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• Library service needs a hand

  LIBRARIES in Swindon are planning to expand their Home Library Service with the introduction of new routes. read more

• Chinese to celebrate our author

  Chinese student Chen Ying who is translating a book by Richard Jefferies Ref: 78669-13SWINDON...AND PROUD OF IT: SWINDON'S foremost man of letters Richard Jefferies could soon be receiving acclaim in China. read more

• Last few babies are snapped for contest

  At Matalan, photographer Sarah Johnson snaps one of the final entrants in this year's Swindon Advertiser Baby of the Year competition Ref: 78670-42PARENTS and their children queued for the last chance to enter the 2005 Swindon Advertiser's Baby of the Year competition. read more

• Burglar jailed for theft from friend

  BURGLAR Ian Pounds has been jailed for 10 months for stealing a friend's CD collection. read more

• Proud to be best recruit in platoon

  Rebecca Ireson collects her trophy for being best recruit from Brigadier Simon CaraffiSWINDON...AND PROUD OF IT: AN ARMY private from Swindon has done the town proud by becoming the best recruit in her platoon. read more

• Stay safe in summer

  PARENTS are being urged to keep a watchful eye on their children this summer to avoid a trip to casualty. read more

• Musical feast is a huge success

  Steve Rayner, Nicola Frost, Nigel Kimber and Andy Frost. Front row, from left, Wendy Frost and Sam Rayner Ref: 78664-18CHISELDON'S first-ever music festival was a resounding success. More than 500 people turned out on the green, near the Elm Tree pub, on Saturday to hear a variety of music from local and national groups. read more

• Moped rider given chance

  A MOPED rider who gave his best friend's name when he was stopped by police has escaped a prison sentence for a second time. read more

• Organisers prepare for next year's air tattoo

  ORGANISERS of the Royal International Air Tattoo have already announced the main theme for next year's show. read more

• Rip up this homes plan

  THE regional assembly should take its strategy for homes in the south west, rip it up and start again. read more

• Call to kick footballers out of recreation ground

  Residents, who don't want to be identified, are unhappy with children playing ball games outside their home Ref: 78660-32A GROUP of residents are appealing for football games to be banned outside their houses because they say the noise is driving them mad. read more

• Angling is not merely an innocent hobby

  J WOODMAN (SA July 27) would like us to believe that fishing is an innocent pastime, beneficial to wildlife. read more

• Proud of Swindon? It's a joke

  I AGREE with the recent readers' letters regarding Swindon Borough Council's lack of integrity and incompetence. read more

• Well done

  As manager of Headway Swindon & District, The Brain Injury Association, I was pleased to see the photograph of the First Swindon Sea Scouts all wearing cycle helmets. read more

• So impressed

  THE letter from Roger Averies, Unison Manual Convenor, describes Swindon Services as an archetypical workers utopia where redundancies are unknown. read more

• Bird flu alert

  THE recent statement issued by the World Health Organisation warns us that a pandemic of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in this country is inevitable. read more

• It's wrong place

  THE plans to build a university are a great idea but its location fails to be as impressive. read more

• Not at any cost

  IN Isabel Field's report 'Town needs a university' (SA Monday, July 25), there are comments from David Spencer, partner at King Sturge: "A carefully-managed campus can be quite a nice environment," and "I just think it is small-minded and narrow-minded not to want it." read more

• Majority against

  YOUR features on university proposals for Swindon seem to indicate a general opinion that a university would probably benefit the town. read more

• Warrant for man who stole from his mum

  A JUDGE has issued a warrant for the arrest and detention of a man who burgled his mum's Park North house. read more

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