MEMBERS of the Conservative Party bade a fond farewell to Salisbury’s long-serving former MP at a party held in his honour. The president of the Salisbury Conservative Association Lord Marland of Odstock opened his gardens for the occasion and about
CHILDREN at Coombe Bissett Primary School are celebrating their literary talents. Sixteen children from Elm Class, Years 1 and 2, won Talented Writers Certificates of Merit for acrostic poems they had written. The acrostic poems – poems where the first
LOCAL artists’ group Artlook has teamed up with Salisbury Museum for an exhibition celebrating the Wiltshire landscape. The group is staging Wiltscape, which featureslandscapes in traditional and contemporary styles and in various mediums, including
YOUNG people will get a chance to put their views across at the Huge Health Debate being held at County Hall in Trowbridge on Wednesday. Pupils from eight Wiltshire secondary schools will come together to discuss issues around health and to
THE gardens at Boveridge Park near Cranborne will be opening for the only time this year on July 24 and 25. Restoration work on the gardens began in 2003 after the BBC filmed there for its series Hidden Gardens and now, after seven years, the process
THE 40th anniversary of the carving of the Royal Signals badge was marked by about 400 guests at the Fovant Badges Society’s annual Drumhead Service on Sunday. Each year the society holds a service in remembrance of the sacrifices made by British and
FOR golden couple Jack and Dorothy Jenkins, give and take is the secret to a long and happy marriage. The couple, who live in Durrington, met at a dance in Todmorden, Lancashire, when Jack was 27 and Dorothy was 17. At the time, Dorothy, now 69, was
EXPERT flower arrangers brought history to life through flowers this week at St Mary and All Saints Church in. The Ringwood Floral Decoration Society's team of flower arrangers created depictions of the New Forest, and the Second World War airfield at
GARDEN designer Fi Boyle’s first show garden, designed for ex-service personnel undergoing treatment for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), was awarded a silver medal on Tuesday at Hampton Court Flower Show. For the designer, who lives in Mere and
ABOUT £5,000 was raised at the inaugural Nick Holmes Golf Day on Friday. The event, held at High Post Golf Club, sold out weeks in advance and featured about 23 teams of golfers, with Derek Conti’s team crowned the winners. The money raised will go
VILLAGERS gathered in Lover at the weekend for a country fair, with local crafts and produce, a beer pagoda and cream teas on offer in the sunshine. Also entertaining the crowds were country dancing and police and gun dog displays, face painting, model
POLICE and Hampshire Trading Standards officers joined forces to crack down on rogue traders. Some 50 vehicles were stopped and 44 traders questioned in the county in Operation Liberal, which was led by the national distraction burglary intelligence
PEOPLE dressed in rubbish paraded through the streets of Wilton on Saturday for the town’s annual carnival procession and fair. There was a green theme at the event, with lots of imaginative costumes being created for the occasion using recycled
HISTORY is being brought to live in Burley thanks to Heritage Lottery Funding. The Burley Living History committee has scooped the maximum £50,000 for a project that will showcase the history and heritage of the village. Two exhibitions will be staged
A CHARITY is calling on the Government to lift a ban that they say prevents many people getting access to the help they need. The Trussell Trust, which runs a foodbank in Salisbury, said a ban on job centre staff giving out vouchers on their behalf can
BELLY dancers made the party go with a storm at Barford Day Centre on Wednesday at celebrations to mark its anniversary and the work of its volunteers. Dancers Gerry Scott and Lindsay Phillpots from Amesbury came along to the Downton centre to entertain
A WILTS & Dorset bus driver has been suspended pending an investigation after the Park & Ride bus he was driving got stuck under a bridge on Thursday. The incident happened at about 12noon on Churchill Way East when it is believed the driver missed the
A CHARITY book fair in Salisbury has raised £1,320 to help disabled people in Tanzania improve their lives. A group of volunteers holds regular book sales outside the United Reform Church in Fisherton Street and they organise three large-scale book fairs
CATS with Fiddles, little mice and twinkly stars brightened up the week at St Osmund’s Primary School. Youngsters had lots of fun with a nursery rhyme themed book week, coming in dressed up as their favourite characters and taking part in lots of activities
LONDON’S O2 Arena is the venue for the performance of four local schoolgirls today. St Edmund’s School pupils Iona Johnson, Frances Rowe, Amy Morgan and Zoe Pritchard will be joining 500 other children to sing in the one-off James Bond themed
