PENSION administrators Capita SIP Services have become the latest company to throw their weight behind the Salisbury District Hospital Stars Appeal. Capita's charity committee have made the appeal its charity for the year after it was nominated by staff
SOUTH Wilts Cricket Club begin their pre-season matches this weekend when Falkland visit for a friendly on Saturday (1pm start). Rob Wade's men then host Thatcham on April 21 before heading to Chippenham (April 28). The club's first ECB Southern Electric
A FORMER Amesbury man who was suspected of being a double rapist, made a suicide pact with his devoted wife, gassing themselves in a fume-filled car, an inquest heard yesterday. Christopher Downes, 54, and his wife Christine, 51, killed themselves in
THE image of Salisbury & District Chamber of Commerce and Industry as a fuddy-duddy organisation for shopkeepers could not be further from the truth, say its president, board members and officers. In the last year, the organisation has celebrated a growing
AN OPEN evening is being held at Dean Hill Park on April 20 to show the public how the site has been developed by new owners Harving. The company took over the former Ministry of Defence munitions depot in West Dean a year ago and the event will be the
THE Rose & Crown Hotel in Harnham has a new manager. Former architecture student Jason Hodgson has taken over at the 14th century former coaching inn. Mr Hodgson, 32, said: "The hotel is in an ideal location, being right opposite one of the most beautiful
SAXOPHONIST Andy Sheppard returns to Salisbury next week for a very special occasion. For the first time in 20 years he will play with pianist Geoff Williams and bass player, Pete Maxfield, both Salisbury musicians, as jazz quartet Sphere re-forms.
SALISBURY City reserves drew 2-2 with Staines last night (Wednesday). Striker Marvin Brown continued his recovery from the groin injury, which has kept him out of recent first team matches, by playing the full 90 minutes.
BRITAIN'S biggest drug baron, who has been jailed for 30 years, stored tonnes of cocaine in a safe house in Ringwood. Following an 11-year investigation spanning four continents, crime boss Brian Brendan Wright, 60, was sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court
ALDERBURY lifted the Norman Court Cup on Good Friday, scoring a goal in each half to see off Nomansland in an entertaining final at Downton's Wick Lane ground. Steve Smith forced home a loose ball early on, and despite a good spell either side of the
A SALISBURY schoolboy has been chosen to join the British Under 18s Olympic Canoeing Squad. Joseph Coombs, who lives in Alderbury and is a pupil at La Retraite Swan school is preparing to take part in two more overseas training courses having completed
SALISBURY rider David Turner took the honours with a treble at the Tedworth point-to-point at Barbury Racecourse near Marlborough on Saturday. Turner combined with 92-year-old Wootton Bassett owner Eric Smith and trainers Richard and Jill Bryan for two
LOUISA Lockwood and up and coming mare The Diva jumped to an impressive tenth place at Compieg-ene, France, at the weekend. The Winterbourne Stoke duo took on a field of 96 competitors from 15 countries, in the prestigious CCI event, which was eventually
WITHERINGTON Farm Fishery will be closed on Saturday as 130 anglers compete in one of the qualifying rounds for this year's national Fishamania competition. The competitors will be using all the fishery's lakes so there will be no room for pleasure anglers
SALISBURY Rugby Club's under 11s have a date at the home of English rugby, after turning in a brilliant performance in a national tournament. Both they and Salisbury's under 13s were in action in Nottingham over the weekend, competing in the Gulliver's
SHREWTON United were on top form to earn maximum points on the road over the Bank Holiday weekend. The Shrews continued their march towards the upper echelons of Toolstation Western League Div-ision One, twice finishing 2-1 victors. A Ben Halski strike
BEMERTON Heath Harlequins had to be content with a share of the spoils after being held to a draw at Lymington Town on Saturday. Graham Mankin came close to opening the scoring after just two minutes, his thunderous shot bamboozling the 'keeper only
PROMOTION-hunting Salisbury Rugby Club hope to end their season on a high on Saturday when they head west looking to beat rivals Bournemouth to the only play-off place in South West Division Two (East). With Redingensians crowned league champions and
HI everyone and welcome to the Gang page - did you all have a cracking Easter? Are you all full of chocolate or do some of you still have a few eggs left? I was very sorry to find out that one of the Journal Gang's friends Jo Little, who was the children's
DAIRY farmers are warning milk production could hit rock bottom unless more supermarkets and shops follow Tesco's lead and introduce measures to help the country's dairy farmers. Just hours after Tesco unveiled two new initiatives to help increase
A rainbow choir for a rainbow nation is how Archbishop Desmond Tutu has named the combined multi-ethnic choir that will perform Karl Jenkins' choral work, The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, in Cape Town's City Hall, later this month. This has been the
FINALIST in last year's BBC Young Musician of the Year contest, pianist Cordelia Williams is giving a recital on Sunday at the Turner Sims concert hall in Southampton. The talented young pianist, whose home is at West Grimstead, near Salisbury, is currently
VACANCIES exist for toad patrolmen (or women), green map makers, penfriends for occupants on death row, collectibles researchers, 24-hour famine supporters, cat foster parents and animal rescuers. As situations vacant go, some of these are a little bizarre
PLANS to wheel in bulky new bins and alternate week rubbish collections have been met with concern by householders. In a bid to increase the amount of waste recycled, from October Salisbury District Council is scrapping its weekly bag collection and
THE clock is counting down for what could be the final elections to Salisbury and Kennet district councils. Nominations for seats on the two councils closed last Thursday, and winners at the May 3 polls will have little more than 18 months to serve
