Swindon job boost as BMW make 1,000 permanent appointments

Swindon Advertiser: The Swindon pressing plant

4:27pm Thursday 12th December 2013

AROUND 1,000 agency workers at car giant BMW are to be made permanent employees, guaranteeing job security for years for employees at Swindon's pressings plant.

Breaking news Iranian sentenced to six years in prison after raping vulnerable woman

Swindon Advertiser: Hamid Erfani, 34, of North Street, Swindon, has been sentenced to 6 years in prison after being found guilty of rape

4:18pm Thursday 12th December 2013

HAMID Erfani was this afternoon sentenced to six years in prison for raping a vulnerable woman in her own home in November 2012.

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Groves to stick with Swindon trainer Fitzpatrick

Swindon Advertiser: George Groves, left, with Paddy Fitzpatrick

5:30am Thursday 12th December 2013

GEORGE Groves says Swindon trainer Paddy Fitzpatrick is the right man to help him realise his world title dream.

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Swindon MP still reluctantly accepting pay hike as Prime Minister tells regulator to reconsider

Swindon Advertiser: South Swindon MP Robert Buckland says the proposals ‘fly in the face of reality’

3:05pm Thursday 12th December 2013

SWINDON South MP Robert Buckland has reiterated he would "reluctantly" accept an 11 per cent pay rise after Prime Minister David Cameron urged the pay regulator to "think again" after it confirmed plans for the hike.

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Drink drivers targeted in rush hour clampdown

Swindon Advertiser: A motorist is pulled over during this morning's one-hour action in Swindon

12:30pm Thursday 12th December 2013

DRINK drivers were being targeted in a co-ordinated day of action by community speedwatch and roads policing teams across Wiltshire this morning.

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Battle against homes at Ridgeway Farm is lost

Swindon Advertiser: From left, Kevin Fisher, Martyn Parrott, Coun Nick Fisher, Coun Jacqui Lay, Coun Garry Perkins, Roger Ogle and Paula Russell

5:30am Thursday 12th December 2013

THE battle against a 700-home development at Ridgeway Farm has finally been lost as Wiltshire Council has approved the first phase of expansion.

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Man jailed over cowardly attack on girlfriend

Swindon Advertiser: James Webdell pushed his girlfriend so hard she fell and fractured her skull

5:30am Thursday 12th December 2013

A MAN out celebrating his birthday left his girlfriend with a fractured skull when he pushed her over in a cowardly attack outside a pub.

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Firefighters ready for strike weekend

Swindon Advertiser: No surrender: Striking firefighters outside Drove Road fire station

5:30am Thursday 12th December 2013

PREPARATIONS are being made to ensure there is enough cover during the latest strikes by firefighters due to take place this weekend.

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