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• Cyclists are not all devils

  I would like to correct a huge number of errors in Shirley Mathias' cycling article. read more

• Run celebrates lottery funding

  A KEEP-FIT group has organised a fun run for today to boost community spirit in Penhill. read more

• Leak is blamed for DJ's death

  Flowers at the scene of the tragedy.A POPULAR Swindon DJ died in an horrific car crash because Thames Water failed to repair a water leak, an inquest heard. read more

• Car was going at 110mph in snow

  A motorist tailgated other drivers on the M4 motorway near Swindon at 110mph while it was snowing. read more

• Tributes pour in for 'amazing politician' Mo

  Mo Mowlam at the Swindon Festival of LiteratureFORMER Northern Ireland secretary Mo Mowlam is irreplaceable, according to a Swindon MP. read more

• Hi-tech help for police

  SWINDON could be the next town to use new hi-tech equipment that helps speed up police investigations at the scene of serious road accidents. read more

• Afia lands wizard role

  ONE Swindon youngster is following the yellow brick road this weekend, and hopes it will turn out to be a road to stardom. read more

• Now our minds can be at rest

  Grief Stricken Greg Worrall, the boyfriend of Linda RazzellTHE boyfriend of murdered mother-of-four Linda Razzell says her family may finally be able to move on after a coroner closed the inquest into her death. read more

• Residents have growing fears

  Concerned resident David Locke. Ref: 78949-70TALL trees that have completely blocked out the streetlights in a Toothill road have left residents afraid of leaving their houses at night without a torch. read more

• Swallow your pride!

  Swindon Mayor Ray Fisher with Arkell's head brewer Don Brache. Ref: 78941-62NOT only do residents in Swindon have a town to be proud of, now there is a beer to demonstrate our pride. read more

• Now our minds can be at rest

  Grief Stricken Greg Worrall, the boyfriend of Linda RazzellTHE boyfriend of murdered mother-of-four Linda Razzell says her family may finally be able to move on after a coroner closed the inquest into her death. read more

• Curry contest is hotting up

  A SWINDON restaurant has made it through to the final stages of a national curry competition. read more

• Priest will take on festival role

  A SWINDON priest is to take a leading role at a Christian festival next weekend. read more

• Initiative encourages children to pick up a book

  SWINDON children are being encouraged to develop a love of reading as part of a national scheme developed by two charities dedicated to promoting literature. read more

• Old time melodies

  A SWINDON church will host a musical evening tomorrow. read more

• Recalling days of 'Kremlin'

  WHILE Swindon Council Offices were popularly known during the 60s and early 70s as The Kremlin, it remains a matter of conjecture as to whether our councillors would have ventured out of their nuclear-free zone to welcome their Soviet brothers with a white flag. read more

• No fishing

  I WAS amused to read Philip Beaven's letter (fowl pastime, July 22). read more

• Smell of trouble

  SWINDON and Proud of it? Not if you have to walk along Canal Walk for anything. read more

• Yobs warned

  WHOEVER the drunken idiots are who come home from the pubs/clubs early in the morning and keep arguing and doing things in people's gardens, along old Walcot Road had better watch out as this is a neighbourhood watch area. read more

• All going soft

  Tony Blair's Government has only one policy and that is to liberalise all our laws. read more

On this day: Wiltshire Archive