IT’S the end of an era for Avonway as one of its stalwart supporters steps down after 30 years. Sue Witt has been involved with the Avonway Community Centre in Fordingbridge in one capacity or another – as user, playgroup leader, officer, trustee
WE have had our wedding photographs back . . . I don’t look like Audrey Hepburn despite thinking I did as I waltzed up the aisle and even more so after sparkling with our guests after several glasses of brandy (large) as the day progressed.
PORTON Sports continued their impressive form, after beating Durrington Dynamos 4-0 in the Premier Cup last week, with a thumping 9-0 victory over Whiteparish in the league. They took the lead after ten minutes, Andy Fung’s run and shot squirming
A BALLET teacher who taught hundreds of children in Fordingbridge has died. Hilary Moss, a Royal Academy of Dancing teacher and examiner who taught ballet for the Pat Britton School of Dance at the Avonway Community Centre for 32 years, died on
CONCERNS have been raised about the levels of staff and the security of patient records at Salisbury District Hospital, following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) carried out spot-check reviews of
AN MP has defended himself against a furious backlash from teachers after he told them they were lucky to have secure jobs. Two teaching unions are planning strike action and a Forest teacher wrote to New Forest West MP Desmond Swayne asking for
A SALISBURY solicitor has criticised plans to overhaul magistrates’ courts in Wiltshire, saying they are based on distorted crime figures and represent a flawed criminal justice system. Justice Minister Helen Grant is considering proposals that
A JEALOUS husband who stabbed his estranged wife’s new partner with a knife as the couple lay in bed has been jailed for seven years. Bournemouth Crown Court heard on Thursday that Richard Fletcher, 47 caught a train from his home in Salisbury
FEARS have been raised over plans to scrap the roles of 60 MoD police officers covering the Salisbury Plain area – just weeks after it was announced 4,000 soldiers are to return from Germany and be based there. Under the proposals the Ministry
A NEW £40million science and engineering school for central Salisbury has been given the go-ahead by the Government. School pupils in south Wiltshire, Hampshire and north Dorset will have a new option from September 2014 after the Government approved
