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• Youngsters make all the right moves

  Back from left, Justine Coulson, Siobhan Smith, Bethan Brown, Emma Shillern, Keira Whelan, and front from left, John Wiles, Rachael Buchanan, Zoe Ramshaw, Bekki Dunn, Anastasia Robertson, Shaun Roberts Uzzell Picture Ref: 98982-28BUDDING dancers in Swindon have been given a treat this week learning how to perfect their moves. read more

• Natasha pledges to help orphans

  Natasha Weston who has her sights set on travelling to Ghana Picture Ref: 98979-158AUGUST 24 2005: IT is not something most 21-year-olds would think to do, giving up their life in Swindon to teach English at an orphanage in Ghana but that is exactly what Natasha Weston is doing. read more

• Manuel's pet?

  I ADMIT to being amused by the photograph on page 2 of Advertiser (Aug 18) with the caption, "A vole scampers..." read more

• Name change

  SINCE when did Niger (nigh-jer) become Niger (knee-gere) in BBC news speak? (Swindon Advertiser, Swindon folk do their bit for Niger appeal, pg9, Aug 19). Why change the pronunciation? read more

• Bad old days

  THE trouble at British Airways demonstrates that we are now back to the bad old days of mass picketing and unofficial strikes. read more

• Praise for Mo

  MO Mowlam had a sensitive, down to earth personality. read more

• How to keep your privacy

  I WOULD like your readers to be aware of the latest initiative from BT to help combat unwanted telephone calls. read more

• All faring well on the buses

  I WOULD like to publicly thank all bus users in Swindon and our own staff for the ease with which the fastFare system has been introduced. read more

• Who is telling truth about plans?

  I WOULD like to object to the Vision Of The Future article (SA August 18). read more

• Officers searching for white powder prankster

  OFFICERS are still trying to find the person responsible for putting a suspicious white powder in a Swindon postbox. read more

• High cost of immigration

  WILTSHIRE Police charge up to £300 to lock up immigration detainees in cells for one night. read more

• Help on winter fuel payments

  AGE Concern Swindon is holding welfare benefits advice sessions on Fridays, 10am to 12.30pm, at its 14 Milton Road office. read more

• DRIVE INTO 55

  The new Honda CivicYour comprehensive guide to the new 55 reg packed full of news and features. Reviews include the new Mercedes R-Class, Honda Civic & Mazda5. read more

• Man drives car into village pub

  The Bell Inn in Broad Hinton Picture Ref:18916-52A MAN who drove a stolen car into a country pub as he tried to escape police has been sent to jail. read more

• Traffic chaos on the horizon

  Rosemary Earle in Newport Street Picture Ref: 98985-35OLD Town faces severe congestion next week when Newport Street closes to through traffic. read more

• Problems are just piling up

  Eddie Bata outside his Rodbourne Mini Market Picture Ref: 98978-11SHOPOWNERS in Rodbourne are angry a mountain of rubbish bags is being left outside their shops and putting off their customers. read more

• Funeral date of accident victim is announced

  THE funeral of a man who was crushed to death in a baling machine is set to take place on Tuesday. Paul McGuire, 33, from Greatfield near Hook, died on Tuesday August 16 in the tragic accident at a recycling centre in Cricklade. read more

• One that did not get away

  NINE out of 10 points was scored by Phil McKay in the Coleview match at Bourton-on-the-Water on Sunday. read more

• Monster bug bursts out of wooden table

  Rebecca Watts takes a close-up look at the unwelcome house guest Picture Ref: 98988-81A SWINDON woman was repeatedly told that she was imagining things when she claimed there was a crunching noise coming from her kitchen table. read more

• Waiting For Godot - Theatre Royal

  UNTIL SEPTEMBER 3 2005, BATH: Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot has made its mark on the cultural consciousness everyone knows it is a play about two tramps, in which nothing happens and Godot never arrives. read more

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