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• Who cares?

  I DO wish the Evening Advertiser would not join in the rush to give the oxygen of publicity to the Royal Family. read more

• Views allowed

  PHYLLIS Durie what right do you have to call Mary Ratcliffe pompous? read more

• Small is good for students

  WHILE I do not want to use this page to engage in a slanging match with anyone, I feel I have to defend myself against Mr Margetts' response (EA, February 11) to my letter. read more

• More police would end yob rule

  WITH reference to the article on February 14, headlined "Residents fear return of yobs." read more

• New hunting legislation sees four men arrested

  Four men have been arrested by police in Wiltshire in what are believed to be the first arrests under the hunting legislation that became active on Thursday night. read more

• Centre for separated parents to see their children

  CHILDREN from separated families will be able to meet with their parents at a new centre opening in Swindon. read more

• Bid to build 50 new houses

  FIFTY new homes could be built on Moormead Road in Wroughton. Barretts of Wroughton wants to build homes at Barretts Yard. read more

• First full meeting

  WALCOT'S new councillor will attend his first full council meeting tonight. read more

• Inspectors to ensure pupils are kept safe

  The safety of staff pupils and visitors at 21 schools in Swindon is to come under expert scrutiny. read more

• Age Concern boss to grill council over proposed rise

  COUNCIL bosses will be accused of causing elderly people unnecessary worry over a massive planned increase in day centre charges. read more

• Man to face jury

  A SWINDON man accused of breaking into a house in Chippenham town centre is to face trial by jury. read more

• Traffic diversions due to roadworks

  MOTORISTS are being asked to find alternative routes as roadworks start today. read more

• 12-year-old raises £100 for charities

  A GARAGE sale organised by a 12-year-old girl raised £100 for two local causes. read more

• Distraction burglary

  TWO men visited a house in Salisbury Street with a ladder and told the occupant they had seen two boys getting into the house via a window. read more

• Parking considered

  COUNCILLORS will decide tomorrow whether parking provisions at a housing development in North Swindon will go ahead. read more

• Plans discussed

  COUNCILLORS will be able to give their views but not decide on plans for new homes on Kemble Drive. read more

• Prince in church without fiancee

  The Prince of Wales attended a church service without his fiance. He went to St Michael and All Angels church in the village of Little Badminton near his home in Highgrove yesterday. read more

• Clean-up hoped to attract birds

  RANGERS have been keeping with essential conservation work at Coate Water. Volunteer Rangers were busy clearing up and tidying the Old Bird Sanctuary. read more

• Poets to capture spirit of Swindon

  BUDDING Wordsworths, Keates and Tennysons are being urged to put pen to paper for Swindon's Learning Partnership. read more

• My history is very different

  WITH regard to K Ratcliffe's letter in Saturday's Evening Advertiser, I confess that I do not remember the 70s very well. read more

On this day: Wiltshire Archive