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• 'Our aim is to help people - you have only one liver'

  Alison Rogers (left) with colleagues Gemma Thomas, Sandra Cooper, Jill Elsey and Emma Ribbons. 3/2/5 THE British Liver Trust, which helps people suffering from liver disease, has just celebrated its first birthday at its new headquarters in Ringwood. read more

• Collier's warning

  Supermarine boss Mark Collier has warned his troops that they will be scrapping to avoid the drop if they don't show signs of improvement. read more

• 'No Danny issue'

  England boss Andy Robinson insisted he had "no issues" with Danny Grewcock after selecting the Bath and Lions lock for Saturday's RBS 6 Nations Championship opener against Wales. read more

• Voters set to make a point

  COUNCIL tax and local services could be major factors influencing the votes when Walcot residents go to the polls tomorrow. read more

• Youngsters get a kick at games day

  75814-25Students from New College have been passing on sporting tips to children at a primary school. read more

• Ticking bomb

  REBEL teenagers who binge-drink on street corners are playing with a ticking bomb, according to a new study. read more

• Dilapidated wing set for facelift

  BUILDING work has begun to give a Swindon secondary school a new lease of life. Phase one of the building work at Headlands School kicked off this week with the refurbishment of the school's west wing. read more

• Shop window smashed in latest vandal attack

  75880-28VANDALS have smashed a window in a shopping parade plagued by anti-social behaviour. read more

• Town parking profits remain the same

  LOCAL councils in England raised about 50 per cent more in parking charges in 2002-3 compared with five years previously, the Commons has been told. read more

• Mercedes driver set to face crown court trial

  GERALD Hicks will appear in court charged with dangerous driving following a car chase in Pinehurst at Christmas. read more

• Voluntary groups stage protest against cuts

  Charity workers in Swindon are hoping for a large turn-out today in a demonstration against proposed cuts to the voluntary sector. read more

• Vision for town gets thumbs up

  75870-29BOSSES at two of Swindon's leading organisations say they are encouraged by the deputy prime minister's optimism for the re-birth of the town centre. read more

• Put your best foot forward

  AGE Concern Swindon is appealing for people to support their work by taking part in the Kellogg's Corn Flakes Great Walk 2005. read more

• Salaries eat up our taxes

  THERE are so many reasons for paying, adequately, for the services we all need. read more

• Preserve our literary heritage

  IN January 1975 a high-profile national appeal was launched to protect Richard Jefferies birthplace at Coate farm from the bulldozers. read more

• Fixed tap is to be mended!

  IN response to Mr J E Plumtree's letter about our kitchen tap. I was very impressed to read Mr Plumtree's plumbers' terminology, although I think he was distracting us from the main point. read more

• Memories

  WITH reference to the letter from Mary Ratcliffe of Old Town. I watched the funeral of the great Sir Winston Churchill on television. read more

• So expensive

  JEAN Saunders letter in the Adver (Jan 25) made my blood boil. In regards to not wanting a university in Swindon. read more

• A champion

  I REFER to the condemnation and criticism of Frank Avenell by Kevin Small, January 29. read more

• Purse return

  I LOST my Louis Vuitton purse worth approx £100 with £50 cash either in or just outside the House of Fraser car park in Swindon on Wednesday, Jan 26. read more

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