A whole new look is in store

11:24am Thursday 5th February 2009

Shops come and go but rarely has one caused quite the stir over such a wide area of potential shoppers as the opening of Swedish giant Ikea in Southampton city centre next week. Lesley Bates has been for a look

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Keep your cool, shoppers

2:35pm Thursday 18th December 2008

Forget Christmas pud, Lesley Bates eats humble pie in the run up to Christmas

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25 years on...

11:10am Thursday 20th November 2008

Charity shops have become a staple of Salisbury's shopping scene, but there's a silver lining round the South Wilts Mencap shop, reports Lesley Bates

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Chocolate - a heavenly feast

4:58pm Thursday 6th November 2008

During National Chocolate Week, LESLEY BATES indulges her sweet tooth in an Alderbury kitchen

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A lesson in saving cash

11:08am Thursday 18th September 2008

Lesley Bates hears how a Downton businessman came up with a uniformly good idea to help schools

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The perfect cup of coffee

12:01pm Thursday 21st August 2008

Some people take their coffee strong, others take it frothy, but Aimee Moser takes hers very, very seriously, writes Lesley Bates

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Bringing a sweet history back to life

10:24am Thursday 15th May 2008

LESLEY BATES visits a candy store and is inspired by days gone bye.

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I couldn't live without...

10:07am Thursday 15th May 2008

FOR a woman who works surrounded by labour saving devices and cookware, mother-of-three Liz Crossley, who runs De-Liz delicatessen in Tisbury's High Street, didn't have to think hard to identify her gadget of choice.

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Town's high street has it all

12:11pm Thursday 17th April 2008

Fed up with supermarket shopping, Lesley Bates looks enviously at Fordingbridge

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