HOMELESS charity Alabare is calling on the public to sign up for its Big Sleep event in Salisbury next month. It takes place on Friday, February 1 at Salisbury Cathedral. The Big Sleep is the Salisbury-based charity’s flagship event in raising
TRIALS are being held for youngsters wanting to try out for Salisbury Cathedral’s choir. Up to eight bursaries are available annually, which cover 30 per cent of the fees at Salisbury Cathedral School, with other funds available on application.
THE legacy of the “King of Pop” is being celebrated in a new show heading to Salisbury next month. Ben Bowman who grew up listening to Michael Jackson fronts the Michael tour, which comes to City Hall, Salisbury on Saturday, February 16, 7.30pm.
THE Race for Life will be returning to Salisbury in June, raising money for Cancer Research UK. And for the first time ever the race that started more than 25 years ago will be inviting men to take part as well as women. The event on June 9
LIKE Barry Webb, I too am concerned that even more money is going to be siphoned out of the police funds to recruit and employ a deputy PCC. The ratepayer is charged a sum of money by the local Council to provide a police service for the community
A 57-YEAR-OLD woman has died after a car ended up in a ditch. Police say the single vehicle crash happened westbound on the A31 between Stoney Cross and Burley at around 6.15pm yesterday (Friday, January 11). A maroon-coloured Citroen Xsara Picasso
VERWOOD residents were advised to stay indoors after two gas mains were damaged in a crash, which sparked a fire. Dorset Police were called at about 8.25pm yesterday (Friday, January 12) to reports that a car had left Ringwood Road at the junction
BIKERS have won a High Court battle to allow them to ride on dirt tracks around Stonehenge. Motorcyclists used to be able to ride freely on byways around the historic stones, meaning they could view them from afar without paying up to £17.50 for
WITH only six months to go before service personnel withdraw from Germany and move to the UK under the Army Basing Programme (ABP), huge progress has been made to deliver the new and improved accommodation required for soldiers at garrisons across
THE Friends of Salisbury Cathedral are kicking off their 2019 programme of events with a concert by Sarum Six. The vocal ensemble is so popular with the Friends that the candlelit concert on February 2 in the Cathedral’s Chapter House and Refectory
THIS last Saturday, local to Salisbury, Pink Floyd tribute band All Floyd played to packed crowds at Winterslow Village Hall. Following rave reviews at our local FirsFest event last summer, they have continued to develop their amazing skills accumulated
“IT’S good to go away – but even better to get back home,” a former contributor to this page once confided in me. I have to say that I agree with her; I find myself counting the days to my holidays, but I always appreciate the relieved sense of
