REVELLERS watched in horror as stray fireworks rained into the crowd at last night's Christmas lights switch-on. The spectacular show in the centre of Salisbury ended in disaster for organisers as eight people were injured. One of them was
A DEPLETED Durrington Otters stepped up to the task in hand during the first round of the Moonraker League to secure second, four points behind leaders Swindon. Arriving in Calne without 25 per cent of their regular squad members, Durrington prepared
The Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge has been taken to its limit by Formula 1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel. But this was no ordinary test. The concept car – that has a 3.8-litre 568hp, twin-turbocharged, petrol engine – had to excel on the section of race
EXCITEMENT is building over tonight’s big switch on of the city’s Christmas lights. EastEnders star Steve McFadden will be doing the honours at 7pm but the evening's entertainment kicks off at 6pm with local band Young Brando – recently back from
PORTON Sports avenged last week’s cup exit with a win at South Newton and Wishford in Salisbury and District Premier (Saturday) League. Following Porton’s bitter 2-3 defeat in the Lord Bledisloe Cup to South Newton, they made the short trip to
EIGHT first team regular players was the amount Bemerton Heath Harlequins were missing for their Wessex Premier trip to Lymington Town, which ended in defeat. Suspensions, injuries and work commitments gave Ian Chalk one of the biggest selection
IT was a fruitless trip to Trowbridge for Sarum Youth Seniors. Dave Rawkins’ side returned emptyhanded as they succumbed to a 3-2 defeat to Trowbridge Wanderers in Wiltshire Premier League. An Archie Lovegrove volley gave Sarum the lead before
VETERAN Nick Newman scored late on to reward The Wanderers for their battling performance against a stubborn Chalke Valley. With the pitch only just passing a morning inspection, the visitors knew they had to get out of the blocks quickly and Alex
SALISBURY RFC got their promotion plan back on the right path with 37-22 victory over fellow challengers Walcot at Castle Road. Dan Jeffries’ green and white army, who suffered two recent defeats to the top two in Southern Counties South, looked
AN 11-YEAR-OLD from Salisbury has scooped top prize in a UK-wide writing competition after impressing the bestselling American author Rick Riordan. Nathan Burn chose to write the ending of a story by Riordan, famous for the children’s series Percy
A TEENAGE driver was punched in the face through an open car window after being chased by two men in a red Transit van in Bulford. Moments earlier the 17-year-old, who was in a silver car, had been involved in a “disagreement” among young men at
AMERICAN shopping craze Black Friday is coming to Amesbury on Tuesday. The Original Factory Shop is offering shoppers the chance to make savings of up to 80 per cent on hundreds of branded products. Traditionally in America, Black Friday falls
An invitation to dinner at a Michelin star restaurant is not passed up by KAREN BATE who finds she has developed a taste for fine dining and petit fours IMAGINE my delight when I was invited for dinner at a Michelin star restaurant the other night
NATIONAL park bosses are smarting after losing £1.5million pledged for its abandoned Boris bikes scheme – because the government said their replacement plans weren’t ambitious enough. The Boris bike plan, which was backed by a 2,000- name petition
THERE were long delays on the A31 at Ringwood on Monday morning for the fourth time in a week. A vehicle blocked one lane of the eastbound carriageway of the A31 on Poulner Hill and caused delays back to the Ashley Heath roundabout and the A338 Spur
A NEW crackdown on drivers who flout speed limits in the New Forest has caught nearly 700 drivers in just one month. Police have vowed to cut out the number of animal accidents in the forest by using a new infrared camera that can photograph vehicles
PENSIONERS are being invited to Morrisons in Verwood for a free mince pie and a cup of tea or coffee on the afternoon of Tuesday, December 2. General manager Martin Rolfe said: “We’re very grateful to our loyal customers and this is just intended
WEST End hit Dinosaur Zoo is back by popular demand at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, from tomorrow until Sunday. Puppetry brings dinosaurs to life in this interactive and live show. Suitable for all the family (3+ years), Dinosaur Zoo
THE leader of Dorset County has “stepped aside” from his duties after being charged over alleged failures to declare an interest in planning policy. Spencer Flower will appear at Bournemouth Magistrates' Court on December 2 charged with three offences
A STORY telling show with a difference captured imaginations at Salisbury Arts Centre. Andrew Barnett Jones, the story teller extraordinaire, who has made up tales for top television shows including Dennis the Menace and Gnasher, and Shaun the
THE cast of Mother Goose at Salisbury Playhouse has got cracking with rehearsals for this year’s Christmas pantomime. The family favourite is promised to brim with festive fun with original music, audience participation and sprinkled with laughs
MUSIC lovers are in for a treat from Fordingbridge Choral Society. The society will be presenting Winter Baroque on Saturday, November 29, in St Mary’s Church. Handel’s Dixit Dominus is being performed, with the orchestra conducted by Nigel
DAVID Baddiel brings his new show Fame: Not The Musical to City Hall tomorrow at 7.30pm. Baddiel talks honestly about fame and what it’s really like, from accidentally stealing the spotlight at Russell Brand’s wedding to realising Andrew Lloyd
CHILDREN from Salisbury Cathedral School will hit the right notes with the Cathedral’s Junior Choir at the Christmas Fair on Saturday. Angelic voices will be heard at the Cloisters between 2.30pm and 3pm during the day-long fair. Goodies from
A CONTEMPORARY art exhibition called No More No Less is being staged at the NewRED Studios in Fisherton Street in Salisbury from tomorrow. The exhibition will showcase sculpture, the physicality of light, illustrations and jewellery plus mixed
How To Train Your Dragon 2 Cert PG. 102 mins. Animation/Action/Romance. Featuring the voices of: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Cate Blanchett, Craig Ferguson, Djimon Hounsou, America Ferrara, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jonah Hill, Kristen
STEPPING Stones Pre-school would like to say thank you to WGC Tree Services for donating money for equipment. The pre-school, which operates at the Annexe at Avonway Community Centre, will use the money for technology. WGC owner Will Cobb said:
FIVE contemporary performance artists will present their work at Salisbury Arts Centre as part of Flint on Saturday at 5.30pm. Curated by resident artists Two Destination Language, Flint brings you brilliant new work, high-energy dance and a surprising
SHARON SHANNON Chapel nightclub SALISBURY’S Irish music fans had a treat last Wednesday when accordion player Sharon Shannon gave a concert at the Chapel nightclub. The event was a real coup for the organiser, Salisbury’s Finbarr Sheehan
JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR City Hall, Salisbury City Hall was rocking on Friday night when blues-rock guitarist Joanne Shaw Taylor brought her band along. Taylor has long been known in guitar circles as a superb player, and it seems she is finally
ARTISTS from around the Salisbury and Southampton areas have joined forces to launch an exciting new pop-up gallery space in Southampton city centre. Bringing together 22 artists in a large-scale exhibition space, and featuring a wide variety of
CAPTAIN David Oliver, the Permanent Staff Administration Officer of B (Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry) Squadron, The Royal Wessex Yeomanry based at Old Sarum has been awarded a Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire Certificate for Meritorious Service. David,
THE annual Army Arts Society exhibition was opened at the Young Gallery at Salisbury Library on Friday night by Major General Sebastian Roberts, president of the society. There were some 250 works of art on show by 70 artists, many reflecting the
INFORMATION is needed on a silver 1914-1918 war medal discovered at the site of the medieval Zouch Manor, Tidworth. The medal survives in excellent condition, though misses its ribbon attachment bar. The name of the medal’s original owner is
THE bird flu strain on a Yorkshire farm has been identified as H5N8, the same type seen in recent outbreaks in Europe. Defra has said the risk to public health remains very low and would only be possible through very close contact with affected
Dear Mrs Perks, With regard to Jo Parsons’ Down on the Farm column on November 6, she said the same things about hedges and farmland birds last autumn. What she has said is highly inaccurate and very misleading to readers. Annual hedge cutting
SALISBURY Community Choir (SCC) raised a fantastic £704 to help support servicemen and women and their families. The money was raised for SSAFA during a moving remembrance concert in Wilton on Saturday, November 8. The choir performed to a
WITH a career spanning over three decades, one of the most commercially successful reggae acts of all time will perform at Salisbury City Hall on Sunday. Formed in 1978, the band’s name came from the code number of the unemployment benefit form
THE 2014 Annual Army Arts Society Exhibition is open from now until next Saturday. The exhibition at Young Gallery Salisbury presents works by Army Arts Society members, serving soldiers, reserves and cadets and injured army veterans. This
REDLYNCH will be commemorating the First World War next week with a special theatre production based on how the war affected the village and the country. Redlynch Players are performing For Your Tomorrow at Redlynch Village Hall from Wednesday
A CHEF from West Moors has launched a Supper Club to bring foodies together. Mike Aggett launched Mike’s Supper Club in July, which is based at Ferndown Village Hall. He is hosting supper clubs on December 6 and 19. To book, visit mikessupper club.co.uk
TICKETS are on sale for Verwood Pantomime Society’s 30th anniversary production of Aladdin. The show runs from Saturday, January 24 until January 31, with shows at 2pm and 6.30pm on both Saturdays and on the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 7.30pm
A COMICAL retelling of the classic fairytale The Snow Queen will be melting the hearts of audiences this Christmas. The production runs from November 27 until January 4, at Southampton’s Nuffield Theatre. The adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen
NEWLY-formed drama group Salisbury Stage received a standing ovation for its first performance of scenes from Alice in Wonderland. Under the leadership of Rowena Greenaway the group followed on with a miscellany of readings, poems and dramatic
SALISBURY Symphony Orchestra’s autumn concert once again features young piano soloist Cordelia Williams. After receiving a standing ovation for her playing of Rachmaninov’s 3rd Symphony a year ago, the orchestra have persuaded her to join them
NewRED Studios is hosting a new exhibition in the city this week. No More, No Less is a contemporary exhibition featuring fresh work from artists, a sculptural installation, illustrations and jewellery inspired by the natural environment and mixed
22 Jump Street Certificate 15. 112 mins. Comedy/Action/Romance. Starring: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube, Amber Stevens, Wyatt Russell, Peter Stormare, Jillian Bell, Jimmy Tatro, Nick Offerman. Officers Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY - PART 1 Certificate 12A. 123 mins. Sci-Fi/Thriller/Action/Romance. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julianne Moore, Natalie Dormer, Sam Claflin
I WAS mesmerised by the coverage of the Rosetta mission to land its daughter ship Philae on the rather unromantically-named comet 67P (or Churyumov-Gerasimenko after the two astronomers in Kiev who discovered it in 1969). Unlike the famous Haley
THE long-awaited review of parking continues and my postbag is filled with dissatisfaction about the way it is being conducted. After campaigning vigorously and successfully to have their say, many of my correspondents say they feel disappointed
A DIGITAL petition has been launched by a Fordingbridge woman campaigning for a deadly road to be made safer. Emily Browne is calling for safety measures on the A338 following the deaths of 13 people on the 13.7-mile stretch between Ringwood and
DOCTORS have dished out tens of thousands of prescriptions for addictive tranquilisers in Hampshire over the last year, the Journal has learned. Benzodiazepines, better known as tranquillisers like diazepam and temazepam, have been prescribed 133,541
MOYLES Court School Ringwood holds its Christmas fair on November 29. There will be raffles, a barbecue, cake stall and mulled wine. Santa will arrive at his grotto at 10.30am. For details call 01425 472856.
DRIVERS in the New Forest are being warned not to drive through floodwater as one beauty spot has been named one of the top flood rescue sites in the UK. Brockenhurst has been named one of the top 20 locations where there has been the highest number
HOW often do we say: “I have never been there and it’s on my doorstep!” A few days ago I set off for a rural part of West Sussex and squeezed a baron into the back of my car. While travelling rather slowly round the Chichester bypass I noticed
WE’VE waited years for Wiltshire Council to review its parking charges – and for what? The £9 all-day rate, with no compensating increase in park-and-ride opening hours, may be the headline-grabber. But don’t be too distracted by that. The
A CAMPAIGN to tackle sexual assaults is being launched across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Men are being reminded that anything less than a yes is a no as part of the new initiative. An online game Seal the Deal is now available on YouTube
FAMILIES across Dorset are being invited to request personalised letters from Santa to raise funds for the NSPCC. Santa will be sending out letters which are to include the child’s name, age, gender and a few other details which only Santa could
YOUNG Brandon, Jenni Monday and Innervision will tonight take to the Market Place stage to perform as the city congregates in the city centre to watch the Christmas lights switch-on. Young Brando have had a successful year after playing 20-plus
STARS IN THE CANYON The Chapel MANDY Woolford, the hardest worker in the Grand Canyon Trek group, did us all proud on Friday night when she hosted her fundraising event Stars in the Canyon – A Musical Night with Lilli Badcock and Friends.
WITH the awesome news that Steve McFadden will be turning on the Christmas lights this year – imagine those EastEnders duf-dufs echoing around the Market Square – I started thinking of Salisbury’s other celebrity connections. Michael Crawford,
When one of my nephews chose to study Games Technology at university, there were contradictory reactions within the family. Firstly delight, as he’d had a Statement of Special Educational Needs, and no expectation to study at degree level. Secondly
SALISBURY Business Improvement District (BID) has taken on the management of Salisbury’s successful Christmas Market, which opens next Thursday. Steve Godwin from BID said: “This year’s event opening is to be the biggest and the best, with locals
COMMUNITY Speedwatch schemes will be out in force across Hampshire until Sunday in a bid to tackle speeding drivers. The trained volunteers are taking part in the national road safety awareness week. Community Speedwatch is a voluntary initiative
THE Bishop of Salisbury has expressed his ‘great joy’ after legislation allowing women to become Church of England bishops passed its final hurdle. An amendment to the legislation was passed on Monday at the General Synod meeting held in London
THE deputy leader of Wiltshire Council has disputed claims the authority will raise car parking fees to £9 a day in Salisbury – suggesting the proposal is just one of a range of options... despite putting no other proposal on the table. Cllr John
TV pundit and football legend Steve Claridge is among a group of four who have launched a bid to salvage Salisbury City FC. The former striker at Pompey and Leicester City has joined forces with supporters and businessmen David Phillips, Jeremy
SOME 50 firefighters battled a blaze at a house in Ringwood last Wednesday night. Crews from Hampshire and Dorset were drafted in to fight the flames at a four-bedroom detached house in Pelican Mead in Poulner, just after 10pm. They spent more
RUSH hour traffic was delayed in both directions following two crashes on the A31 at Pouner last Thursday morning. The first crash happened when a white van went into the central reservation just before the Burley turn-off. One lane was closed
RAPES and child-sex offences have not been recorded accurately by Wiltshire Police, according to reports seen by the Journal. The alarming details came to light following the force’s own investigations, which revealed Wiltshire Police had manipulated
