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• Bids invited for youth organisations

  VOLUNTARY groups working with vulnerable young people are being urged to get their bids in for the next round of Connexions awards. read more

• You'd be fools to miss them

  THREE stars from the hit BBC comedy series Only Fools and Horses are appearing in Swindon town centre at the end of January. read more

• Sunday service

  Re: There is a bus. I was just inquiring about why the 16 didn't run after 10pm. Thanks for clearing that up. read more

• Pension rise will be plenty

  AN article in the Advertiser (January 7) on the pension increase for April 2006 and a three per cent increase in council tax, gave the impression as Frank Avenell put it "the increase would be swallowed up by the council tax". This is a ridiculous statement. read more

• Tories fail to solve problem

  FROM letters and articles in the Evening Advertiser I see the Tories ended 2004 with the same approach to finance as always to cut waste. read more

• This is a return to Victorians

  IT has recently been in the news that the Government is proposing National Health Service workers serve a further five years beyond the age of 60 before they are eligible to collect their pension. read more

• Can you measure sense of this sign?

  DURING a recent visit to my favourite holiday county, Cornwall, I spent a day in Mevagissey. read more

• Harry should have seen TV

  FOLLOWING the furore over Prince Harry's Nazi costume incident, I write to make the following comments. read more

• Turn up the beat

  Ref. 75619-129MUSICIANS have been drumming up support for Swindon's first Dhol drum band. read more

• Students enjoy learning in their new classrooms

  STAFF and pupils at a Swindon primary school are enjoying life in their brand new classrooms. read more

• Getting the point

  SWINDONIANS interested in teaching acupuncture are invited to an open day next month. The South West College of Oriental Medicine will be holding displays at the Holiday Inn in Marlborough Road between 2pm and 5.30pm on February 5. read more

• Bus journey to be extended

  BUS operator Thamesdown Transport has announced an extension of its bus services in Okus. read more

• Health chief in the spotlight

  THE Swindon and district branch of Diabetes UK will be holding its annual meeting on February 1 at 7.30pm. read more

• Police appeal after store theft

  A DISTINCTIVE Burberry briefcase has been stolen from a store in the Brunel Plaza. read more

• Full of eastern promise

  DE-STRESS your life for 2005 by taking up Tai Chi. read more

• Building site theft

  ANYONE who is offered cut-price wall panels is asked to contact Swindon police. read more

• Profile raiser

  VOLUNTARY groups are invited to drum up support at The Old Railway Museum later this month. read more

• Jack's back

  DRY COMIC Jack Dee will be appearing at the Wyvern Theatre in February. read more

• Work to maintain war graves explained

  THE work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission is the subject of this year's first free public lecture held at the University of Bath in Swindon. read more

• Council chief gets a mentor

  Sir Sandy Bruce-Lockhart and Coun Mike BawdenONE of the country's top councillors is to mentor the leader of Swindon Council. read more

On this day: Wiltshire Archive