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Swindon News

• Award for man who safeguards maps

  SENIOR conservator Paul Smith, who has been safeguarding Wiltshire's maps, books and documents since 1970, has been presented with a High Sheriff's Award. read more

• Pupils organise riot against rival school

  FIGHTING erupted at Hreod Parkway School last Thursday when a gang from a rival school stormed into the premises. read more

• Big party in memory of a popular young man

  FRIENDS of a 21-year-old man who died suddenly after a birthday party are holding a fundraising evening in his honour. read more

• Programme gives boy his first ever words

  RICHIE Ward has spent the first six years of his life in silence. read more

• MEP’s fears on threat to organs

  WILTSHIRE and Swindon Euro-MP Caroline Jackson has joined in the chorus of disapproval over an EU directive that could mean the end of the manufacture of traditional pipe organs. read more

• Give a disabled child a hand

  SWINDON Council is looking for people who have time to spare to make a difference for a disabled child. read more

• Letters of warning to kerb crawlers

  The first batch of letters warning kerb crawlers to stay out of Swindon's red light district will be landing on doormats in the next few days. read more

• Constable took lethal cocktail

  SPECIAL constable Kelly Scott-Brown, who immersed herself in work so much that her husband left, killed herself days later. read more

• Wrestler seeks sponsorship for Olympic bid

  ONLY four years ago wrestler Aman Sakhizadeh fled Kabul in Afghanistan at the age of 14. read more

• Player victim of burglary

  POLICE are hunting burglars who targeted the house of Swindon Town front man Christian Roberts. read more

• Father begs for boxing tickets at games fight

  JAMIE Cox's dad Tony had to beg for tickets to watch his son reach the Commonwealth Games semi-final in Melbourne. read more

• Musical tributes at funeral of crash victim

  Friends, family and workmates gathered in Broad Hinton and Swindon yesterday to celebrate the short lives of crash victims Toby Baldwin and Ian Burt. read more

• Victim of vicious street attack dies

  A murder investigation has been launched following the death of a Polish teenager who was the victim of a vicious attack in Highworth in the early hours of Sunday. read more

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