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• Firemenwould lather be washing your car

  Ashton Bowyer, 3 Picture Ref: 77680-212A FIRE station was awash with satisfied customers who took their cars along for a wash and brush-up. read more

• Go for a wheelie around the world

  THE Meningitis Trust is appealing for Swindonians to get on their bikes for charity. read more

• Meeting on changes to residents' parking

  SWINDON'S problem with residents' parking will be discussed tonight. read more

• Pledging support to Swindon

  SWINDON... AND PROUD OF IT: SINCE the Adver began our initiative to help put some pride back into Swindon we have been inundated with letters of support. Our pledge cards, which we have been printing in the paper and asking readers to fill in and return to us, have come pouring back. read more

• Change name

  MIGHT it not help promote Swindon as a significant national centre if the Science Museum at Wroughton was renamed Science Museum Swindon. And since Swindon is rather better known than Wroughton it would boost their visitor numbers. read more

• Protect Coate

  WHILE having a lovely walk around Coate Water and looking at the ducklings there were some enormous fish, does anyone know what they are? read more

• Take a hike

  WHY has W Duggan become so engrossed in attempting to undermine the Save Coate campaign? read more

• Brain-washing

  WITH respect, the composer of your headline: "We love Swindon" must be the permanent wearer of rose tinted spectacles. read more

• Put people first not revenue

  I SEE from your report in the Evening Advertiser on May 26 that Swindon Council is planning to once again hike the cost of residents parking permits . read more

• Live 8 concert will be great

  CHARITY workers in Swindon are excited about news of a massive concert to tackle world poverty. read more

• Sunflower appeal starts its campaign

  THE Prospect Hospice Sunflower appeal will be raising money for the hospice in June. read more

• Volunteers can do 296 chores

  Melvyn Blackman has been lending a hand at Prospect Hospice for six years Picture Ref: 77693-143FROM giving foot massages to raising funds, volunteers are needed across Swindon. read more

• Rubbing out blots on the landscape

  Alex Ginnins, National Probation Service supervisor, at work on painting over graffiti in Granville Street Picture Ref: 77686-154SWINDON town centre is on its way to becoming a cleaner safer place. read more

• Best of British

  A HOT band fresh out of Swindon are about to release their first single. Without Me will be British Beef's debut single, hitting the shops on July 4. And bass player Gaz Brookfield, from Stratton, is ecstatic that the pop-punk band could soon be enjoying the limelight. read more

• Going all ga-ga at gargoyles

  Alice Parker with some of the tiles Picture Ref: 77691-59TERRIFYING gargoyles were created by youngsters at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery. read more

• 'Lost' Soles as Val wins

  VAL Hillier celebrated her invitation to the ladies Fish-a-Mania final by winning the latest Wednesday Club match at Bourton-on-the-Water. read more

• Walk down the white line, Sir

  SWINDON police say hand-held detectors would be a massive breakthrough in the fight against drug-driving. read more

• Salt Way School might be spared

  Mother Ayzee Hyner who is campaigning to keep Salt Way School open, with her children Gemma, 9, and Callum, 8 Picture Ref: 77048-60EDUCATION boss Garry Perkins has confirmed that the proposed January closure of Salt Way in Swindon may not go ahead. read more

• Skater killed after high-speed board smash

  SWINDON teenager Neil Cole has died in hospital after a skateboarding accident. read more

• Woman smashed windscreen

  A WOMAN smashed a car windscreen after a relationship turned sour, a court heard. read more

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