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  • OPINION: Winners and losers in the lottery of life

    SOUNDS like a no-brainer, doesn’t it? For the price of a lottery ticket a month, council taxpayers in Wiltshire could have 41 more police officers and two cyber-crime specialists. We could certainly do with them, and I cannot seriously imagine

  • Thai restaurant closes after nearly two years in city

    A SALISBURY restaurant has closed its doors on Endless Street. Koh Thai Tapas, which opened in March 2016, have not given a reason yet for the closure of the restaurant. Koh Thai Tapas's head office has been contacted for comment.

  • LETTER OF THE DAY: Priorities for NHS

    I REFER to an article on Jessica Samson (Salisbury Journal, January 3)who is complaining about the ‘poor service’ from the NHS regarding her wait for laser hair removal treatment. I think that most people would agree that the NHS do the best they

  • Emergency services were at the scene of three-car crash

    THREE cars were involved in a crash this morning along a major road near Amesbury. This morning (January 9), at around 8:45am the three-vehicle crash on the A338, near the Dogs Trust site in Newton Tony, caused the road to be blocked both ways.

  • Salisbury RFC lose 2019 opener

    SALISBURY RFC started the year 2019 with 27-10 defeat at Royal Wootton Bassett, writes JOHN PALMER. For the most part it was a tight, closely-fought game. Salisbury defended well but Bassett were quick to pick up on a few mistakes and turn them

  • Ambulance station may never reopen after nerve agent attack

    AMESBURY ambulance station may never reopen after being closed for nerve agent decontamination last year. The site, in Solstice Park, was handed back to South Western Ambulance service in June, after extensive cleaning and testing for Novichok.

  • Drive launched to recruit more on-call firefighters

    A DRIVE has been started to recruit more on-call firefighters in south Wiltshire. Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service needs new recruits to provide fire cover at locations across Wiltshire, but particularly in Amesbury. Amesbury Fire