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• Man on road rage charge in court

  A RODBOURNE man accused of knocking a 53-year-old down in a road rage incident will appear at Swindon Crown Court on Friday, October 21. read more

• Climbing challenge

  ALAN Hinkes, the only British person to have climbed all the world's 14 highest mountains, is backing a challenge in November, where people in Swindon can raise money for the Water Aid charity. read more

• Time for rhyme

  SWINDONIANS will once again be paid to be poetic. The Poetry and Pounds event will be held in the town centre on Thursday as part of National Poetry Day. read more

• VITALITY

  Vitality is your guide to Health and Education. This supplement includes help in choosing the right childcare and how the right foods can boost kids' energy. read more

• It's for charity in the long run

  A SWINDON charity has a small number of guaranteed places for runners wanting to take part in next year's Flora London Marathon. read more

• Police to offer workshops to speeding drivers

  WILTSHIRE police are to use 'saws' to cut speeding on roads in the region. Speed Awareness Workshops will be offered to drivers who slightly exceed the speed limit. read more

• Hotline gets a mixed reaction

  Les Peach, from Highworth, who feels the hotline has helped himMANY callers to an anti-social behaviour hotline think their complaint made no difference. A survey of residents who phoned the It's Your Call hotlines including some in Swindon found more than half thought the problem remained the same. read more

• A ghost of a chance

  Jordan Corner, recreating the make-up for his role in the TV drama Afterlife this Saturday Ref: 99635-31A SIX-year-old boy who had never acted before got his TV breakthrough after his photo was spotted by an agent visiting a friend's house. read more

• Band enjoys the sound of success in contest

  ALDBOURNE Band is celebrating after coming fourth in a national competition. The band was placed fourth in the First Section National Finals in Harrogate. read more

• Hospital tackles patients' gripes

  MANAGERS at Great Western Hospital are getting to grips with complaints. In May we told how complaints had almost halved to just 221 in 12 months. read more

• Library idea

  WHY can't Swindon Council save money and have the former railway museum for a library? read more

• A thank you

  I would like to thank the hard work of all the volunteers in the Swindon area who made Disability month for the year of the Volunteers a success. read more

• A-list architect

  I am thrilled to learn that Sir Christopher Wren, the renowned architect, was born at East Knoyle, near Warminster, Wiltshire, in 1632. It is deliciously ironic that a man from a rural backwater designed many of the great buildings in the capital city. read more

• Sad statement

  IT is sad to see such an eminent man as Dr Owen Lister come out with such a statement as he has done. This has not been seen since the 1930s in Germany. When people talk like this it adds fuel to some people's fires. read more

• On your feet!

  HOW pleasing to read that yet another bag snatcher has been arrested. But why did Inspector Paul Jennings say this is a terrific result for the police? read more

• Anger at smoking with baby

  I was driving away from Asda, North Swindon, on Monday morning, alongside a red Rover 4 series saloon car. read more

• OAPs do have two great powers

  Re: A Lubin's letter OAPs charter, Sat Oct 1. I am 100 per cent behind this letter but firstly Mrs Hardy did not refuse to pay her council tax, only part of it. read more

• Sex attack arrest

  A MAN believed to be from Wiltshire has been questioned in connection with a sex attack on a woman in Bath in July. read more

• Exhibition hopes to be a big draw

  A NEW exhibition is hoped to be a big draw. As part of a national contest to get everyone drawing, a Big Draw exhibition will be showing at the Wyvern Theatre from Tuesday October 11. read more

• Festival fun

  YOUTH RUGBY: IT was a good day for Chippenham's minis at the Wootton Bassett Festival. Their under eights and under nines won their respective trophies, while the under sevens, 11s and 12s were second. read more

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