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  • Age no barrier in day centres

    DAY centre staff showed older people that age was no barrier to having fun as part of the Wiltshire Age No Barrier week. Hudson Road Day Centre in Salisbury held an open day to demonstrate some of the fun activities available to older people at day centres

  • Woman dies after husband runs over her in car

    A WOMAN was killed after her husband ran over her on Tuesday evening. The woman, 63, was in Stratford Road, Salisbury when her husband, 62, hit her in his Daewoo Nubira shortly after 8.30pm. She was taken to Salisbury District Hospital but died from

  • Army chief may lose Bulford Manor in defence cuts

    A REVIEW of defence spending could see the Chief of the General Staff – the head of the Army – lose his grand residence at Bulford Manor. Defence Secretary Liam Fox is said to be looking over the accounts and weighing up how much benefit grace

  • Rotarians celebrate two achievements

    ROTARIANS in Ringwood are celebrating two achievements – making the southern England darts final and receiving a citation from Rotary International. The club’s darts team beat their local rivals in Wilton to qualify for the Southern England Final for

  • Alice in Woodfordland for the afternoon

    THE children of Woodford Valley Primary School in Salisbury raised the roof on Friday afternoon with a performance of Alice in Woodfordland. Parents were treated to tea and cake in the interval, and an illustrated version of Lewis Carroll's Alice in

  • "Changed man" escapes jail sentence

    A PROLIFIC offender who has appeared before a court for 97 different offences has escaped a jail sentence after claiming he is a “changed man”. Matthew Jewell, 30, of Whitefriars Road, Salisbury, was sentenced at Salisbury Crown Court on Thursday for