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Schools face £4m bill for unpaid wages

Swindon Advertiser | News - 11 min 24 sec ago
SWINDON schools face a bill of nearly £4m in equal pay settlements.
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Car parking cost to rise

Swindon Advertiser | News - 1 hour 42 min ago
SMALL business owners have claimed the council is adding ‘insult to injury’ by raising parking charges again.
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Music festival set to start

Swindon Advertiser | News - 2 hours 42 min ago
SWINDON Music Festival will be flooding the town with song and music next week.
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Swindon sign up Liverpool's Darby

BBC News & Sport | Swindon - 2 hours 45 min ago
Swindon Town sign Liverpool full-back Stephen Darby on-loan until the end of the season.
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Action call over noise

Swindon Advertiser | News - 3 hours 32 min ago
FAMILIES living near a bus depot in Swindon have called for an end to late-night noise.
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Plane jump in memory of sister

Swindon Advertiser | News - 3 hours 42 min ago
Liana Sinclair will be throwing herself out of a plane next weekend to thank the hospice that cared for her sister before she died of a rare disease.
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The UK’s digital TV switchover has started

Swindon Link - 3 hours 52 min ago
If you live in West Swindon, don’t lose your channels
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Christine's ready for Starlight walk

Swindon Advertiser | News - 4 hours 32 min ago
STAND shoulder to shoulder with us this summer and raise money for Prospect Hospice.
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Cher's new challenge to help young people

Swindon Advertiser | News - 5 hours 2 min ago
CHER Sawyer, the lady who has been the driving force for more than 25 years behind the Threshold charity which looks after Swindon’s homeless, is moving on to work with the town’s youth.
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Police force is good value, says report

Swindon Advertiser | News - 5 hours 32 min ago
WILTSHIRE Police are excellent at reducing crime, good at policing and value for money after an assessment by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC).
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Biggest ever turnout for Mad March Hare 3

Swindon Link - 5 hours 58 min ago
700+ runners and walkers raise thousands for Breakthrough Breast Cancer
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Henry Webster’s mum in meeting with PM

Swindon Advertiser | News - 6 hours 2 min ago
THE MOTHER of a teenager who was violently attacked has been asked by Prime Minister Gordon Brown to take part in a review of the support available to victims of crime.
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Alleyways to be closed at night

Swindon Advertiser | News - 6 hours 32 min ago
TWO alleyways in the town centre are to be gated off to stop urinating, assaults, drug-dealing and drug-taking by late night revellers.
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Wi-fi wars could hit town's future

Swindon Advertiser | News - 7 hours 2 min ago
COUNCILLORS were urged last night to stop playing party politics over the wi-fi scheme as it could damage the future of town.
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Churchfields pupils aim to make it an eco school

Swindon Advertiser | News - 7 hours 22 min ago
PUPILS will be keeping an eye on their teachers in a bid to reduce their school’s carbon footprint.
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Swindon Council to move out of Premier House

Swindon Advertiser | News - 7 hours 42 min ago
FROM next month Swindon Council will operate a one-stop-shop for all public enquiries after announcing they will moving out of Premier House.
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History: lure of gold took woman to America

Swindon Advertiser | News - 8 hours 25 min ago
During the 19th century the Great Western Railway, in the rapidly expanding town of New Swindon, attracted workers from far and wide. Robert Wattleworth from the Isle of Man worked as a railway labourer before becoming licensee at the Falcon Inn on Westcott Place; his wife Jane was born in Carlisle. But the Falcon Inn was a mere stopping off point for the wandering Wattleworth family.
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Man admits threat to kill police officer

Swindon Advertiser | News - 8 hours 29 min ago
A man who told a nurse he was going to kill a police officer has admitted intentionally causing her harassment, alarm or distress.
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Students take historical view for campaigns

Swindon Advertiser | News - 8 hours 32 min ago
RIDGEWAY School is the first in the country to run a course encouraging pupils to campaign on issues that matter to them.
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MK Dons 2-1 Swindon Town

BBC News & Sport | Swindon - 8 hours 33 min ago
MK Dons move to within five points of play-off rivals Swindon with a hard-fought win at Stadium MK.
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