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• Vote for your top sports star and win £150

  Now's the time to vote for your favourite Swindon Sporting Legend. The final five are shown below and all you have to do is click your top star, complete your details and submit to be in with a chance of winning £150. read more

• Digging up its secrets

  The history and former glory of Lydiard Park are gradually being revealed as the undergrowth of ages is pulled away and restoration work begins. read more

• Generation game goes on and on!

  Ref. 29817-27When Matthew Jones and Rebekah Day walked down the aisle they made marital history for the bridegroom's family. read more

• Sentence today

  THAMES Trains is today being sentenced after admitting two offences under the Health and Safety at Work Act over the October 1999 Paddington rail crash. read more

• Teenage girls hurt in racial attack

  Police are appealing for witnesses to a racial attack involving three Asian teenage girls who were assaulted and robbed on their way home in Gorse Hill. read more

• Plan for 250 new homes is set to go ahead

  ANOTHER new housing development could be given the go-ahead this week. read more

• Victory for Devizes

  DEVIZES concluded their inconsistent Southern Counties South campaign with a 33-13 victory over Trowbridge. read more

• I want to be left alone

  Ref. 29812-24HOMELESS FEATURE: Trevor Carlos, 36, is one of four men living under the Wyvern Theatre. read more

• It's disaster for Swindon

  Swindon put in their worst performance of the season as they lost 50-5 at home to title contenders Bletchley. read more

• Help to uncover our 18th century jewel

  RESTORING one of Swindon's favourite playgrounds isn't just the preserve of the professionals. Local people have a valuable part to play in recreating the 18th century jewel. read more

• New man at the helm for school

  Ref. 25226-01THE MAN drafted in to turn around a failing Swindon school has told staff to relax and take stock, following a damning Ofsted inspection. read more

• Digging up its secrets

  The history and former glory of Lydiard Park are gradually being revealed as the undergrowth of ages is pulled away and restoration work begins. read more

• Do you want it?

  ANDY KING has challenged his players to stand up and be counted after labelling them 'an absolute shambles of a team' following an abysmal defeat at Peterborough United. read more

• Vote for your top sports star and win £150

  Now's the time to vote for your favourite Swindon Sporting Legend. The final five are shown below and all you have to do is click your top star, complete your details and submit to be in with a chance of winning £150. read more

• Handbag taken after scuffle

  A ROBBER ran off with a woman's handbag after a late-night scuffle in Salisbury at the weekend. read more

• Marathon to be run in memory of niece

  BULFORD soldier Sergeant Major Peter Reed has never forgotten his little niece Amber, who had cerebral palsy and was just ten-years-old when she died. read more

• Aviation charity celebrates birthday

  A CHARITY that has given dozens of severely disabled people a new freedom and sense of adventure by allowing them to take to the skies has celebrated its 10th anniversary at Old Sarum airfield. read more

• Annie hopefuls get 'one shot'

  Some of the 220 girls, who had travelled from as far away as Warminster, Bournemouth, Andover, Blandford and Wimborne, at the auditions for Annie at St Martin's Primary School on Sunday. DA5212P06WHEN Salisbury Amateur Operatic Society advertised its auditions for girls from six to 14 years old to take part in its production of the musical Annie, it was overwhelmed by the response. read more

• Stressing your workers could get you in trouble

  Up to five million Britons complain of work-related stress each year, but a new survey shows that most organisations are not following guidelines soon to be enforced by the Health and Safety Executive to manage and reduce it. read more

• Are you feeling a bit stressed?

  Our working hours exceed recommended amounts, we spend longer at the office than other European countries, and we wonder why we are stressed. But some are finding that alternative therapies help reduce the stress. Masseuse Maureen Jones of MJ BodyCare explains the different types of therapies available and how they can help us to relax read more

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