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Swindons award-winning The Hop Inn pub has debunked a myth about being named after a song by local band XTC.

TEN years ago, a Swindon sales rep decided to turn an old sex shop into a pub.

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Sometimes the biggest tool law enforcement has to calm a volatile situation is a 1-inch-diameter pin.

TUPELO • Sometimes the biggest tool law enforcement has to calm a volatile situation is a 1-inch-diameter pin.

SWINDON businesses hit hardest by the town’s new Tier 4 restrictions have vowed to come back stronger when the Covid pandemic ends.  On Boxing Day pubs, cafes and restaurants in the town had to close unless operating as a takeaway or delivery service.  But less than a week later – on New Year’s Eve – Swindon was moved into the ‘stay at home’ Tier 4, meaning all non-essential retail shops also had to close as well. Manni Madhani, owner of The Bank on Wood Street, is hopeful t...

The Hop launched the online appeal on the Go Fund Me website last week after concerns that it had come out of the second lockdown in a worse state than it had entered it. Within 24 hours, the appeal had hit its £5,000 target. In less than a week, it has raised more than £10,000 for the pub. Landlord Jason Putt, who runs the Devizes Road pub and smaller boozer The Little Hop, said: “Its pretty damn good to be honest. Its just amazing.” Jason Putt, landlord of The Hop Picture: DAVE C...