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Six more Swindon shops now delivering straight to your door
Six retailers in Swindon have joined forces with grocery delivery app to provide home deliveries to residents. Snappy Shopper aims to provide fast and convenient home delivery to its communities. The six stores to have signed up are Premier
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Swindon Tesco left with empty shelves after unexpected closure
Staff at a Swindon Tesco Express were forced to remove scores of frozen and refrigerated items from their shelves after a power cut. The Rodbourne Cheney store on Cheney Manor Road was unexpectedly closed to the public on Saturday afternoon.
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Swindon Festival of Literature celebrates 30th anniversary this week
Swindon's Festival of Literature is celebrating its 30th anniversary this week. The annual fixture in Swindon's cultural calendar has gone from strength to strength since it was first held three decades ago, and ended up broadening its audience
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Why a Swindon artist decided to paint 75 EastEnders characters
A Swindon artist honed her skills by painting 75 characters from BBC soap opera EastEnders. Tracey Stebbing of Eldene always wanted to be an artist but the opportunity did not present itself until she was an adult “Since I was really young
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Council provides update on Swindon bin collections for bank holiday Monday
With bin collections due on the May Day bank holiday, many living in the town will be wondering what will be happening with their rubbish. But Swindon Borough Council has confirmed that while many of us will be enjoying a day off of work on May
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Man, 20s, wounded by knife-wielding gang outside Swindon pub
A knife-wielding gang left a man in hospital after attacking him outside a Swindon pub. A man in his 20s was with a group of men outside the Deers Leap pub in Penhill on Friday at around 11.30pm. They were then approached by another group
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Police hunt suspect who used fake vouchers in Aldi
A fraudster has struck at two Aldi supermarkets in Wiltshire. Goods worth £100 were stolen from stores in Trowbridge and Melksham after an unknown male suspect shopped in them on April 7 and used fake gift vouchers to pay for them. Wiltshire
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Motorcyclist airlifted to hospital after crash shuts road for 15 hours
A motorcyclist has been airlifted to hospital following a crash with a car on a major Wiltshire road. A man in his 30s was taken to Southmead Hospital in Bristol by a Great Western Air Ambulance after crashing on the A365 Bath Road at Seend just
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All the death notices published in the Swindon Advertiser this week
The Swindon Advertiser published 16 death notices last week. Every day, the Swindon Advertiser publishes death notices and funeral announcements from the families of loved ones who have passed away. As well as appearing in print, our death
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Major Wiltshire road closed overnight after 'serious motorbike crash'
A MAIN road in Wiltshire remains closed this morning after overnight investigation work took place following a serious crash. The A365 Bath Road has been shut in both directions in Seend near Melksham since at least 5pm on Saturday, April 29 as
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Make the last bus from Old Town later for people on a night out
Make last bus later I like to go up to old town to watch live music from time to time. There is a thriving scene there. However the last number 11 Bus leaves old town at 11.08 before many concerts finish. Would it not be possible to have
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Late collapse down to lack of 'extra life or spark' - Morris
SWINDON Town head coach Jody Morris felt his team’s late collapse against Crewe Alexandra was down to the players not injecting any extra “life or spark” into their play. Near the end of a turgid first half in which neither team produced anywhere
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Swindon Town fans to pick Advertiser's Player of the Season
AS the 2022-23 season nears its conclusion, it is time for Adver Sport readers to pick your Swindon Advertiser Swindon Town Player of the Season. The Robins’ campaign has been a turbulent one with results peaking and dipping on a consistently inconsistent
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The reason why Luton council owns an office building in Swindon
The news that plans for a new sixth form centre for students at two of Swindon’s largest schools have been turned down by Luton Borough Council has led many people to ask the same question. How come a council 60 miles away owns land in Swindon?
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More than 40 angry pensioners left without heating for days at retirement complex
More than 40 Swindon pensioners have been left without heating and hot water for days after the boiler in their flats broke. Lupin Court of Clays Close is a retirement housing complex that has been catering to the elderly since 1991. Now, under
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Your iPhone or Samsung mobile battery is being drained by these three things
Phone batteries can often be an inconvenience when you are out and about, especially when you've had your mobile for a few years. It is a common complaint that phone batteries run out too fast, forcing us to spend more and more time around a plug
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Kaizen Burger and Sushi owner says delay is worth the wait
The owner of a new restaurant opening in Swindon says the wait will be worth it after delaying its opening date. Kamil Singh, 24, from Swindon, and business partner Sukman Limbu have spent the last few weeks transforming the former Imperial Express
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Man dead after attacker stabs eight people in rampage near nightclub
A man in his 30s has died after a rampage saw seven other people injured following a rampage near a nightclub Police rushed to the scene in Bodmin, Cornwall after the serious incident near the Eclipse Nightclub. Authorities have been here
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Houses set to takeover business land and another Swindon HMO planned
The use of industrial and commercial land for housing progresses and another house is converted to an HMO in central Swindon in applications and decisions. Rodbourne: The demolition of a former commercial block used by a print company and the building
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The B&M stores closing and opening across the UK in May 2023
Popular retailer B&M is set to close three stores across the UK next month. The Mirror reported B&M will close its stores in Bishop Auckland (County Durham), Widnes (Chesire) and Burden Retail Park (Bolton). These closures follow five
