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• Christmas closure

  THE recycling centre at Waterside Park, Cheney Manor, will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day. read more

• Sun Inn served group up a real treat

  RECENTLY the Advertiser featured a story about the Sun Inn at Coate which was less than complimentary. read more

• Time for council to take action

  I THINK Swindon councillors should start doing what they were elected to do put Swindon and the people of Swindon first and stop all the cross party fighting. read more

• This land is the taxpayers'

  I'M amazed the council would consider giving away land the public owns and pays council tax for its upkeep. read more

• Bullying really is everywhere

  FURTHER to your article on school bullying, "A school which denies there is bullying is lying" is a factual statement. read more

• Best's lesson

  LET us hope that the death of George Best will sound a timely warning about the dangers of excessive alcohol consumption and burning the candle at both ends. read more

• Kings and queens for a day

  Adam Burroughs, nine, from Lawn Primary School, who qualified to take part in the forthcoming London Junior Chess Championship Ref: 200015-10SILENCE fell over one Swindon school as children from across the town pitted their wits against each other in an attempt to be crowned chess king or queen. read more

• Appeal hopes to raise some festive cheer

  One of the children set to benefit from the Christmas Appeal will be Frazer Andrews from Uplands School Ref: 100569-29MAKE THEIR CHRISTMAS: THE Swindon Advertiser is hoping to bring a smile to the faces of children across the town with the launch of this year's Christmas Appeal. read more

• A decent home promised to all

  PLEDGE WATCH: COUNCIL house tenants need never feel chilly in their homes again if Swindon Council delivers on its promise. Pledge 13 focuses on providing a high standard of living for everyone in council-owned accommodation. read more

• Now Brunel's cigar goes up in smoke

  ORGANISERS of the Brunel 200 celebrations were left gob-smacked after publishers decided to alter a picture of Britain's greatest engineer. read more

• X marks the spot

  X-FACTOR finalists' 4tune are making a special guest appearance at a Swindon nightclub this month. read more

• Pilot is cleared of sex assault

  AN RAF Lyneham pilot has been cleared of sexually assaulting a female officer. Flt Lt Paul Wise was accused of assaulting the woman after a funeral for a colleague who died in Iraq. read more

• Christmas capers

  MADDY Prior and the Carnival Band will be bringing their show Carols and Capers to the Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, on Monday, December 12, at 7.30pm. read more

• Child sex charge

  A 34-year-old Covingham man has appeared before the court accused of carrying out a sex attack on a nine-year-old girl. read more

• Traffic delayed after accident

  TRAFFIC was held up for an hour after a crash on the A419 yesterday. The accident, involving one car, happened just after 10.30am on the southbound side of the road between the spine road junction and the junction for Fairford. read more

• It's on your patch...

  THE Swindon Community Patchwork Group will meet tomorrow (10am to noon). The group, which meets every Tuesday at the Pinehurst People's Centre, Beech Avenue, is open to anyone including complete beginners. read more

• Top DJ spins the discs at nightclub

  ONE of Radio One's biggest DJs was in town on the weekend to entertain clubbers. Dave Pearce, famous for his Dance Anthems show, went down a storm at the Studios club in Hoopers Place, Old Town on Saturday night. read more

• Conference on disabled access

  THE Swindon Coalition of Disabled People will hold a conference on access for people with disabilities tomorrow. read more

• Bottoms up!

  Stefani Miglioranzi wants Saturday's win over Rotherham to inspire Town to get out of the bottom four Ref: 200022-95 STAND-in skipper Stefani Miglioranzi warns that only an exit from League One's bottom four will really be enough for the smiles of satisfaction to start creeping back on to the players' faces at the County Ground. read more

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