, Purton were able to complete a comfortable
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WEPL WILTSHIRE DIVISION: Lee's side are left to rue a home batting collapse
PURTON fell to a narrow defeat at the hands of Winsley as both sides failed to score high on a good wicket. After winning the toss and choosing to bat, a 65-run stand for the third wicket between Tom Bowler (32) and Sam Pinchin (21) was unable
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45-year-old woman stabbed to death at Swindon flats, three women in custody
A 45-year-old woman has been stabbed to death in Swindon this afternoon. Three woman have been arrested and are being held in custody. A Wiltshire Police spokesman said: "Police were called to Evelyn House, Swindon, at 3.45pm following a report
