TWO of Southern Counties South’s top promotion candidates, bidding for division glory, went head-to-head at Castle Road. Salisbury RFC’s biggest test came on Saturday when they hosted Sherborne, both sides entering the fixture undefeated and on
WILTSHIRE Police have arrested a 55 year old man from Salisbury along with five other people from across the county on Tuesday, October 21 as part of Operation Harness. The six men were arrested for possessing and making indecent images of children
DOWNTON FC succumbed to a fourth straight league defeat at New Milton. Things followed the script for Downton when Dan Telfer rushed them into an early lead after tucking home Ben Rankin’s free kick which rattled the upright. Downton’s confidence
GAIL-FORCE winds didn’t scotch Salisbury Tri Club runners from snapping up speedy times at the Thruxton Mass Attack Duathlon. Ruth Thom was first lady home for Salisbury, being 34th overall, Jeremy Adam was 13th in category and 35th overall and
CRANBORNE vet Luke Gamble has received a special award at the House of Lords from the International Fund for Animal Welfare. Mr Gamble will receive an award for his work treating animals at veterinary practices in the UK and around the world.
RINGWOOD Gateway square and building are in the running to scoop a design award. The new square and the building which houses key council services have been nominated in the Solent Design Awards 2014. Shortlisted projects are up for three awards
HORSEWOMAN Liz Wright from Ringwood says her gypsy cob Frilly is “one in a million” after reaching second place in the Horse of the Year Show. Moortown Frilly competed in the Coloured Native/Traditional Pony class. But it could be the last
SCHOOLCHILDREN from Verwood who have been learning about the Stone Age finished the topic with a trip to Stonehenge. The year-three and year-four pupils from Hillside Community First School have been studying the prehistoric era. They have
A SPATE of criminal damage to vehicles has taken place in Verwood over the last week. Two men are on police bail for two incidents and a third man is on bail for a third. Police are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information about criminal
WE have known that 2014 would be the centenary year of the start of the Great War for a very long time. That funding and support to commemorate the occasion would be available has also been long apparent, so as I mentioned last week, it’s a shame
FOR many of us the answer to a friendly 'How are you?' is all too often 'busy' or even 'manic'. Not having a reason to get up in the morning has a certain appeal when lie-ins with a day stretched before you are few and far between. Joking, but
IF Wiltshire really is the fifth best council in the country, there’s only one question to ask, isn’t there? What on earth are the others like? The council has been glorying in the solemn judgement of the Daily Telegraph that homeowners here
HALLOWEEN revellers in the New Forest are being urged not to make October 31 a nightmare for others. Hampshire Police are urging youngsters and their parents to be considerate towards their neighbours and to respect the wishes of those who do not want
A RINGWOOD Arts Centre spokesman has spoken out against a dream to get the old cinema renovated in the High Street. Hundreds of residents would like to see the venue, which has remained empty for several years, be transformed back to its glory
FORMER Saints star Adam Lallana has won a planning row over a football pitch he illegally built in his Ringwood garden – despite strong opposition from his neighbours. East Dorset District Council has allowed the England midfielder to keep the
CITY Hall Salisbury delivered a thoroughly entertaining night of music and comedy as John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett performed a laugh-a-minute set on Sunday night. Back together and touring after a fractured working relationship the duo took
A PLANNING application has been submitted to turn the former Salisbury Bus Station on Endless Street into retirement homes. It ends months of speculation and is the first planning application to be submitted for the site which closed in January
YOUNG charity runner Amber-Jane Smith from Three Legged Cross faces six weeks with her arm in plaster after she fell shortly after taking part in the Bournemouth Marathon Festival. The six-year-old was one of 500 children who took part in one of
THE Mayor of Verwood bought the first poppy sold in the town on Monday morning. Councillor Pat Morrow bought her poppy from Honorary Poppy Appeal organiser Bob Richmond by the Memorial Stone on Ferrett Green. “I was delighted to be able to
English National Ballet, Mayflower, Southampton AN extraordinary and beautiful performance awaited us at the Mayflower as this fabulous company told their classic tale. The story of Coppélia was created in Paris and first performed at the opera
SALLY Morgan, better known to fans of her Sky Living TV Series as Psychic Sally, is visiting Salisbury City Hall next Tuesday to talk about her life and work. Many have said that Sally has done for spiritualism this century what the late Doris
THE Sing for Life Choirs from Totton and Salisbury are joining together to provide a magical evening of singing with plenty of fun for everyone whilst supporting Wessex Cancer Trust (WCT) on Saturday. Both choirs have members who have had cancer or
SARUM Six, Salisbury’s newest and coolest a capella ensemble, delivered a brilliant concert to a packed Medieval Hall in Salisbury’s Cathedral Close in aid of Salisbury Trust for the Homeless. The programme of 16th and 17th century madrigals was interspersed
THE quick-fire satirical sketch show From Here to Absurdity is about to start the southern leg of its operation, and will perform at Bishopstone Village Hall next Sunday as part of its current UK tour. Written and performed by politics lecturer
HALLOWEEN in Salisbury is always spooktacular and this year is no exception. Halloween Ghost Walks, part of the VisitWiltshire’s Spooky Salisbury event, will take people to explore the former prison cells in the Guildhall and Debenhams, which is
THE official launch of Celebrate Voice will take place Monday, with opera singers performing Die Fledermaus at the Medieval Hall in the cathedral close. The seven-day singing celebration brings a host of leading singers in their field with concerts
THE wonderful tales of Winnie the Pooh and Friends have enthralled generations of children and adults all over the world. But how many of the millions who have read these stories know what really inspired the writer AA Milne? An event at the
THERE was a moment in mid-1962 when the musical culture of Britain and the western world changed forever. Four mop-haired lads from Liverpool crashed onto the world stage with Love Me Do and She Loves You. One thing which quickly took root
OVER the last few days, or maybe weeks, my life has felt a bit chaotic. I won't bore you with all the details, but I am spending much of my time driving between Ringwood, Brockenhurst and Salisbury, clearing up after the Teen and the Sitting Tenant
RESIDENTS and representatives from the New Forest and East Dorset have voiced their concerns over the disruption that onshore cabling for a controversial wind farm would cause. A marathon meeting about the Navitus Bay project in Bournemouth heard
MEEK, diligent and subtle is how I remembered Alan Davies as crime solver Jonathon Creek in the famous 90s drama. So I was expecting to see similar characteristics of the actor/comedian in his latest stand-up tour, Little Victories, at the City
IRISH fiddler Frankie Gavin is returning to Salisbury with his band De Dannan on Sunday. Widely regarded as one of the world’s finest fiddlers, Frankie entered the Guinness Book of records in 2010 as the fastest fiddle player in the world.
SINGER songwriter Alexandra Burke will star in the leading role of Rachel Marron in the UK tour of Thea Sharrock’s hit musical The Bodyguard when it begins its UK tour at Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre in February. Burke rose to fame after winning
A GENTEEL Bournemouth hotel becomes a melting pot of repressed feelings, unspoken desire, pits of despair and wells of loneliness, in Terence Rattigan's Separate Tables, which is being performed at Salisbury Playhouse until November 8. Tongues
A BRIEF period away from work this week as a result of a cataract operation gave me a different perspective on life. Gone was the sepia-tinged reality that had become a fundamental part of my conscious life for the past few months – replaced by
EDDIE Perrett blasted a hattrick as Amesbury Town destroyed Ringwood Town in the Wessex Division One derby to remain on the tails of the leading two. The Blues maintained the pressure on table-topping Fleet Spurs and secondplaced Tadley Calleva
SALISBURY RFC under 12s missed out on the luxury of playing at the home of English rugby. The Castle Road juniors, pictured, played in the Land Rover Premiership Rugby Cup, which attracts more than 7,000 juniors nationwide, at Trowbridge Rugby
Visions of terror this Halloween NEXT week brings the scariest date in the calendar. No, Jeremy Kyle is not bringing a touring version of his show to Salisbury, and no Judy Murray hasn't won Strictly. It is All Hallows' Eve. And there are Mr
Kathryn Tickell is performing with The Side at Salisbury City Hall on October 31. What three words best describe you? Loyal, creative, impatient. Who was your childhood hero and why? Debbie Harry – I just thought she was great. Or maybe
MEDAL-WINNING paralympian Dame Sarah Storey gave a motivational and inspirational talk to an audience at a charity night in Salisbury. Britain’s most successful female paralympian in history, who has won ten gold medals, 13 silvers and eight bronzes
HEALTHWATCH Wiltshire (HWW) has made recommendations for improvements to the complaints systems after revealing nearly a third of people experienced or witnessed a relative or friend receiving poor quality health care. Yet two thirds of these people
A COUPLE from Shewton will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary today after meeting in February 1951 at Timothy White’s Department Store in Barnstaple. Alf Warne’s opening line to his wifeto- be Margaret was: “Hello, blondie.” Margaret
SALISBURY’S copy of the Magna Carta is off to the House of Lords for a special exhibition in February. The House is accommodating an exhibition commemorating 800 years of parliamentary history, and this will feature all four surviving copies –
POLITICIANS are hoping a “disastrous” increase in car parking charges in Salisbury can be reversed – and they are urging people to make their feelings plain in a new review. Salisbury is currently the most expensive town or city to park in the
A WOMAN from Salisbury has been sentenced after falsely accusing four teenage boys of stealing her handbag. Stephanie Mary Louise Mazonis, 28, from Elm Grove, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, with an 18-month
WHEN Wiltshire was named the fifth best council in the country by a national newspaper it was swift to publicise the accolade on its website. There was, however, something about the story in the Daily Telegraph’s property section that it neglected
A LARKHILL mother is hosting a mini Christmas fete event for the Stars Appeal on Saturday, November 1 at Sharpe Hall, Larkhill, from 10am to 4pm. Kelly Hughes decided to host the event after her son was born seven weeks prematurely in 2012 and
