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  • Salisbury City v Gateshead preview

    SALISBURY City have Lee Brown available again for Saturday’s Blue Square Premier home game with Gateshead. The QPR loanee was suspended for Tuesday's 4-2 FA Cup replay win over Farnborough, after being sent off in the first game. Matt

  • Prince Harry spotted in Salisbury

    PRINCE Harry has been spotted out and about in Salisbury, according to Journal readers. The newsroom has been contacted by several people who say they saw the prince, with a male friend, in the Moloko or The Chapel nightclubs last night.

  • Did jab kill soldier?

    A SOLDIER who trained at Sandhurst with Princes William and Harry died after what his family believes was a severe reaction to an inoculation given ahead of being posted to Afghanistan. Their claim follows an inquest finding that he was misdiagnosed

  • Foal killed in road accident

    A GREY two-year-old filly foal was killed after being hit by a vehicle on the C10 at picket Post at 7.10pm on October 21. On October 25 a foal was hit by a vehicle elsewhere in the Forest, but was uninjured.

  • Beer stolen from Co-op

    POLICE are appealing for information after beer was stolen from the Co op store at Castle Road, Salisbury. At about 6.15pm on September 28 a group of three men entered the store and selected cases of beer. They then left the shop without making any

  • Celebration of the harvest in Ringwood

    WE plough the fields and scatter… It was a good old fashioned celebration of ample crops at Ringwood Infant School on Friday as children filled the parish church to sing at the tops of their voices in praise for the harvest. Meanwhile children from

  • Honour for special constable

    A SPECIAL constable from Tidworth was among a group of officers recently recognised for their long service to Wiltshire Police. The chief constable of Wiltshire, Brian Moore, presented the 16 special constables with awards for long service

  • Chafyn children enjoy Brownsea visit

    CHILDREN at Chafyn Grove School had a geography lesson with a difference while learning about islands. The Year 2 children have been comparing holiday attractions in Salisbury and further afield as part of their geography study this term and they spent

  • Child porn pervert jailed

    A PERVERT who downloaded more than 8,000 indecent images of children, some as young as six months old, has been jailed for three years. Kevin Mundy, 43, of Johnson Way, Ludgershall, admitted 15 counts of making indecent images of children,

  • Spooky goings on in half-term hols

    HELLO everyone and welcome to the Journal Gang page. I hope you are having a great half-term holiday and have been up to lots of exciting things. Have you got your outfits and pumpkins ready for Halloween? The big night is on Saturday when there are sure

  • Why comedy is simply the best form of theatre

    PLAYING murderous Aunt Abby in Arsenic and Old Lace, is a far cry from Gwyneth Powell’s role as Mrs McClusky, the headmistress of BBC television’s fictional East London comprehensive school, Grange Hill. And though Gwyneth has enjoyed a varied career

  • Ballet stars back at Mayflower

    BALLET lovers will be delighted to learn that English National Ballet returns to Southam-pton’s Mayflower Theatre next month to perform the classical ballet, Giselle and a world premiere production featuring only the male dancers of the company. Men

  • Music in brief

    SALISBURY violinist Marian Givens (pictured) is guest soloist next Saturday at Salisbury Sinfonia’s concert in St Thomas’s Church in the city. Marian is both a performer and a teacher on the violin and will be soloist on Bruch’s popular and romantic

  • Show to stir the emotions

    SUNDAY evening at Salisbury’s City Hall offers the opportunity to remember the Second World War years with Arf A Mo – We Are At War. Using actual broadcasts of the time and with singer Rosemary Squires MBE performing her wartime favourites, the mood

  • Insulation so good you can even wear it!

    HAVE you ever wondered what happens to all those empty plastic milk bottles you place into recycling bins? You can now buy loft insulation made from recycled milk bottles and it is estimated that for every tonne of recycled bottles used for this purpose