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WEBCHAT: With Justin Tomlinson
12:00pm Monday 13th October 2008
THE Adver would like to welcome Coun Justin Tomlinson who is taking part in the first of our series of webchats on elected mayors.
Comments (22)I got it wrong says solicitor
11:40am Monday 13th October 2008
AN INTERNET dater facing an assault charge after turning up in a woman’s bedroom unannounced, may change his plea to not guilty after his solicitor admitted making a mistake.
Successful woman's beauty will never fade
11:00am Monday 13th October 2008
TRIBUTES have been paid to leading Swindon businesswoman and a former Miss Thamesdown, Carole Gesman, who has died of cancer aged 49.
Doubt over plans to build 51 houses
10:10am Monday 13th October 2008
PLANS to build 51 houses on the RAF Wroughton site are set to be shot down by Swindon Council’s planning committee.
Armed forces say thank you to Wootton Bassett
8:50am Monday 13th October 2008
THE people of Wootton Bassett are only too familiar with lining the streets to pay their respects to fallen servicemen.
Yobs go on early morning wrecking spree
8:00am Monday 13th October 2008
PENSIONERS have been left housebound after mindless yobs went on a vandalism spree.
13 miles of sheer pain and pleasure
7:00am Monday 13th October 2008
IT MAY have resulted in thousands of aching limbs, but this year’s Swindon Half Marathon has been declared a huge success by organisers and runners alike.
Lads and their dads bond at school
11:00pm Sunday 12th October 2008
A SPECIAL bonding session through sport gave dads and their lads a chance to spend quality time together in Swindon.
Job losses shock for Dyson staff
8:20pm Sunday 12th October 2008
STAFF at the Dyson factory in Malmesbury have been told that a third of all jobs in the research and development department are under review and up to 64 people could lose their jobs.
Bands play in tribute day to John Peel
8:10pm Sunday 12th October 2008
A SHOWCASE of Swindon’s musical talent was held in the town centre in memory of the late BBC Radio One DJ, John Peel.
Beavers are in top gear
7:30pm Sunday 12th October 2008
BEAVERS reinvented the wheel and won a competition when they designed their own cars.
Woman tried to take kitchen knife into bar
6:53pm Sunday 12th October 2008
A WOMAN found in possession of a four-inch blade outside a popular town bar claimed she needed it for her crack habit.
Childrens' centre opens doors
2:20pm Sunday 12th October 2008
STAFF at Eldene Children’s Centre dressed up as pirates to welcome families aboard.
John's wintry scene is a winner
10:40am Sunday 12th October 2008
THE winner of the Old Town Library Photography competition for September has been announced.
Night-time work comes under scrutiny
8:40am Sunday 12th October 2008
A MAJOR investigation into the risks facing Swindon’s night workers will take place over the next few weeks.
National News
Let Gurkhas settle in UK: Lumley
Updated 11:57am Monday 13th October 2008
Actress Joanna Lumley will join Gurkha soldiers in Parliament to fight for their right to settle in the UK.
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A HISTORIAN is hoping the public can offer more information about the Swindon railway works for his latest book.
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Celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott was faced with an emotional dilemma in a recent episode of the genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are? Having traced one line of his ancestry to great-great-great grandmother, Catherine Smith, born into slavery in 1831, he then discovered a shocking piece of evidence. A different branch of his family tree led to great-great-grandfather James Gordon Harriott, white man and slave owner.
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