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  • New signing for City

    SALISBURY City have tonight completed the signing of Forest Green Rovers full back Matthew Robinson. Robinson, who will be 32 later this month, is a vastly experienced player who began his career as a trainee at Southampton. He made a handful of appearances

  • Over-zealous 'ambassadors' have gone too far

    FRIENDS have informally brought two separate incidents to my attention concerning Salisbury district council's ambassadors. These are both indicative of the council's unpublished wish to turn Salisbury into a ghost town, devoid of anything other than

  • City's economy at risk from over-zealous 'ambassadors'

    HAVING been blessed with good hearing and not so blessed with a nosy nature, I couldn't help but listen into a complaint by a rather irked Australian at Salisbury district council's tax and benefits office recently. Our Antipodean visitor was waving

  • 'Wait and see' after Bes op

    SALISBURY City defender Jon Beswetherick underwent an operation on his injured knee yesterday. Beswetherick has been sidelined since suffering the injury in the Conference South match at Bognor Regis Town on November 18. Manager Nick Holmes said

  • Primary notches up perfect score

    By Felix Lowe PUPILS from Hale Primary School, near Fordingbridge, have excelled in a key set of national tests for 11-year-olds. All 13 pupils who sat last summer's key stage two tests achieved Level 4 in the core subjects of English, maths and science

  • Spotlight on livestock farming

    PRIMARY and secondary school pupils across the region will be getting an insight into the importance of livestock farming next year as part of a campaign by the Country Land and Business Association highlighting farming and food. The aim is to improve

  • Church sparkles

    HELLO, Gang. Christmas is creeping closer and last week, St Thomas's Church was full of Christmas trees which had been decorated by different groups of people, including Cubs and Brownies. The church looked really pretty with so many twinkling lights

  • You won't be disappointed by the mother of all pantomimes

    SLEEPING BEAUTY, SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE ONCE upon a time, the festive theatre experience that is pantomime was born. Far-away magic kingdoms and good versus evil, simple story lines and strong characters all mixed in with an enormous helping of fun, laughter

  • Feelgood show with great singing and dancing

    IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS, THE MAYFLOWER, SOUTHAMPTON NOT all the best things happen when you're dancing - but Tim Flavin's toe-tapping feet take a lot of beating. Filling the shoes of Danny Kaye and Bing Crosby was never an option, but Flavin

  • Skilled actors project power into Shakespeare

    MACBETH, SOUTH WILTS GRAMMAR SCHOOL A SOLD out lecture theatre, combined with a sinister and dark atmosphere, created by scenery, sound and lighting (and aided greatly by the British weather), provided the setting for an impressive production of Shakespeare's

  • Choral tribute to the ocean

    A SEA SYMPHONY, SALISBURY CATHEDRAL BEHOLD, the sea crashed into Salisbury Cathedral on Saturday night. Vaughan Williams' Sea Symphony is something of an epic work for any orchestra, chorus and soloists, and Salisbury Musical Society with Chelsea Opera

  • It will be business as usual from the Link

    THE company that currently runs Business Link in Wiltshire has insisted it will be "business as usual" following major changes to the service next spring. Daphne Milner, chief executive of Swindon-based Great Western Enterprise, has dismissed claims

  • Staff celebrating firm's 100 years

    STAFF at Salisbury furnishing store Sturtons & Tappers joined their colleagues from Dorset at a celebratory dinner last month to mark the centenary of the company. Founded as Sturtons Furnishing Stores by Sydney J Sturton, Sturtons & Tappers has expanded

  • Sally lands leading role

    SALLY Wilcox, who has played a leading role in some of the UK's most high profile IT projects, has become BT's south west regional director. Ms Wilcox (47), who has worked for BT for 31 years, has held a range of posts, including an 18-month secondment

  • Controversial DJ hosts drivetime show from Woodfalls

    THE Woodfalls Inn had one heck of a party last Thursday - live on air! The pub "won" the right to host Chris Evans's Radio 2 show in the drivetime show's UK tour, which saw the production team visit and broadcast from the home of one listener in Scotland

  • Post Office could turn into a hotel

    SALISBURY'S main Post Office building could soon be turned into a hotel, residential flats and shopping arcade, the Journal has discovered. The news is a worrying development following a Department of Trade and Industry Report, published today, which