Salisbury Journal

We deserve a total overhaul of the planning process

5:28pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

AFTER the Journal exposed the restriction of residents’ parking permits by the southern area planning committee as a condition when approving planning permission in Zone D as a meaningless gesture which was unenforceable, a Wiltshire Council spokesman said: “The council always tries to respond to local views, and in the light of recent concerns about limited availability of on street parking in some parts of Salisbury, the issue of parking permits will be reviewed.

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Council refuses to compensate

5:26pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

HAVING recently had the misfortune to run over a dislodged manhole cover along Churchill Way, I applied to the council for compensation as I required a new wheel and tyre due to the incident and I believed they should be held responsible for the condition of their roads.

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Blogger recycles tired views

5:25pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

YOUR blogger Chris Wain quotes the French adage “the more it changes, the more it is the same” (Bloggers, May 16). This is certainly true in his case – he uses the new-style Journal to re-cycle his tired views on a north/south divide in Wiltshire.

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Any adult who wants to get married should be allowed to

5:20pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

MARY Douglas, Conservative county councillor for Salisbury St Francis and Stratford appeared on BBC breakfast TV on Monday to object to the gay marriage bill being “too far away from Conservative values”.

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Priced out

5:18pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

FOR many years I have read the Salisbury Journal and enjoyed it, but last Thursday I was disgusted to find out it had been increased to £1.

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Cowslips should be left to grow

5:17pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

I AM in despair. Along the roadside near the park and ride at Britford there was a bank of flowering cowslips.

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Councillor's care pledge questions

5:16pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

I DON’T understand cllr McKeown’s assertion (Postbag, May 16) that her election pledge to voters in St Edmund and Milford to obtain more dignified care at home for the elderly will not require more money.

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Neglected cemetery is a sensitive subject

5:13pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

I DO so agree with Teresa Trowbridge (Postbag, May 16) about the state of Devizes Road Cemetery.

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Many thanks

5:09pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013

ON behalf of Cruse Bereavement Care, I would like to thank all those who came to the Salisbury Playhouse on May 9 to see A Man of No Importance.

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Prioritising dignity in care

10:08am Thursday 16th May 2013

I WAS disappointed to read the mistaken belief that dignity in care must by invariably cost money (Journal, May 9), particularly as the nation is still reeling from the report by Sir Robert Francis QC into the disastrous care at Mid-Staffordshire Hospital.

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