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Swindon News

• Missing Sam Theobald-Brown found safe and well

  POLICE haved confirmed that 21-year-old barman Sam Theobald-Brown has been found safe and well. read more

• Now the market comes to you

  THE Old Town market may have ended but a new website to set to help bring the market to your door. read more

• Crowds gather to mark Holocaust Memorial Day

  CHILDREN, politicians, the emergency services and members of the public all gathered yesterday to remember the Holocaust. read more

• Pensioners’ lives are made a misery by stone throwing

  A PENSIONER is asking the culprits who have been throwing gravel from his front garden to stop. read more

• Up to 25,000 students to study at base

  THE defence technical training centre planned for RAF Lyneham will see up to 25,000 students at the campus every year. read more

• MP gives his backing to bid preventing stillbirths

  An MP is supporting a charity’s campaign which could save the lives of more than 1,000 babies each year. South Swindon MP Robert Buckland has attended a parliamentary reception organised by Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity, for the launch of its new report and to hear what needs to be done. read more

• Ed Sheeran + Swindon gig at Oasis = sellout within a few hours

  FANS of Ed Sheeran are ‘out of time’ to get their hands on tickets for the star’s concert at the Oasis. read more

• Meeting over village green bid postponed

  A COMMITTEE meeting to decide whether or not a popular space in Walcot should become a village green has been postponed. read more

• Brave police officers thanked by Prime Minister

  TWO police officers have been thanked personally by the Prime Minister for their contribution to the policing of the London riots last year. read more

• Chance to bring your favourite book to screen

  BOOKWORMS are being challenged to turn their favourite books into short films. read more

• Pub to open longer despite opposition

  A STRATTON pub has been granted longer opening hours in the face of opposition from residents after the proposed time periods were reduced. read more

• Your home’s faulty electrics can kill, warn firefighters

  WILTSHIRE Fire and Rescue Service is supporting the national Fire Kills campaign and the Electrical Safety Council by warning people about the risks of using electrical equipment in the home. read more

• Town pays tribute to those killed in Holocaust

  people will be gathering at the Cenotaph in Regents Circus today to remember those who lost their life during the Holocaust. read more

• Leave parish councils alone says Labour leader

  SWINDON Council’s Labour group leader, Coun Jim Grant, has opposed proposals for the ability of parish councils to “call-in” planning applications. read more

• £75,000 payout for victim of cafe fall

  A WOMAN has won £75,000 in compensation after she fell and broke several bones in a town centre cafe. read more

• I’m just swanning around in the pink

  THEY may normally be a pearly shade of white, but a swan at Coate Water has turned a more rosy shade. read more

• A loveable hero is mourned by many

  THE funeral of local hero Arnold Carey, who saved the lives of two people in separate incidents in Swindon is to be held today in Gorse Hill. read more

• Sat navs guide lorries straight into problems

  GREAT-grandfather Edward Randell is fed up with lorries getting stuck outside his house due to drivers blindly following sat navs. read more

• Double glazing salesmen have nothing to do with the Adver

  HOMEOWNERS have spoken out after cold callers working for a double-glazing firm claimed to be associated with the Swindon Advertiser. read more

• Police hoping to enlist extra eyes and ears

  POLICE are hoping a new project will give criminals paws for thought as they ask dog owners and their pets to help them sniff out crime. read more

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