TALENTED footballers can take part in a new community outreach programme from September. Sarum Academy is launching its Football Elite course in the new school year as part of its Sixth Form provision. The programme, which is in partnership
HISTORICAL fiction author John Wilcox will be signing copies of his latest book on Saturday. The author, who lives in Chilmark, will be at Waterstones in Salisbury from 11am to 1.30pm with his new novel Bayonets Along the Border. The book is
DEVELOPERS have submitted a new planning application for a Sainsbury’s store off Southampton Road. Salisbury Gateway has come up with a revised plan after withdrawing a previous application in 2012 following public consultation. The multi-million
BEAVERS got creative as they used their artistic skills to sum up what Salisbury Cathedral means to them. The cathedral played host to youngsters from Old Sarum Beavers in 5x5x5=creativity workshop. Before attending the event the group had
THE eye clinic at Salisbury District Hospital has doubled in size. New clinic rooms have been added, with equipment networked to the main clinics. The additional clinic area will be largely used for the management and treatment of glaucoma and
POLICE are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a distraction burglary in Burton. The incident happened between 1.30pm and 2pm on Thursday, March 27 at premises in the area of Treebys Close. The occupier
A DONKEY joined a procession through Salisbury at the weekend to mark Palm Sunday. The procession travelled from St Thomas’s Church, round to the Guildhall Square and Market Place before travelling back along the river through the Maltings to the
A DRUG addict who went to the home of a man she believed had burgled her house armed with two knives and an air rifle has been spared a jail term. Salisbury Crown Court heard on Friday that a pregnant woman and a young child were inside when Chloe
THEATRE professionals from across the south west attended a conference at Salisbury Playhouse on Saturday. The South West Theatre Makers Conference saw a day of workshops and debates at the venue.
THE Salisbury group of Amnesty International held an event to mark the birthday of the late leader of North Korea, Kim il-Sung in the city this morning. The group, which has been campaigning for the closure of the prison camps in that country and
EASTER eggs, fluffy chicks and brilliant provided a fun as well as educational time for children and adults alike at Langford Lakes Nature Reserve at the weekend. There was the chance to watch bird ringing in action, make some bird cake and take
THE sports hall at Five Rivers Leisure Centre is to be closed for three months over the summer while work gets under way on developing Salisbury’s new community campus. The start date for the builders has not yet been fixed but is likely to be
A LITTLE motocross fan is celebrating her first trophy. Lilly Anna Smith, eight, from Verwood, came home with the Auto 50cc Racer of the Day trophy after competing for Ringwood Motocross Club at Tincleton in Dorset. She also won a pair of goggles
A TURKISH man living illegally in Amesbury has been sent to prison for having sex with a 13-year-old girl. Hanifi Sahin, 24, had a two-month relationship with the young girl before it was discovered by her school. When he was arrested by police
PLANS to build up to 175 homes on a greenfield site in the New Forest have been given the go-ahead by planners. New Forest District Council has approved a multi-million-pound plan to redevelop land at Crow Lane, Ringwood, despite receiving more
A MAN who was found lying in a road near Hurn last month with severe head injuries has died. The 48-year-old Romanian man, of no fixed abode, was taken to the neurological department at Southampton General Hospital after he was found in Dudmoor
POLICE have arrested two men following a raid at a suspected cannabis factory at an industrial unit in Ringwood. Police officers discovered “large quantities” of cannabis after raiding a two-storey warehouse at the Millstream Industrial Estate
A COUPLE have created a special garden at the hospital unit that formed a “protective bubble” around them as they coped with the stillbirth of their daughter. Gemma and Richard Plaskett spent time at the Benson Suite at Salisbury District Hospital
A MAN was taken to hospital after a crash near Verwood on Sunday morning. Emergency services were called to the collision at Bakers Hanging on the B3081 after a car collided with a tree. Firefighters from Verwood and Ringwood attended the scene
THE gentle giants of the horse world ploughed the fields at Harbridge Farm near Ringwood in the Southern Counties Heavy Horse Association’s spring event on Sunday. The sun shone on the crowds as families and visitors came to watch skilled farmers
A MAN who ran a cannabis factory in Ferndown has been ordered to pay back thousands of pounds after police identified his offshore bank accounts. Brendan Kavanagh, 47, has been ordered to pay back £125,248 under the Proceeds of Crime Act. Kavanagh
POLICE are appealing for information after a woman reported being assaulted. The woman in her 40s said she was assaulted by a man in the early evening of Tuesday, April 8, in the recreation field in Bishopdown. She was not seriously injured
THE sounds of flutes, recorders saxophones and all manner of other instruments filled the air at a Salisbury shop at the weekend as people of all ages tried out their musical skills. Musicroom in Catherine Street celebrated National Learn to Play
RESIDENTS at Milford House care home in Salisbury had the chance to put their MP on the spot on Friday. John Glen MP came along for a question and answer session and answered queries on subjects ranging from the provision of care for the elderly
CHILDREN, staff and parents at three Salisbury schools ended the spring term in style with the opening of the second phase of an innovative community project. In October a shop and café was opened at the Somerset Road site shared by St Mark’s Junior
