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Kate Middleton announces cancer diagnosis in video statement
Kate Middleton, The Princess of Wales has been diagnosed with cancer, she has announced. Revealing her diagnosis in an emotional video message, the Princess said: “I am well and getting stronger every day.” The future Queen began a course of
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Who should be the Swindon manager next season?
With the League Two season ending in just over a month, Swindon Town are still without a permanent manager – so who should they be looking at for next season? Swindon are yet to make clear what their plans are for who will be leading the team next
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Billie Piper reveals the Spice Girls slipped her cigarettes at the age of 15
Swindon star Billie Piper has revealed she used to smoke cigarettes with the Spice Girls aged 15. The Doctor Who and Secret Diary Of A Call Girl actress was born and grew up in Swindon and rocketed to fame in the late 1990s as a teenage pop star
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Madchester legend among first acts confirmed for music festival
An legend of the 80s and 90s Madchester scene will headline the first night of a returning music festival near Swindon this summer. WrdeUp celebrates its 10th anniversary this year and its new management team has just announced the first acts booked
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Future of Swindon council's own housing company thrown into doubt
The future of a company set up by Swindon Borough Council to build houses for profit and to generate income for the authority is in serious doubt. And that’s according to the council’s own audit team who looked into the way it was operating.
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Council reveals date when closed library could finally reopen
West Swindon library should be open before the end of summer councillors have been told. But it may be in a different part of the Link Centre in Whitehill Way, where flash flooding has forced it to stay closed since September. And while there
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Debate continues to rage over future of Oasis sports hall
A letter sent by one of the Oasis Leisure Centre's prospective leisure operators has caused further debate over the future of the sports hall. Currently, the sports hall and music venue does not feature in plans for the centre when it is refurbished
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'You snap their hands off' - Clough reveals fee for Reed from Town
Swindon Town sought out Mansfield Town to sell Louis Reed for £25,000, according to Stags boss Nigel Clough. Reed spent 18 months at the County Ground, arriving following his departure from Peterborough United, joining the night before Town’s season
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Nationwide apologises as customers unable to make payments
Nationwide Building Society has apologised to customers after all payments in and out of accounts were delayed on Friday morning. The building society said there was an issue impacting its Faster Payments system to and from other banks and building
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The 50p coin that could be worth a small fortune after selling for more than £175
You should check your change, your wallets and down the back of your sofa after a 50p piece sold for more than 350 times its face value on eBay this week. The coin, a Kew Gardens 250th anniversary coin, sold for £186.99 after inspiring a mini-bidding
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Aldi in Swindon reopens after week of closure
An Aldi store in Swindon which closed for a week has now reopened to the public. Aldi on Hobley Drive closed its doors on March 16, so that a refurbishment of the store could take place. The closure created questions among locals who were forced
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'Get a different job' - Gunning says Town players should not be on the beach
Gavin Gunning said that the Swindon Town players were in the wrong profession if they were already on the beach. Swindon have seven games remaining this season and with relegation looking unlikely and reaching the play-offs more or less an impossibility
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Reform UK sack Swindon candidate who 'wants to get rid of foreign plague'
Reform UK has sacked its Swindon South candidate amid claims he fantasised about deporting ‘millions of foreigners and their dependents’ calling them a ‘cancer’ and a ‘plague’. Campaign group HOPE not hate revealed Reform’s Benjamin Dade had published
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D-Day veteran, 100, makes emotional return to beach where he left for Normandy
A D-Day veteran has made an emotional visit to the spot from where he embarked on the historic landings in the summer of 1944. Cecil Newton was one of more than 6,000 troops who left Lepe at the start of a difficult and dangerous journey to the
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Marine clash with relegation rivals 'not a six-pointer' - Fleetwood
Stuart Fleetwood said that Swindon Supermarine’s clash with fellow strugglers Hayes and Yeading is not a six-pointer. Just seven points separates 12th-place Poole Town from the relegation zone in a very tight fight for survival in the Southern
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Kinsella reflects on time at Swindon and January departure
Liam Kinsella said that he “loved every minute” of his six-month spell at Swindon Town, although he felt Cheltenham Town was an opportunity he couldn’t turn down. The midfielder arrived at the County Ground briefly before the start of the season
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'Do not eat': Sainsbury's issue recall and warning as Salmonella found
Sainsbury’s has issued a recall and “do not eat” warning after salmonella was found in one of its products. The Sainsbury’s Flaked Almonds have been recalled by the supermarket due to the issue. Affected packets have a best before date of February
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Swindon council house repairs worth £50m missed since 2018
More than £50m in repairs to Swindon Borough Council’s social housing stock were left out over the last six years. It means less than 60 per cent of the repairs scheduled to the borough council’s 10,000 homes since 2018 have been carried out members
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'Bullied' manager wins unfair dismissal case against Swindon hospital
Great Western Hospital unfairly dismissed a health and safety leader who received a significant amount of extra work while going through chemotherapy and felt that his boss was bullying him. Mark Hemphill resigned as GWH’s head of health and safety
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Arkell's Brewery unveils new beer with an extra-special name
Arkell's has unveiled a new beer named after its founder. The Stratton-based brewery has introduced a four per cent ABV Nitro Best Bitter called Honest John which combines the soft texture of cask-conditioned ale with the caramel-toffee flavours
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Swindon maths teacher 'sacked for humiliating transgender student, not views'
A gender-critical Swindon teacher was sacked not because of their views but because of how they 'repeatedly humiliated' a student, a tribunal heard. Kevin Lister, 60, was dismissed for gross misconduct in September 2022 by New College Swindon
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BMWs and Mercedes targeted in more keyless car thefts around Swindon
Owners of cars with keyless fobs are being warned following the theft of two high-end vehicles. Police are urging motorists to keep their expensive cars safe and secure after receiving reports of a Mercedes being taken in Abbey Meads and a BMW
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Rule-breaking drivers 'hurling abuse' at mum and children riding horses
A mum of two who regularly goes horseriding with her children near Swindon says drivers regularly speed past her and shout abuse. Emma Oldland told the Adver she is ‘frightened’ and regularly fears for her children’s and her own safety when out
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Latest on bid to demolish distinctive bungalow for five homes
Another possible hurdle has been put in the way of the knocking down of a bungalow in Swindon to enable the building of five more. Proudmill Homes Ltd has applied for planning permission to knock down the existing building at 27 Church Walk South
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Broadgreen businesses fined and suspects deported in OCG crackdown
A police crackdown on organised crime in Broadgreen led to businesses being fined £235,000 and four arrested suspects being deported. Officers worked with Swindon Borough Council to learn of neighbours’ concerns by issuing a survey which received
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Latest on roundabout closure affecting traffic in town
A section of a busy roundabout in Cirencester has closed while investigations into a water leak continue. Gloucestershire County Council has closed part of Kingsmeadow Roundabout where investigation and excavation work into the issue is currently