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Crooks' double hit on catering firm
Burton Mail
A CATERING company near Swadlincote has been forced to move out of its premises after they were wrecked by two burglaries. Police are appealing for ...

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Burton Mail

Swadlincote residents warned of boy's Asbo
BBC News
Aston Turvey, from Swadlincote, has been given the order for repeated offences including shoplifting, assault and damage to property. ...
TOWN BAN FOR ASBO BOY, 13Burton Mail

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BBC News

Edwina Currie remembers the end of the miners' strike
BBC News
"I would go to the Miners' Welfare in Swadlincote and people would say 'what's all this about rolling back the tides of Thatcherism? ...

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Battling Katie inspires Community Champions nomination
Derby Evening Telegraph
Katie Clamp, a pupil at Pingle School, in Swadlincote, has to take up to 15 tablets a day and often feels ill and tired. The 13-year-old suffers from an ...


Chimney on fire
FireEngineering.com
A crew from Swadlincote attended the blaze, in Repton Road, at 4.42pm on Saturday. It was out by 5.39pm. Earlier in the day, the same firefighters were ...


BBC News

Brain cancer girl wins her battle
BBC News
A three-year-old girl from Swadlincote who has beaten an inoperable brain tumour is fronting a new national cancer awareness campaign. ...

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Burton Mail

Burton aces eye up county glory
Burton Mail
The daughter of Trevor and Pauline Sharpe, of Swadlincote, she took up running comparatively late in life but has achieved a standard resembling that of her ...

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Burton Mail

Tories' 'sabotage' claims refuted
Burton Mail
LABOUR councillors have denied trying to ?sabotage? two flagship developments in Swadlincote in a row over a deal which could see a sixfigure sum paid to a ...

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Burton Mail

Bangladesh visitors in South Derbyshire
Burton Mail
BANGLADESHI teaching staff have visited three Swadlincote schools in the latest round of an exchange programme designed to foster cultural ...


Burton Mail

Trees scheme to brighten up town
Burton Mail
GATEWAYS into Swadlincote are being spruced up with a major tree-planting and landscaping scheme. Initially, around 60 semi-mature trees are being planted ...

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