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Gail shows how to make friends and boost profits

7:10pm Sunday 14th March 2010

A Highworth businesswoman is set to give readers the benefit of her networking expertise.

Man killed in M4 accident

7:09pm Sunday 14th March 2010

A PEDESTRIAN died after he was struck by a recovery vehicle on the M4 motorway.

Research team launches 'super crops' study

6:00pm Sunday 14th March 2010

A new research initiative has been launched in Swindon to speed up the development of crops with higher yields.

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Thieves target five cars at multi-storey

10:50am Sunday 14th March 2010

THIEVES targeted five vehicles in less than two weeks at a town centre multi-storey car park.

Sex education expert award

2:10pm Saturday 13th March 2010

SEX education expert Gail McVicar has scooped a national award for her unique approach to the subject in schools.

Mum and daughter think of Paul, one year on

12:10pm Saturday 13th March 2010

FOUR-YEAR-OLD Lucy Cole and her mum Louise will send a balloon to the heavens today to mark a painful anniversary.

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Have you got what it takes to be Miss Swindon?

11:10am Saturday 13th March 2010

DO YOU think you’ve got what it takes to be a beauty queen?

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Man's sex attack on woman in alleyway

10:00am Saturday 13th March 2010

A WOMAN suffered a serious sexual assault down an alleyway just yards from a busy Swindon road.

Anger over bus noise

9:50am Saturday 13th March 2010

SLEEP deprived residents have set up a campaigning website to stop ‘noise, light and air pollution’ from a neighbourhood bus depot.

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Watch out, there's an eagle owl about

7:26pm Friday 12th March 2010

AN escaped owl may now be so hungry it could resort to killing dogs and cats.

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MP James Gray doesn’t want to travel on standard ticket

6:10pm Friday 12th March 2010

North Wiltshire MP James Gray has joined dozens of fellow MPs requesting the right to first-class train travel.

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Row over hospital parking charges

1:20pm Friday 12th March 2010

Great Western Hospital could face fresh scrutiny over its parking after a Which? report revealed a catalogue of problems patients face with NHS car parks.

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