YOUNG writers from Sarum Academy have been showing off their flair with words by taking part in the inaugural Big Write competition. Eight lucky first prize winners were handed a Kindle Fire, sponsored by Sir Robert McAlpine, contractors for the
VISITORS to Fordingbridge Museum will receive a warm welcome tomorrow as it opens for the summer. Thanks to the Friends of Fordingbridge Museum, the concrete surface has been covered in carpet. The Friends are volunteers who help with displays
EX Round Table members enjoyed a regional feast and raised £1,235 for Prostate Cancer UK. The annual Dorset Knobs dinner was hosted by Ringwood Ex-Tablers at Sandy Balls, Fordingbridge last Friday. This dinner was first held in 1970 and was
AMESBURY Museum will be opening its doors again for the Easter weekend. On Saturday Janet Reedman, author of Stone Lord - a novel of King Arthur and Stonehenge, will be signing copies of her book and on Easter Sunday a special historic egg hunt will
SALISBURY City Council says its “business as usual” for Salisbury’s charter market as work on the Market Place project finally gets underway. Concerns have been raised that many traders will stay away during the six-month scheme to resurface and
VERWOOD Hub is hosting a hoe-down this Friday at 7.30pm. The band Swing Your Partner will welcome allcomers to the event - no experience is necessary as the caller will instruct you. Fancy dress not essential but check shirt and jeans welcomed.Tickets
A HIGH Designs Easter Craft Fair is being held this Saturday and Sunday at Godshill Village Hall. Handmade silkware, glass, handbags and jewellery by local craftsmen will be on sale. Light refreshments will be served.
A SALISBURY engineer is taking on the gruelling challenge of completing six marathons in six days across the Sahara Desert to raise money for Help for Heroes. Oli Edmonds, 25, is gearing up for the Marathon Des Sables, which has been given the
FORDINGBRIDGE under-11s pulled off a shock win to reach the final of the Testway Youth League Cup at the weekend. The division 2 side – the only non top flight team left in the competition at the semi final stage – defeated Braishfield Bees 3-1
EASTER fun was enjoyed by children at South Hills Nursery and Big Folly Children's Centre. An egg-stravaganza was organised jointly for the parents and children which included an egg hunt in the garden and making chocolate nests and handprint chickens
A RINGWOOD company has scooped the top honours at a national IT awards ceremony. Canotec, which specialises in networked digital copiers and scanning technology for legal firms, has been crowned the best in Britain, beating some of the largest
THE Trussell Trust has opened a second hand furniture shop in Salisbury to raise essential funds to help more people to access its foodbanks. The shop is near the household recycling centre in Stephenson Road, Churchfields Industrial Estate, and
YOUNG people have just over a month to apply for a £1,000 grant to be used for any recreational or cultural activity. Salisbury charity Childrens Chance, which gives children and young people new opportunities, has launched its annual Bobbie Chettleburgh
A CHEQUE for £20,000 has been presented by a Salisbury-based charity to a former jumbo jet pilot who, after suffering spinal cord injury, has gone on to develop a rowing project at Brunel University. INSPIRE, based in the Spinal Unit of Salisbury
