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• Store staff in the running to raise cash to fight cancer

  WOMEN across Swindon are digging out their running shoes in preparation for this year's Race For Life. read more

• Permission granted for another 250 homes

  PLANNING MEETING: Around 250 homes are to be built in Swindon's Northern Development Area. read more

• Chinese to bring eastern promise

  PLANNING MEETING: Thousands of jobs from the East are to become a reality in Swindon following last night's planning meeting. read more

• Developer to give schools boost

  PLANNING MEETING: Plans for a multi-homed development in Okus have been given the green light. read more

• Women questioned

  PARK NORTH: Two women, a 28-year-old from Park North and a 35-year-old from Gorse Hill, were being questioned in police custody last night in connection with a stabbing. read more

• Reality bites for caterers on TV

  Sandrine Gilles (left) and Nikki Wootton of Catering Services InternationalSTAFF at a Swindon catering firm could soon be familiar faces on television in a fly-on-the-wall documentary. read more

• Congregation digs deep to help needy Indian orphans

  NEEDY orphans in a poor region of India will now have somewhere to eat their meals, thanks to big-hearted Swindonians. read more

• When did you last see your father?

  FEATURE - Growing numbers of estranged dads are demanding better access to their children. TINA CLARKE looks at the anguish often suffered by men when families fall apart. read more

• Two tier service

  FURTHER to my letter (EA March 26) regarding the apparent end of the two-tier postal delivery service, I suggested it was the death knell and should be reflected in reduced charges. read more

• 10p is not a lot to have to pay

  Re: Its meals or books, Adver April 1. My heart bleeds at 10p per day for use of the school canteen. If that is going to break the bank then stay at home and get your offspring a lunch. read more

• Water extraction leaves Thames dry

  IN Barrie Hudson's first article about the Thames, he reminds us that the course spring at Thames Head only flows after heavy rain. However, common sense suggests that for prehistoric settlements to have evolved along the river route, the water supply must have been constant and reliable. read more

• We have to pay for police pensions

  I have just received my latest council tax bill and was dismayed at the further increase well above the current rate of inflation. read more

• Gloucester House's vital service to drug addicts

  AS you are aware there has been some recent publicity regarding the geographical site of Gloucester House at its current premises in High-worth. read more

• There is no excuse at all for terrorism

  I take great objection to P Mallinson's comments in his letter printed March 31 where the writer suggests that I am making excuses for terrorism. read more

• Call to former seamen

  DID you ever serve in the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Royal Artillery or any other of HM Forces on board any of the light fleet carriers, HMS Bulwark, HMS Albion, or HMS Centaur? read more

• Thanks for all your support

  I RECENTLY organised a charity dance in aid of the Prospect Hospice at the Winners Lounge, Swindon Town Football Club. read more

• The French connection

  THIS year's Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford will host celebrations to mark the centenary of the signing of the Anglo-French Entente Cordiale. read more

• Marlborough beat Castrol

  Chiseldon Castrol were beaten 2-1 at home by Marlborough Town in the Wiltshire League Premier Division last night. read more

• Cluttered desks lead to irritated office staff

  OFFICE workers are being hit by a new affliction the curse of Irritable Desk Syndrome (IDS). read more

• A green diploma for David

  David Moore, the managing director of Swindon firm DM Health, Safety and Environmental Services, has received a British Safety Council diploma in environmental management. read more

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