A MEMBER of Fordingbridge Club says the former club building is being sold “over the members’ heads”. A potential buyer has been having confidential talks with the mayor over the Roundhills building, which has been empty for two years. Woolley
SCARECROWS seem to hold the secret for a flourishing community as hundreds of visitors are flocking to Sandleheath for a peek at the men of straw. Community spirit has taken off in the village since the first scarecrow competition was held in 2011
A FIREFIGHTER from Cranborne was presented with a long service medal last night. Mark Lambert, who has spent the last 20 years as an on-call firefighter, will receive the award from The High Sheriff of Dorset Jane Stichbury at Lulworth Castle.
STONEMASONS have been hanging from ropes 160ft off the ground to check the condition of the National Trust’s King Alfred’s tower near Stourhead. The trust is planning a major repair of the tower and the daring stonemasons were on hand to carry
A NEW modern look and longer hours are promised after Verwood Post Office is refurbished. Opening hours will be increased to 56 hours a week, with the office opening half an hour earlier and shutting half an hour later on weekdays. The post
A CAMPAIGN to ensure people living with dementia in Wiltshire are treated with understanding and support is being launched across the county. In Wiltshire, there are currently 6,512 people living with dementia and that figure is forecast to grow
YEAR 5 and 6 children from Shrewton Primary School thrived at an athletics competition in Durrington. Budding track and field stars competed in Quad Kids at Avon Valley College. Their efforts in vortex throwing, long jump, short distance running
AS the World Cup fixes all eyes on Rio, children at Salisbury Cathedral School made a virtual pilgrimage to Brazil. Pupils in years 5, 6 and 7 were immersed in the sound of samba batucada, the exciting multi-layered, polyrhythmic percussion-based
A FOOTBALL team from a tiny village, who are punching well above their weight, are celebrating a “huge” step forward after being awarded most of the money they need for floodlights. Cranborne Football Club, which has been playing for 100 years,
A GIFT Day organised by the Friends of Wardour Primary School raised £6,900 to upgrade computer facilities for pupils. Parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, and anyone connected to the school, were invited to a tea party and pupils’ art exhibition
WOMEN in Salisbury are being urged to grab their last chance to enter Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life at Hudson’s Field before registration closes next week. Entries will close at midnight on Friday, June 27 for the women-only 5k event, which
IT was a wasted trip for Redlynch and Hale on Saturday after their clash at Hook & Newnham lost out to torrential rain. Ian Tanner’s men covered 120 miles without playing a single ball. However, due to results going their way, they remain
A WOMAN from Salisbury has completed a skydive in memory of a friend who died from cancer. Jonathan Finn died last year at the age of 49, and Karen Gardiner, 42, of White Friars Road, Salisbury, promised him when he was ill that she would do a
THERE were some magnificent motors to be seen on Choristers' Green in The Close last Thursday, when the Dorset Austin Seven Club made their annual rally to Salisbury. Ten cars dating from between 1926 and 1938 parked up beside the Green, while
