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Band through to regional finals of music contest

Laura Duckworth

10:50pm Thursday 18th March 2010

Swindon-born Laura Duckworth has won through to the London regional finals of a national music competition with her band Scarlletta.

Wonders from a bygone age

10:20pm Thursday 18th March 2010

NOT half an hour from Swindon is one of the wonders of the modern world.

Judge told of second break-in

9:10pm Thursday 18th March 2010

A teenager who burgling his grandparents’ home in the Cotswolds has done it again, a judge was told.

Cherie in town as election day looms

8:20pm Thursday 18th March 2010

THREE days before the date of what many predict will be the day of the next general election, Cherie Blair will headline the 17th Swindon Festival of Literature.

Ex-police chief is new high sheriff

7:30pm Thursday 18th March 2010

Dame Elizabeth Neville, former Chief Constable of Wiltshire, more than got the point at an ancient ceremony when she became the new High Sheriff of Wiltshire – her name was singled out by the Queen.

Dad follows son into boxing ring

Kev Dawson and son Charlie

5:00pm Thursday 18th March 2010

THE father of wheelchair fund teenager Charlie Dawson will be taking to the boxing ring to give something back to the club that helped his son.

Prospect staff praised for their work

Karyn Turvill, trustee James Towner, Anne Hughes, Andrew Thompson, Debbie Ho, Anne Macmillan, Miriam Colborne, Debbie Priday and Sue Curtis at the Prospect presentation evening

4:10pm Thursday 18th March 2010

Prospect Hospice’s chief executive Vicki Morrey paid tribute to staff and volunteers at a special presentation evening held at the Blunsdon House Hotel.

Fair fun at Steam

3:00pm Thursday 18th March 2010

MUMS, dads and little ones are invited to a bumper Swindon Baby Fair at the Steam Museum on May 13 and 14.

Fears over drug linked to deaths

2:00pm Thursday 18th March 2010

POLICE fear Meow Meow could claim another young life after seizing the drug for the first time in Swindon.

Football fans arrested

1:10pm Thursday 18th March 2010

POLICE arrested 12 Swindon Town fans after a fight erupted before a football match against Southampton.

Choirs hit right note at music festival

12:00pm Thursday 18th March 2010

EVERYTHING came together in perfect harmony for the first day of this year’s Swindon Music Festival.

Police stop-search ‘disproportionate’

11:00am Thursday 18th March 2010

BLACK people are four times more likely than those who are white or Asian to be stopped and searched by police in Wiltshire, new research claims.

Calls for better signs after TV man’s death

10:00am Thursday 18th March 2010

A coroner has called on highway chiefs to put up more warning signs on a dangerous Cotswolds road bend where a talented TV picture editor died in a motorcycle accident.

MPs pleased as unemployment falls again

9:30am Thursday 18th March 2010

THE DOLE queues in Swindon shortened last month – with 82 fewer people claiming jobless benefits since the previous count.

Teenager jumped red light and injured pedestrian

9:00am Thursday 18th March 2010

A teenage motorist driving through a red light hit a pedestrian so hard with the wing mirror of his car that it fell off.




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