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'LAWLESS' PINEHURST: Lawyer paints picture of knife gangs and daily robberies

Shoppers say free Sunday parking not the answer for 'dead' town centre

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Neighbours' privacy and noise fears as controversial farm plans return

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Newsreader recalls IRA bombings of 1979 ahead of BBC documentary

School holidays on a budget: Author's top tips for days out with the kids

School holidays on a budget: Mum's Facebook group is a real winner

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SPECIAL REPORT: How to enjoy the school holidays in Swindon (without breaking the bank)

Tell us what we can recycle, shopper tells online retailers

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WHAT YOU SAID: Flats on town centre garage site prompt parking fears

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Pencil sharpener blades used as makeshift weapons on Swindon's streets, youth workers told

WATCH: Huge power station demolition doesn't quite go to plan

Ex-RAF officer is ready to fly high with new career

Space dome proves a galactic success at Steam

Indians celebrate independence in style

GRAHAM CARTER: Last day of freedom missing from bestselling book

Town centre shoppers meet new member of inSwindon street team

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County's huge potholes pay out after 4,000 complaints

WHAT'S BEING PLANNED: Applications made, approved or denied this week in Swindon

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Family release wedding photo of newlywed policeman PC Andrew Harper

Where can you get the best Sunday roast in Swindon?

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WATCH: Didcot Power Station towers demolished

No need for anybody in Swindon to be drenched by our summer

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Heavy traffic after horse box breaks down on M4

Girl 'stamped on' in attack outside school gates

Football fan’s still kicking about as he prepares to turn 70

Council avoids New Eastern Villages delay costing millions with High Court victory

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PC Andrew Harper: Ten remain in custody as traveller site is raided

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WI marks 100 years of keeping people warm and well fed

Wroughton votes for a new £1m playground pavilion

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WHAT YOU SAID: Warnings over impact of stop and search

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Millfest back again after cruel cancellation

Businesses can hear from Swindon's cabinet minister at breakfast

Drug crimes lower than 6 years ago

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Social worker honoured again

Website full of hidden gems hopes to attract more tourists to Swindon

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Chance for Swindon's bands to get their music on the radio

Annual conference gives help to voluntary groups

Young Swindon singers Billy and Louie release new single

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Turn town yellow and green and support air ambulance

Tributes paid to killed officer

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ANGUS MACPHERSON: Extra officers are not a quick fix

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Funds secured for fire cadets in Wiltshire

Fulcher drama called 'a moral conundrum'

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Offices to be protected in town's central business district

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Institute praises IT students' success

MURDER: Newlywed police officer, 28, killed after being dragged along by car - 10 arrested

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WATCH

This is why police were out raiding homes in West Swindon last night

Arrested men released after police carry out drugs raids

WHSmith sells part of Greenbridge HQ for houses - but will stay in tower

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JAILED: Drug addict robber who made needle threats to shop staff

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Foodbank stocks wiped out as families struggle to cope in summer holidays

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Barber's hair-raising challenge for cancer centre

The gloves are ON: Councillors to fight it out in boxing ring

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WHAT YOU SAID: 10,000 people on universal credit in Swindon

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Spider season has started early - and they're coming inside

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Updated

M4 lane reopened near Junction 16 following emergency repairs after accident

Second Wiltshire police officer contaminated by Novichok

Joe celebrates exam success after struggling with ADHD during sixth form studies

Teen breached order banning her from Orbital hangout SIX times (and police also tried to ban her from Swindon)

Missing boy may have been in Wiltshire

Hotel kitchen fire put out in Purton

Letters to the Editor: "Shared spaces are disorienting and dangerous for people with sight loss"

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FULL REPORT AND PICTURE GALLERY: Results day celebrations as Swindon's pass rate rises

'Teachers helped me get my Btec at UTC'

Star student bags Bassett academy's first A* in music

Double the success for competitive Bassett academy twins

REVEALED: 23 knife incidents involving women in Swindon in eight months

Great Western Hospital's new care plan for the elderly is a success

Club battles heavy rain and injuries during epic 900-mile cross-country ride

Youths develop games about online safety

Teenager Darcey lives her dream of dancing in world-class ballet

Dorcan Morrisons disabled parking bays have been moved

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Aldi manager completes London-to-Paris cycle challenge for charity

Ramblers can wander among historic villages

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Swindon band GETRZ take a new direction with new EP

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The Girl on the Train comes to the Swindon stage

JUSTIN TOMLINSON: A week of important announcements

Open spaces will be taken on by parishes

August washout continues - MORE heavy rain on the way

'Gateway' to Swindon town centre will be 'transformed' by 150 new flats

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Swindon A-levels 2019 - all the reaction and pictures on results day

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Two charged after stabbing in Spring Gardens

Mystery '880' underworld boss never identified (as three cocaine plot members jailed)

Sport

Wellens wants another striker and a winger - Isgrove injury will have to be managed

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THE FULL REPORT: It means everything to fans, but nothing (yet) to Wellens

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SPEEDWAY: Rossiter wants second away win in a week at Poole tonight

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Sport

Doyle felt Town deserved more after Exeter draw

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GALLERY: Exeter City 1 Swindon Town 1; Saturday, August 17, 2019

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LEAGUE TWO ROUND-UP: Plymouth lose top spot, while Macclesfield snatch late winner

Impromptu toilet break is Wellens' regret in Exeter draw

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NATIONAL LEAGUE: Collier left confused by slow start in Hungerford draw

SOUTHERN LEAGUE: Marine fail to make chances count in Truro loss

BOWLS: Bassett four win national title

SOUTHERN LEAGUE: Pre-match concerns restrict Highworth in Frome defeat

HELLENIC LEAGUE: Bassett progress in cup after thriller away at Stonehouse

GOLF: Howell on top form in Czech Masters

FULL TIME REPORT: Exeter City 1 Swindon Town 1

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PLAYER RATINGS: Exeter City 1 Swindon Town 1

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MATCHDAY LIVE: Exeter City v Swindon Town

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Wellens only thinking of Town's performance at Exeter

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Full-back hunts progression at Town

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Wellens praises Town chairman Power for completing Doyle deal

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Doyle chasing Swede success

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National sport

A statistical look at the rain-affected second Ashes Test at Lord’s

Kurt Zouma relishing his second chance at Chelsea

Sokratis aiming for winning partnership with Arsenal new boy David Luiz

Cricket urged to reconsider concussion protocols after Smith incident

Unchanged squad for England ahead of Headingley clash

Wilder believes Blades need to be more ‘streetwise’ in Premier League

Philippe Coutinho joins Bayern Munich on loan from Barcelona

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Police and Army officers escape injury in Co Fermanagh bomb blast

Boy, 12, critical after electric shock on railway line

British rider ‘breaks world record for fastest headstand on a motorbike’

Duke of York ‘appalled’ over Epstein sex scandal claims

Teenager in court over Newcastle lawyer stab death

Thousands forced to evacuate amid wildfire on Gran Canaria

Sudden infant deaths at lowest level on record

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