You see, I was feeling extremely guilty. It wasn’t so much the slight discomfort that one had committed an act of questionable behaviour. Instead, I’d been carrying around the insider knowledge that a heinous crime had been committed. Christmas
PLANS to transform Salisbury’s Market Place into a cosmopolitan square rivalling cities in Europe will go ahead in the next 12 months. Despite fears the project could be cancelled due to funding difficulties, Wiltshire Council has confirmed the £3m regeneration
Road safety campaigners are targeting their message at military personnel at Tidworth army camp. Safe Drive Stay Alive, a road safety partnership led by the Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service, has taken its roadshow to the Tidworth camp for the second time
A FREE exhibition and tours of Stonehenge led by experts will mark the end of the International Year of Astronomy this week. They are intended to celebrate the five millennia of astronomical heritage at the monument. The stones align with the Sun and
PEOPLE who were inpatients at Salisbury District Hospital in July have been asked to record their experiences as part of a national initiative to use the views of local people to improve health services. Staff are reminding the 850 people
ACTOR Anthony Head cut a yellow ribbon to open the Dogs Trust charity shop in Salisbury on Saturday. The star, who plays Uther Pendragon in the BBC series Merlin, and his partner, This Morning animal behaviour expert Sarah Fisher, also cut a celebratory
CHILDREN from reception classes and Year 2 at Hillside First School in Verwood performed their nativity, It’s a baby, and the proceeds from this went towards new reading books for the children Kelly Riley from the school said: “All the children had a
A TRAILER stolen from the River Bourne Community Farm has been returned, thanks to a story in the Journal. The Humbar trailer, used for taking feed to the 12 cattle on the farm at Laverstock, disappeared after a break-in on December 2. After the trailer
CLASSES to help fight the post-Christmas flab are on offer to the public at St Edmund’s School, Salisbury. The ‘Body Sculpt’ sessions are part of a new programme of enrichment activities for the community, to be launched on January 11, costing just £2
CHILDREN from schools around the area celebrated the birth of Jesus with their nativity plays. Proud parents watched as Josephs and Marys took to the stage joined by many youngsters clad in tea towels and tinsel, as wise men, shepherds and
LARKHILL Community Partnership has given the Larkhill Packway a makeover. Durrington Town Council worked for two hours alongside the Royal Artillery and Wiltshire Council to clear away mounds of leaves, old signage and brambles, as well as replacing
FIREFIGHTERS from Mere have received awards from the ambulance service for their efforts to save a man’s life. Crew manager Mike Tealey and firefighters Wendy Bailey, Wayne Brundish and Steve Pester were called to a house in The Fields, Mere to give
WILTSHIRE’S public sector organisations are inviting people to comment on equality issues. NHS Wiltshire, Wiltshire Police, Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service and Wiltshire Council are co-operating in attempts to improve their provision of equal opportunities
FIVE New Forest animals were hit by vehicles last week. On Monday a black filly foal was injured after an accident on the B3054 at Hilltop. A pony was hit by a vehicle in Burley village on Tuesday but could not be found afterwards. Another pony was
HEALTH chiefs have released a heavily censored version of a report detailing the appalling treatment of elderly patients at Fordingbridge Hospital. Officials tried to keep secret the findings of the report, published privately a year ago, and repeatedly
CROWDS turned out in Verwood on a chilly night on Saturday to see the town’s lights switched on and to enjoy the magic of Christmas. Father Christmas arrived by steam train with carnival queen Heather Ryall. After a count down the lights were switched
TALENTED singers and performers showed off their skills at Netheravon Working Men’s Club for the second N Factor talent show. Local vicar Colin Fox started the show with some anecdotes and jokes and Mazzii McCauley impressed the audience and
FORMER air-raid warden Connie Nicholls celebrated her 101st birthday on Monday, marking the occasion in the company of her daughter, Rosemary. Born in Salisbury in 1908, Mrs Nicholls has lived in the area all her life, and said she has never wanted to
SNOW fell in Fordingbridge on Friday evening, but not the sort that shuts schools and stops buses running. Beautiful flakes of the white stuff gracefully drifted from the town hall down to the festivities below, turning the scene into one reminiscent
PRIDE tinged with sadness marked the presentation of Afghanistan campaign medals by the Duchess of Cornwall to 4th Battalion The Rifles on Monday. On a grey, chilly morning at Bulford, their Royal Colonel told them of her “very mixed emotions
SALISBURY City have been drawn at home in the second round of the FA Trophy. They will take on either Maidstone United or Histon, who play on Tuesday night because their fixture was postponed on Saturday. The tie will be played on Saturday, January
