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Crowds enjoy Hollywood festival despite downpour

10:00am Monday 17th June 2013

ARMED with umbrellas, hundreds of people braved the wet weather yesterday as Cricklade High Street turned into Hollywood Boulevard.

• Cricklade Festival promises excitement for all

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Get Swindon Working: Why am I not good enough?

9:30am Monday 17th June 2013

MORE than 300 applications, just three interviews, and there’s still no sign of work for Maria Gaskin after months of searching.

• Get Swindon Working: 4,500 jobless - but we've got it better than most
• Get Swindon Working: MP Robert Buckland supports our campaign
• Get Swindon Working: Welcome to our campaign

Get Swindon Working: MP Robert Buckland supports our campaign

9:30am Monday 17th June 2013

THE Adver’s campaign to help the unemployed in Swindon has been supported by South Swindon MP Robert Buckland.

• Get Swindon Working: 4,500 jobless - but we've got it better than most
• Get Swindon Working: Why am I not good enough?
• Get Swindon Working: Welcome to our campaign

Get Swindon Working: 4,500 jobless - but we've got it better than most

9:19am Monday 17th June 2013

WITH more than 4,000 people in Swindon out of work, 1,000 new benefit claims every month and an average waiting time of more than 15 weeks to secure a job, finding employment looks like a daunting prospect... but help is at hand to get Swindon working.

• Get Swindon Working: MP Robert Buckland supports our campaign
• Get Swindon Working: Why am I not good enough?
• Get Swindon Working: Welcome to our campaign

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Hundreds sign up to save festive market

8:40am Monday 17th June 2013

A CAMPAIGN to bring back the Christmas market has received the support of hundreds just days after it was launched.

• Campaigners call for festive market
• Council may lift its street trading ban
• Business groups aim to rescue Swindon's Christmas market
• Opinions divided on best spot for Swindon town centre market

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Crowds turn out in force for the Old Town Festival

8:10am Monday 17th June 2013

IT did not rain on the parade as hundreds lined the streets of Old Town for the finale of the Old Town Festival on Saturday.

• Applauding a magical mayor
• Old Town Festival draws in the crowds
• Festival procession will remember Rex
• Festival fever sweeps Old Town

Mental health trust gets better

8:00am Monday 17th June 2013

AVON and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust has been described as “open, honest, transparent, and supportive” by a review team.

• Wiltshire health trust one of worst for work-related stress
• More transparency for mental health
• Wiltshire mental health service failing to meet essential standards
• Wiltshire mental health service responds to criticism

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An ocean of fans enjoy '80s legend

8:00am Monday 17th June 2013

IT MAY not have been the balmy summer’s evening that organisers were hoping for but it didn’t take long for legendary singer Billy Ocean to warm up the sell-out crowd at the Bowl.

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Cancer sufferer sacrifices her long hair for charity

7:00am Monday 17th June 2013

BRAVE Ann Fazey has had her long brown locks shaved in memory of a friend, just days before she begins treatment for cancer herself.

• Cancer victim in tribute to friend

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One charity set to sweep the Monopoly board

8:00pm Sunday 16th June 2013

ONE Swindon charity will get the chance to ‘Pass GO’ and land a space on the new, customised Monopoly board for the town.

• Old Kent Road? No, we’re too posh
• Swindon’s own version of Monopoly is launched
• Advance to Lydiard Park. Collect £200 for passing go

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Youngsters celebrate Queen's birthday

12:20pm Sunday 16th June 2013

YOUNGSTERS have spent the week celebrating the Queen’s birthday.

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Teen brought light to an African school

10:50am Sunday 16th June 2013

A TEENAGER has returned from an African adventure helping children in poor communities.

Daisy’s design is a real winner for junior good citizens

9:10am Sunday 16th June 2013

A LOGO designed by a Swindon youngster is to be the main symbol of the Junior Good Citizen campaign.

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Supermarket takes over and jobs will be created

5:00pm Saturday 15th June 2013

A DERELICT supermarket which became an eyesore in Gorse Hill is set to open its doors again and will be creating dozens of jobs in the process.

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Spotlight shines on school’s troupe of dancers

4:30pm Saturday 15th June 2013

SWINDON’S Danzone school has been invited to send dancers to perform in the full scale production of Spotlight Variety Performance, at the New Theatre, in Oxford.

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