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Swallow your pride!
Swindon Mayor Ray Fisher with Arkell's head brewer Don Brache. Ref: 78941-62NOT only do residents in Swindon have a town to be proud of, now there is a beer to demonstrate our pride. Arkell's Brewery has launched a new ale, Swindon Pride, to show how
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Residents have growing fears
Concerned resident David Locke. Ref: 78949-70TALL trees that have completely blocked out the streetlights in a Toothill road have left residents afraid of leaving their houses at night without a torch. Residents of Kirkstall Close first complained about
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Tributes pour in for 'amazing politician' Mo
Mo Mowlam at the Swindon Festival of LiteratureFORMER Northern Ireland secretary Mo Mowlam is irreplaceable, according to a Swindon MP. As reported in the second edition of yesterday's Advertiser, Ms Mowlam died at the Pilgrim's Hospice in Canterbury,
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Leak is blamed for DJ's death
Flowers at the scene of the tragedy.A POPULAR Swindon DJ died in an horrific car crash because Thames Water failed to repair a water leak, an inquest heard. Travis Bryan, 32, who regularly organised club nights and played in Swindon as DJ Truss, died
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Priest will take on festival role
A SWINDON priest is to take a leading role at a Christian festival next weekend. Last year's Greenbelt festival at Cheltenham Racecourse saw a capacity crowd attending Mass, and this time round Father Mark Moran, assistant priest at Holy Rood Catholic
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Step out along the old canal
THE Canal Trust and Swindon Wildlife Group will lead a walk along the canal in Swindon's front garden tomorrow. The walk starts from the Kingshill petrol station at 3pm. It links in with plans by the Wilts and Berks Canal Trust, as reported in the Advertiser
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Get your tickets
TICKETS to see Swindon singer Justin Hayward on his return to his home town will go on sale on Monday. Justin of the Moody Blues, who was born in Dean Street, Swindon, and was a pupil at Commonweal School in Old Town will appear at The Apartment in Havelock
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Let's stick to it for the hospice
SWINDON businesses can now show their pride in the town with the introduction of Swindon . . . and Proud Of It stickers especially designed for vans. The stickers have been produced by Impact of Rushey Platt and can be placed on the back of vans. The
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Sale may close door on group
MORE than 100 people with learning difficulties could be left with nowhere to go after a church hall was put up for sale. The Open Door Centre, which is based at Christ Church Hall in Devizes Road, Old Town, is desperately trying to raise money to buy
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All going soft
Tony Blair's Government has only one policy and that is to liberalise all our laws. Examples include no smacking, no using the cane, no discipline in schools, 24-hour drinking, more casinos, soft on drugs, soft on immigration and soft on crime. Tony Blair
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Yobs warned
WHOEVER the drunken idiots are who come home from the pubs/clubs early in the morning and keep arguing and doing things in people's gardens, along old Walcot Road had better watch out as this is a neighbourhood watch area. Some of us have taken photographic
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Cyclists are not all devils
I would like to correct a huge number of errors in Shirley Mathias' cycling article. Most lycra clad cyclists have sports insurance which covers them for third party damage it is now an added benefit to many bank accounts, household insurance and car
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Fallon's our leading light
RORY Fallon's renaissance is no flash in the pan and he is as good a centre-forward as League One has to offer on current form. That is the view of manager Andy King who insists the first name scribbled on his team sheet at Blackpool today will be the
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Curry contest is hotting up
A SWINDON restaurant has made it through to the final stages of a national curry competition. The Jewel in the Crown in Victoria Road was chosen from 13,000 contestants as one of only 100 restaurants to continue in the British Curry Awards. From this
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Now our minds can be at rest
Grief Stricken Greg Worrall, the boyfriend of Linda RazzellTHE boyfriend of murdered mother-of-four Linda Razzell says her family may finally be able to move on after a coroner closed the inquest into her death. But he says he will never be able to rest
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Now our minds can be at rest
Grief Stricken Greg Worrall, the boyfriend of Linda RazzellTHE boyfriend of murdered mother-of-four Linda Razzell says her family may finally be able to move on after a coroner closed the inquest into her death. But he says he will never be able to rest
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Afia lands wizard role
ONE Swindon youngster is following the yellow brick road this weekend, and hopes it will turn out to be a road to stardom. Afia Freeman, 9, is performing in The Wizard of Oz at the Bristol Hippodrome this weekend. And the Tanwood dance school pupil isn't
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Hi-tech help for police
SWINDON could be the next town to use new hi-tech equipment that helps speed up police investigations at the scene of serious road accidents. Police in the West Midlands are currently testing the new scanning and recording equipment to survey incident
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Car was going at 110mph in snow
A motorist tailgated other drivers on the M4 motorway near Swindon at 110mph while it was snowing. Christopher Caird was speeding home in Renault Laguna when he drove up behind other vehicles on the wet road. And a police patrol which followed the 51-
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Run celebrates lottery funding
A KEEP-FIT group has organised a fun run for today to boost community spirit in Penhill. The run is the Penhill Keep Fit group's way of celebrating a recent £1,100 grant which is from the Lottery Fund. The fun run, which has different categories for adults
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Initiative encourages children to pick up a book
SWINDON children are being encouraged to develop a love of reading as part of a national scheme developed by two charities dedicated to promoting literature. The National Literacy Trust's Reading Is Fundamental initiative has teamed up with the WH Smith
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Old time melodies
A SWINDON church will host a musical evening tomorrow. May Webb, spokeswoman for Immanuel Church, said: "If you have nostalgic memories of bygone years, and you like singing, then you will enjoy the old Sankey and Moody hymns at a service with a difference
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Falcons fly in to star in the show
THE 74th Wanborough Show is being held today on Church Meadow, Upper Wanborough. Highlights will include the Michael Davie Falconry display, Adam's Axeman log axing team, and the Swindon Bluebelles Majorettes. The horse show starts at 10am and the final
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'Give me back my stolen motorbike'
A TEENAGER who was left devastated after thieves stole his motocross bike from his home is re-appealing for any witnesses to come forward. As reported in the Advertiser on August 10, Craig Arnold's bike was stolen from the family's locked garage. The
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Smell of trouble
SWINDON and Proud of it? Not if you have to walk along Canal Walk for anything. Isn't it about time something was done about the stench in that area? It is not the town centre that wants redeveloping, it is the sewerage system. How anyone can work there
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No fishing
I WAS amused to read Philip Beaven's letter (fowl pastime, July 22). He really doesn't know what he is talking about. He is obviously an anti-angling activist who doesn't realise that angling is the biggest participant sport. The answer to your question
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Recalling days of 'Kremlin'
WHILE Swindon Council Offices were popularly known during the 60s and early 70s as The Kremlin, it remains a matter of conjecture as to whether our councillors would have ventured out of their nuclear-free zone to welcome their Soviet brothers with a
