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• Swindon are sunk by Bredon

  Swindon's second string completed a rain-interrupted Dorset & Wilts League game but lost by four wickets to Bredon 2nd at the County Ground. read more

• Cyclist completes 6,000-mile trip

  A DAREDEVIL cyclist did not let freezing conditions and a few mishaps get in the way of a 6,000-mile charity ride to the Arctic Circle and back. read more

• Firefighters ready to answer medical calls

  HIGHLY-trained firefighters will be sent now to more medical emergencies in Wiltshire than ever before. read more

• People are 'priced out of keeping fit'

  A DISGRUNTLED leisure centre user says Salisbury district council is putting short-term profits before long-term health. read more

• Baby Sidney is a whopping 12lb 7oz bundle of joy

  AT less than two weeks old, Sidney Crummack is dressed in clothes made for a baby of three months. read more

• Police drive to curb young binge drinkers

  AS figures revealed the horror of binge drinking across the nation this week, Wiltshire Police launched a crackdown on alcohol abuse. read more

• Victim is home as search for car driver goes on

  Geoff Fisher, the victim of a hit-and-run incidentWAR veteran Geoff Fisher has urged decent-thinking people to shop a hit-and-run driver who left him for dead in the road. read more

• Obscene grafitti at kids' play area

  Coun Bill Roberts outside the toilets which have been daubed with grafitti Picture Ref: 78697-80BORED youths have been blamed for a spate of school holiday vandalism. read more

• Dog abandoned at sanctuary

  John Warwick with the dog left abandoned at the gate of his animal sanctuary Picture Ref: 78690-56WHEN Deana Warwick drove to the animal sanctuary she runs with her husband in Wootton Bassett, she had a big surprise. read more

• Time to call a halt

  There is no need to have a university in Swindon there are several in an hour or so driving distance. read more

• So much lost

  IT seems to me the children and young people of Swindon have far more sense than the council and the developers. read more

• Bike accident victim named

  Trevor GibbsLOVED ones of the father-of-two killed in a motorbike accident say he was a popular man who lived his life to the full. read more

• Homeless refuge needs new home

  Major David Coates outside Davis House Picture Ref: 78688-63STAFF at a homeless hostel fear they could be made homeless themselves unless they can quickly find a new site. read more

• Confidence rises despite bombings

  Stuart BernauTHE terrorist attacks in London have failed to dampen consumer confidence according to a survey by Swindon-based Nationwide. read more

• Negligible benefit from a university

  Picture Ref: 73037-43THE GREAT DEBATE: ONE of Swindon's top Tories has questioned whether a university would benefit Swindon. read more

• Mind the Gap: Of Mice and Men - Ustinov Studio

  SEPTEMBER 30 - OCTOBER 1 2005, BATH: Mind the Gap, the UK's leading theatre company working with learning disabled artists, comes to the Ustinov from September 30 to October 1 with a new adaptation of John Steinbeck's classic story, Of Mice and Men. read more

• Toilets go down the pan

  IT'S getting harder to spend a penny in Swindon because public toilets across the town are closing. read more

• Shock snub to visitor centre

  ENGLISH Heritage is to resubmit plans for a £67.5m Stonehenge visitor centre, after Salisbury district council controversially threw out the application. read more

• Review for Brunel link road plans

  COUNCILLORS are to review controversial plans for the Harnham relief road and Brunel link to the city's Churchfields industrial estate, it was announced this week. read more

• Holmes' City jigsaw begins to take shape

  TRIALLISTS hoping to land a contract with Salisbury City for the coming season are running out of time in which to impress their claims on manager Nick Holmes. read more

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