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  • Children make art with natural media

    CHILDREN in Year 2 at Verwood First School enjoyed a great day using different natural media to collage pictures of animals. Their topic this term is animals, and they have visited Marwell Zoo to give them lots of ideas for creative writing

  • St Paul's project to start

    THE first stage of a major regeneration project is about to begin in Salisbury. The old St Paul’s school building, on the Fisherton Street side of St Paul’s roundabout is to be converted into a block of fourteen new flats with underground parking.

  • New Bishop of Ramsbury

    THE new Bishop of Ramsbury has been announced as Reverend Canon Edward Condry. He will work closely with the Bishop of Salisbury, Right Reverend Nicholas Holtam, to look after the ministry in the diocese, working with the clergy, congregations and

  • Estate agent scaling the heights for hospice

    FORDINGBRIDGE Estate agent Andrew Donald is scaling the heights to raise money for a hospice. Mr Donald, a partner with Woolley & Wallis, has raised thousands of pounds for hospices and cancer charities since his mother Jackie Swindell died from liver

  • Artists' ideas wanted for PAWS

    ARTISTS are being asked to submit ideas to Wiltshire Council for next season’s participatory arts workshop scheme (PAWS). The PAWS workshops are designed and run by professional artists for local community groups to take part in. A new menu of projects

  • Charity to hold fun day

    FAMILIES are being invited to join in a summer fun day to support a local charity that supports children through bereavement. Ringwood’s Furlong Centre will host the day on Thursday, July 26 from 10am-4pm to support the charity Simon Says. The Hampshire

  • Award for Bluez 'n' Zuz

    A PROJECT that gives young people the chance to socialise in a safe environment is one of four in Wiltshire to win The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. Bluez ‘n’ Zuz, which runs discos for youngsters with the support of Wiltshire Police, was joined

  • Salisbury folk are a well read lot

    THE people of Salisbury are a well read lot, Hobnob has heard. According to a new survey carried out by Amazon, the city ranks six on a list of the top 10 most well read towns and cities in the UK. The ranking was determined by compiling

  • Police appeal after crash driver fails to stop

    POLICE are appealing for information after a driver failed to stop following a collision. The crash happened at about 5.25pm on Thursday, June 14 when a green Peugeot 106 was in collision with a Rover at St Paul’s Roundabout, Salisbury. The Peugeot

  • Cherokee ambassadors in Wilton

    A CHEROKEE delegation visited Wilton House at the weekend to mark the 250th anniversary of the Emissaries of Peace journey to London in the eighteenth century. The group have been recreating the journey made by Lieutenant Henry Timberlake's