POLICE investigating an assault outside a campsite at Sutton Holms near Verwood are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward. The incident, in which a teenage girl from Poole was assaulted while walking her dog, happened
SALISBURY City have been left managerless after Mikey Harris has quit to take on a youth team role at boyhood club Portsmouth. The 29-year-old leaves his full-time post at financially troubled Whites after one season in charge to manage Pompey
WALKERS can now sign up for the third annual House 2 House fundraising event. The walk, taking place on September 13, is from Naomi House children’s hospice in Sutton Scotney, near Winchester, to Tedworth House recovery centre in Tidworth.
TWO of Salisbury Tri club’s elite athletes flew to Austria for the Triathlon European Championships. Joanne Bailey and Hani Milstein competed in the European age group championships in Kitzbühel, which included a 1500m swim, 40k cycle and a 10k
MODEL railway enthusiasts of all ages got together in Mere for an annual exhibition. The event was held at the Lecture Hall last weekend and proved so popular that Mere Parish Council are in the process of leasing The Old Band Hut in Castle Street
CULTURE secretary Sajid Javid MP visited Salisbury Playhouse on Thursday. Mr Javid, who was appointed in April this year, visited the theatre with Salisbury MP John Glen. He met executive director Sebastian Warrack, artistic director Gareth
HUNDREDS of children in Swaziland will have new clothes thanks to the efforts of Shrewton and District WI. A total of 242 dresses and 44 pairs of shorts, made from pillowcases, duvets and leftover bits of material, are on their way to the country
BUDDING Packhams and Strachans are needed to volunteer at Moors Valley Country Park on July 24. The park already surveys its butterfly, dragonfly and damselfly populations, and keeps a record of bird sightings. But now, the rangers want to
A SALISBURY air cadet has been chosen out of 40,000 air cadets to represent the UK at an international exchange in Canada. Cadet Warrant Officer Stuart Strachan, 19, is one of 80 cadets chosen for the two-week trip, which will see him join high-fliers
THERE will be temporary road closures in Broad Chalke due to resurfacing works and new road markings next month. The C12 from Fyfield Bavant to the Stratford Tony Road and A354 junction will be closed between 9.30am and 3.30pm July 7 and 11, and
THREE charities have each received £2,500 following Salisbury Rotary Club’s 10th annual swimathon. The event, sponsored by the Journal, raised a total of £10,000 and, after expenses, Parkinson’s UK, Wiltshire’s Life Education Centre and Morning
THIEVES have left an elderly couple distraught after repeatedly stealing plants from their garden. About 40 plants have been taken from the garden, in Larkhill Road, Durrington over four or five occasions over the past two months. Police Community
PUPILS at Chilmark and Fonthill Bishop Primary School have been learning about green screen technology. Children spent two days learning how to set up a studio including backdrops, lights and computers, and then they were recorded in front of an
MORE than 340 young runners took part in the annual mini marathon at Avon Valley College on Saturday. Children from schools in the Salisbury, Pewsey and Malborough areas took part in a number of races after a warm up led by Lifestyle Fitness.
WILTON has “become a ghost town” according to business owners who say they have been struggling with road closures and traffic chaos for weeks. Road works have been taking place since May and are expected to end behind schedule, in August.
