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Villagers celebrate as Arkell's reopens pub

10:00pm Monday 6th July 2009

A PUB which is at the heart of a village community has re-opened thanks to Swindon brewer Arkell’s.

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Man attacked by gang

9:20pm Monday 6th July 2009

A MAN who was out celebrating his 19th birthday suffered serious head injuries when he was attacked by eight men in Swindon.

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Hundreds flock to Summer Breeze festival

8:00pm Monday 6th July 2009

MUSIC was in the air at a farm near Swindon during an annual festival.

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School sports days

7:10pm Monday 6th July 2009

See the Swindon Advertiser for more photographs from school sports days. Go to swindonadvertiser/buythisphoto to see and order photographs.

Three men jailed for arson attacks

7:20pm Monday 6th July 2009

THREE men have been jailed for their part in twice fire bombing a Swindon house in a revenge mission, while its occupants slept.

New book lifts lid on life inside railway works

6:54pm Monday 6th July 2009

THE author of a new book about the history of Swindon’s railway works expects it to be the most comprehensive account of the factory to date.

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Get your skates on to join Race for Life

5:10pm Monday 6th July 2009

WOMEN in Swindon are being urged to seize their last chance to enter Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life in Lydiard Park.

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An apology

2:35pm Monday 6th July 2009

WE would like to apologise for an error on our website earlier today whereby a headline incorrectly said that a motorcyclist who had been in an accident had died.

Swindon mum scoops Lottery jackpot

1:56pm Monday 6th July 2009

A CANCER patient who said she has had the worst year of her life has seen her luck dramatically change with a £2.49 million lottery win.

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Vegetarian food supremo has 'veg with edge'

1:00pm Monday 6th July 2009

A FORMER Swindon college student set aside a high-powered publishing career to found a successful vegetarian food business.

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The shortcut that proved to be fatal

12:00pm Monday 6th July 2009

Today the London Street tunnel provides easy access for shoppers walking from Swindon town centre to the designer outlet village. However, built by Joseph Armstrong in 1871 the tunnel originally had a much more serious purpose. Men living in the company houses would no longer have to dice with death as they crossed the busy railway line to work.

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