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  • Plan to scrap 101 charges backed by PCC

    WILTSHIRE'S Police and Crime Commissioner has backed government plans to scrap charges to phone 101. Currently, users are billed a 15p connection fee to use the service. But now, the Home Office has announced that calling the police non-emergency

  • Waitress, 32, jailed for having sex with 14-year-old

    A SALISBURY mother has been jailed after having sex multiple times with a 14-year-old boy. Judges at Aylesbury Crown Court heard how Lisa Moorefield, of Friary Lane, was flattered by the attentions of the young teenager before they embarked on

  • Garden tools stolen after sheds broken into

    GARDEN tools were stolen from two sheds in the Alderbury area. The first burglary happened at about 11.20am on May 21. Police say offenders broke into a shed in Lights Lane and a leaf blower worth approximately £250 was stolen. The offenders

  • PHOTOS: Inaugural Five Rivers Festival brings in the masses

    THE Five Rivers Festival will be back again next year after scores got involved in the event's inaugural showing. Held on Bank Holiday Monday yesterday, the day of events celebrated Salisbury’s five rivers. The event was been put together by

  • Teen in court after threatening to burn down city hair salon

    A TEENAGE girl from Wiltshire will be sentenced next month after threatening to burn burn down a Salisbury hairdressing salon with the owner inside it. The threat was revealed at Swindon Magistrates' Court, where the the 16-year-old, who cannot

  • Businessman died of gunshot wound, inquest hears

    THE owner of the Molly’s Den emporia has died of a gunshot wound, an inquest heard. John East-Rigby, 65, died on May 8 at his home at Mockbeggar near Ringwood. The hearing in Winchester was told that consultant pathologist Dr Sanjay Jogai had

  • Meet camels at city cathedral this weekend

    CAMELS will be coming to Salisbury in a bid to raise funds for healthcare in Sudan. On Sunday, June 2, Therese and Timujen, Lady Chichester’s two humped Bactrian camels, will be making an appearance at the Bishop’s Summer Fete in the city, alongside

  • Horseshoe Inn voted ‘Pub of the Year’

    A TRADITIONAL inn which has been run by the same family for almost half a century has been presented with a special gong. The Horseshoe Inn at Ebbesbourne Wake, has been voted Country Pub of the Year by members of the Salisbury & South Wilts Branch

  • Civic heads go green to help reduce city emissions

    WITH the country in a climate emergency, green transport is regarded as one of the best ways to reduce your carbon footprint. Now, to get more people thinking greener, Salisbury’s civic chiefs are looking to lead by example to help reduce the city