Salisbury Journal

Bringing hope after Holocaust

3:29pm Thursday 29th January 2009

The theme of National Holocaust Memorial Day this year is Stand Up To Hatred. Lesley Bates talks to two men about the power of reconciliation

Loving letters from the front

3:20pm Thursday 30th October 2008

Armistice Day this year marks the 90th anniversary of the day the guns fell silent on the Western Front. Anne Nason tells Lesley Bates about one of the brave men who never came back.

'Thank you ladies'

10:55am Thursday 31st July 2008

'Lend a hand on the land' was the rallying cry that went out to the nation in 1939 and, over the next six years, more than 80,000 women answered the call to join the Women's Land Army. Last week, the Prime Minister rewarded them for their hard work. Lesley Bates reports.

Martin answers the call of Avon

4:15pm Thursday 31st January 2008

The River Avon is alive but not as well as it could be - Lesley Bates finds out how you can wade in and help

One hundred up for Operatic Society

10:04am Thursday 17th January 2008

They’ve played rogues and vagabonds, fairy queens and goddesses, lord high executioners and plenty more over the last one hundred years. Lesley Bates applauds Salisbury Amateur Operatic Society as the curtain comes down on the end of its first century.

Come out to the woods for an adventure

9:57am Thursday 10th January 2008

Orienteers need a sense of adventure and a decent pair of trainers, say the experts. Equipped with both, Therasa Paul went down to the woods to find out how not to get lost while navigating her way through the Forest.

It's our business to save the planet

10:01am Thursday 3rd January 2008

It's not just environmentally friendly individuals who are resolving to reduce their carbon footprint, save resources or adopt a 'buy local' policy. Journal business editor Katherine Lawley discovers that companies are doing it too, recognising that it makes good business - as well as ethical - sense.

Shining a light into every corner of the city

10:22am Thursday 27th December 2007

Anne Morris catches up with a Lantern Parade which is bigger and better than ever before

Rod's keeping up an age-old tradition

11:49am Thursday 20th December 2007

Tea towels and stripey kaftans have very little to do with modern shepherding, as Lesley Bates hears

Crime scene investigation

11:25am Thursday 13th December 2007

Therasa Paul goes training with the volunteers who help Wiltshire police in the search for missing persons or vital evidence in criminal cases