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• £14.09 an hour ...you're joking!

  GET me a copy of Thursday's Adver, it will no doubt be full of jobs paying £14.09 an hour. Or maybe not! read more

• Plea for good attendance

  PEOPLE are encouraged to attend the next lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender coalition meeting. read more

• War in the air

  Flying to the rescue Neil Curtis with his three-year-old Harris Hawk RolfSEAGULLS intent on settling in Swindon could soon be winging their way out of the town. read more

• The day roads turned to rivers

  Drivers negotiate flooded roads in Swindon Ref: 71656-30AUGUST may not have brought glorious sunshine to Swindon yet but things could be a lot worse. read more

• Pair face another setback in their Mongolia drive

  Mark, left, and John BarkerA FATHER and son driving team fear they will have to pull out of a charity car rally from Swindon to Mongolia. read more

• Cyclists are told to pay attention

  THE number of pedestrians and cyclists injured on Swindon's roads has increased and it's because they are not paying attention. read more

• Kids get a different angle on summer fun

  Hayleigh Ward at the Science Holiday ClubTHE summer holidays provided an out of this world week for Swindon children at a special holiday camp. read more

• Man dragged a boy off his bike

  IRATE Kevin Logan dragged a 15-year-old leaflet dropper off his bike, a court heard. The 46-year-old from Croome Close, Priory Vale, yesterday admitted common assault. read more

• Vandals' victim proud of town

  A happier Sue Duggan cleans up her wrecked house Ref: 78750-46SWINDON...AND PROUD OF IT: A MOTHER-OF-FOUR whose home was trashed by yobs says the generosity of Swindon people has made her proud of the town. read more

• £32m - What PCT chief must save to keep her job

  Carol ClarkeNORTH Wiltshire's health chief has admitted her job is on the line unless she pulls services out of a £32m black hole of debt within three years. read more

• University will inspire students

  COATE DEVELOPMENT: I FEEL that Coun Tomlinson has misunderstood one of the main points concerning the proposed University of Bath in Swindon. read more

• Been here before

  COATE DEVELOPMENT: I AM in full agreement with Mr John Dixon over the debate on the future of Coate Water, but I do not think anyone is listening, or reading the letters on Save Coate Water. read more

• Greenbelt land

  COATE DEVELOPMENT: I AM of an open mind whether we should build on the Coate Water area. The only things that I would say against it is would we be able to provide facilities to make it viable? read more

• Concrete pillows

  COATE DEVELOPMENT: THE Coate debate seems set in concrete. Swindon sleeps as concrete creeps to Coate. read more

• Don't succumb

  COATE DEVELOPMENT: THE university must not be allowed to build its new campus on the Coate Water site. read more

• College site ideal

  COATE DEVELOPMENT: I AM a local history member. Reading recently in the Adver once again about Coate Water being transformed by a university and houses disgusts me. read more

• Town will be second best at Tykes: Howard

  BRIAN Howard predicts a miserable start to Town's League One campaign today with the midfielder 'devastated' that he cannot take on his former colleagues. read more

• House of puzzles

  SOMETHING a bit puzzling is going on at Lydiard House this summer, and the organisers are asking children to help work it out. read more

• Gift for humanity

  DONALD Trump has offered to renovate the United Nations headquarters and will do it all for free. read more

• Where do these figures come from?

  THE article regarding the average hourly pay rate for Swindon had my jaw hitting the floor. Where do these figures come from? read more

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