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Swindon musicians grin and bear it for charity calendar

3:00pm Friday 5th December 2008

MUSICIANS are hoping to raise a few notes for charity by baring all for a racy calendar.

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Reflecting with hospice on lives of loved ones

2:00pm Friday 5th December 2008

DEBBIE Ho, patient services director at Prospect Hospice, is involved in the organisation of the Light up a Life service and has been six times herself.

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Concerns over Old Town Library's future

1:00pm Friday 5th December 2008

SUPPORTERS of Old Town Library are worried that the goalposts may have been moved over its future prospects.

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Folio Hotels staff fear for their jobs

11:00am Friday 5th December 2008

SWINDON based firm Folio Hotels has gone into administration – putting more than 100 local jobs at risk.

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Families want cash back after Lapland fiasco

10:00am Friday 5th December 2008

THE Christmas attraction that left Swindon families disappointed has closed.

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Recession will hit council tax in Swindon

9:00am Friday 5th December 2008

THE recession will hit Swindon more profoundly than any previous period of financial turmoil and its effects will be felt for at least the next two budgets, according to the outgoing cabinet member for finance.

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Honda pulls plug on Formula One

8:13am Friday 5th December 2008

HONDA will pull out of Formula One unless a buyer can be found by the end of the month, the Honda Motorsport Corporation confirmed in a statement this morning.

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Fratellis make it so intimate at Oasis

8:00am Friday 5th December 2008

THE Oasis Leisure Centre was alive with energy last night as Swindon welcomed Scot rockers the Fratellis back for their second electric gig in the town.

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Tree cheers! Magic Roundabout gets a festive makeover

7:10am Friday 5th December 2008

THE MAGIC Roundabout will take delivery of an early Christmas present this year, in the shape of a giant spruce.

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Interest rate cut - but not for everyone

7:10am Friday 5th December 2008

MORTGAGE brokers in Swindon are expecting lenders’ interest rates to fall from their current rate of between 5.8 and 4.7 per cent – but only for homebuyers with a 25 per cent deposit.

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Ex-pal burgled in camper van revenge attack

10:00pm Thursday 4th December 2008

A JUDGE has put off passing sentence on an ex-con who burgled a former friend’s flat in retaliation for him slashing the tyres on his camper van.

Students help build for the future in the Gambia

9:00pm Thursday 4th December 2008

CONSTRUCTION students have helped build a better life for villagers in the Gambia.

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Swindon parishes bid to adopt red phone boxes

8:00pm Thursday 4th December 2008

PARISHES in Swindon are pressing ahead with plans to adopt their phone boxes.

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Malmesbury could become a ghost town

6:59pm Thursday 4th December 2008

SHOPPERS in Malmesbury need to change their ways or they will be left with a ‘ghost town’.

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Harpist joins choir

3:40pm Thursday 4th December 2008

A PROFESSIONAL harpist will be adding celestial sounds to the angelic choir of the Janice Thompson Performance Trust at the charity’s garland of carols show this weekend.