ON a grey and damp Sunday morning, Nick Willetts set a good steady pace and maintained it to the finish, whittling nearly six minutes off his previous best at the Gosport half marathon to record a fine 1hour 30min 3sec. Andy Budgell, still recovering
JULIAN Velard, the Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter returns to Salisbury tomorrow for a show at Salisbury and South Wilts Sports Club. The gig, the first of three shows in the UK, promises an “engaging style of theatrical, piano-based pop”, which
DRIVING instructors are up in arms over plans to move Salisbury’s driving test centre to a busy industrial estate in the city. Instructors say the move could bring an extra 250,000 vehicle movements a year to the Churchfields Industrial Estate,
LONG-distance runner Jack Bennett jogged his way to second place at Salisbury’s school cross country competition. The 14-year-old used his speed over four heats, which saw 60 schoolboys compete, to engineer runners-up spot in the intermediate category
THIEVES in Ringwood stole two high-value tractors and made an attempt to steal a third. The two green and yellow John Deere tractors were stolen from New Forest Farm Machinery, Blashford, last Saturday (November 15), between 9pm and 11pm. The
THE only surviving Gurkha recipient of the Victoria Cross, Captain Rambahadur Limbu VC, was in Salisbury yesterday with his wife and son (also an ex-Gurkha) to visit The Gurkha Welfare Trust’s head office in Queen Street. Now living permanently
A 60-YEAR-OLD Salisbury woman has been conned out of £85,000 by fraudsters posing as police officers. DI Tony Hubbard of Zephyr said: “Despite high profile publicity around courier fraud over the past six months, people – particularly those in
THE KITE RUNNER, Salisbury Playhouse. THE sold-out performance of the Kite Runner at Salisbury Playhouse ended with a standing ovation on Monday night as the play began its week-long run. Expertly adapted by Matthew Spangler and beautifully
SALISBURY’S big Christmas light switch on is tomorrow (Thursday) with EastEnders star Steve McFadden pressing the all important button, fireworks and festive numbers. The evening begins at 6pm with a performance by local band Young Brando – recently
IN the climactic moment of John Michael McDonagh's film Calvary (Salisbury Arts Centre, November 14), Chris O'Dowd's character tells the priest he didn't kill his dog but wants to know if it made him cry. The priest answers 'yes' quickly and easily
