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Swindon launch new Adidas kits for 2024/25 season
Swindon Town have launched their new Adidas kits for the 2024/25 season after returning to the manufacturer. The three stripes will be back on Swindon shirts this season, with the home kit being a classic red design, with white stripes on the sleeves
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Woman suffers life-threatening injuries in three-car crash
A woman with life-threatening injuries has been hospitalised after a crash on a busy main road. A collision involving a Renault Kangoo, a Kia Sportage, and a Ford Mondeo occurred on the A3102 Tottenham Wick near the junction outside F Drury & Sons
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Swindon's museum and art gallery to open in new location next week
After more than four years locked away from the eyes of the public, the Swindon collection of historic artefacts and art, [particularly modern art will go on display again next week. The famous gharial, however, is still being restored and not
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Police issue security warning about AirPod "vulnerability"
Police in Wiltshire have issued a security warning to owners of AirPods. The Wiltshire Police Cyber and Fraud Protect group shared The Cyber Resilience Centre for the South West's urgent advice for people who have these wireless earphones.
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Long-running carnival returns this weekend
A carnival is returning to the Swindon area for its 99th year. Wroughton Carnival will be held around the Weir Field from 12pm on Saturday, July 6, with 60 different stalls selling gifts, jewellery and other wares along with 10 food stalls offering
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Restuarants and takeaways get new food hygiene ratings
Several restaurants and takeaways around Swindon have received new food hygiene ratings. The Food Standards Agency’s website has updated the pages of nine local establishments to reflect the results of recent inspections by Swindon Borough Council
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New speed limit law that will 'change how we drive' to come in this weekend
A new speed camera law that 'will change how we drive' will come into effect this weekend. A change in EU legislation - despite the UK no longer being part of the Union - is set to have a considerable effect on motorists up and down the country
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'No nonsense rule' helping new-look Swindon squad bond quickly
Mark Kennedy said that Swindon Town’s “no nonsense” approach to player characters has helped the team to bond quickly during pre-season. Six new players have arrived at Swindon so far with 16 players from last season’s squad not being part of the
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Inside the reopened Swindon Aldi and what has changed
A Swindon Aldi reopened today, July 4, after being closed for two weeks for a refurbishment. The Drove Road store has had some new features added, others upgraded, and some parts completely replaced. This includes new cosmetics and bakery sections
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'This is a difficult day' Rishi Sunak gives final Downing Street speech
Rishi Sunak apologised to the country following a landslide Conservative defeat in the 2024 general election, describing it as a "difficult day". Labour swept to victory, having claimed 412 seats at the time of writing with just two left to declare
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'We will rebuild Britain' - Keir Starmer addresses nation for first time as PM
Leader of the Labour Party Sir Keir Starmer has addressed the public for the first time as Prime Minister of the UK, saying "we need to move forward together." Speaking in Downing Street this afternoon, where he was greeted with applause, he said
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'Hero' children help to save nan from cardiac arrest
Two children in Swindon are being called heroes after their nan survived an almost fatal heart attack. Julie Blackford, 68, from Upper Stratton, has been fitted with a pacemaker and at the end of May, it failed and turned off, causing her to go
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Emergency services respond to two-vehicle crash in Swindon
Emergency services were called to a car crash in Swindon yesterday evening, where two vehicles appeared to be badly damaged. Police, ambulance and fire services were seen by eyewitnesses at the bottom of Thamesdown drive on the way to Peatmoor
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History made in new South Cotswolds seat as long-standing Tory ousted
IT was a dramatic night in the South Cotswolds after long-serving Conservative MP James Gray was ousted by the Liberal Democrats. Dr Roz Savage has become the first MP for the new South Cotswolds constituency, triumphing over former North Wiltshire
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Justin Tomlinson leaves political stage after 14 years as North Swindon MP
The defeated Conservative MP for Swindon North, Justin Tomlinson said he would step away from front-line politics after his 14-year tenure came to an end. Although Mr Tomlinson came into the election into the slightly redrawn and renamed constituency
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Swindon independent candidate's outburst at podium
After the Swindon North MP was announced just after 2am, independent candidate Debbie Hicks shouted into the microphone and appeared to be pulled away from the podium. Labour candidate Will Stone won the Swindon North constituency seat with 40.6
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McEachran makes League Two switch after Town departure
George McEachran has joined League Two rivals Grimsby Town following his departure from Swindon Town at the end of last season. The 23-year-old has become the latest of the players Town released following their worst-ever season to find a new home
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Mark's mountain men - Town boss on value of physicality
Mark Kennedy said that he was making a concerted effort to make Swindon Town a more physical team this season. After struggling last season with a fairly short squad, four of Town’s six new signings so far this summer have been taller than six
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Championship club 'set to sign' Swindon youngster for £1.5 million fee
Swindon Town’s promising defender Harley Hunt is reportedly on the verge of a move to Middlesbrough in a seven-figure deal. According to a report from Simon Jones of The Daily Mail, ‘Boro have beaten off competition from Premier League sides Aston
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New Swindon North MP Will Stone eager to start work
“The work starts now. Tomorrow morning, or this morning.” In the early hours of July 5, just minutes after he’d learned he was now the Labour MP for Swindon North, Will Stone said he’d always been ‘quietly confident’ that he would be able to overturn
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'Swindon girl' and new MP Heidi Alexander has ambitions for town
“I’m a Swindon girl, born and bred. It’s the honour of my life to be elected for my hometown.” Heidi Alexander, the newly elected MP for Swindon South, where she grew up said her husband Martin Ballantyne did not blink when she said she wanted
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Labour's Will Stone wins Swindon North to make the town all red
Swindon is now fully a Labour town after Will Stone takes Swindon North from Justin Tomlinson. Election night started badly for Conservatives in Swindon – the exit poll said Labour would be swept to power nationally, and then Swindon South was
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Defeated Robert Buckland blasts Conservative party's behaviour
Sir Robert Buckland had some very pointed words for his party colleagues in the immediate aftermath of his defeat in Swindon South. Speaking from the podium after the result was declared he said: “Do we value those who work to bring people together
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Heidi Alexander topples former justice secretary Sir Robert Buckland in Swindon South
A Labour landslide was predicted and Swindon provided the first real proof. All media eyes were on the count in Steam Museum - the council’s chief executive and Returning Officer Sam Mowbray had promised a rapid count. But unlike perennial
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Plans submitted for £140M university development near Swindon
PLANS have been put forward to create a new £140 million university development in Cirencester. An outline planning application for the proposed 29-acre site for the Royal Agricultural University was submitted to Cotswold District Council on Thursday
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Flats 'upholding highest standards' despite residents complaints
Last month, the Adver reported on safety concerns, a lack of general cleanliness and dangerous cladding at a block of flats in Swindon but the property managers have since said many of the maintenance issues have been addressed. As previously reported
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REVIEW: Elton John tribute act at Chinese restaurant blew me away
It is a weird feeling to be enjoying a bowl of chicken chow mein while a singer pretending to be Elton John belts out 'I'm Still Standing' a mere yards away, but that's exactly where I recently found myself. For some time, Hakka2 in the town centre
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Judge asks if drink driver was 'too drunk' to remember police forms
A man who claims he cannot remember police completing drink driving papers had the cause of his forgetfulness questioned. William Pitt, 26, appeared in Swindon Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, July 2 accused of driving with 78mg of alcohol in his
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Heartbroken mum of murdered Swindon woman struggling to afford burial plot
The mother of a murdered Swindon woman has spoken of her grief two years on from her daughter’s tragic death. Jackie Lewis has struggled to cope with the sudden loss of 27-year-old Shannon Stanley and currently cannot afford to cover the costs
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Rat-infested butcher remains shut months after forced closure
A butcher with a urine stench and rat droppings under the meat counter is still shut months after it was forced to close by law. The hygiene of Kenya Halal Butchers, in Swindon, was found by council officers to be so poor a Hygiene Emergency Prohibition
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Confusion after residents told their broadband service would be abruptly ending
An email letter caused panic among residents after it told them their broadband services would be 'terminating'. Dozens of customers from Wroughton, Bishopstone and Hinton Parva, as well as other Swindon areas, who used Three/Relish for their
