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Swindon's reputation, term time holiday ban and internet training to help OAP loneliness

Shaun Hodgetts sits in & asks if Swindon deserves the bad reputation it gets. And a campaign group challenges the ban on taking children out of school during term time.

Shaun Hodgetts sits in and asks if Swindon deserves the bad reputation it repeatedly gets, after former Apprentice contestant Katie Hopkins described it in her newspaper column as 'ugly' and a place 'no one cares about'.

We hear from the campaign group 'Parents Want A Say' as they're challenging the ban on taking children out of school during term time.

And we talk to a local group about the idea of the internet helping the older generation who are lonely.

3 hours

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Tue 27 May 2014 09:00

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  • Tue 27 May 2014 09:00