BUSHY Park near Richmond in London is a mecca for park runners, being the place where it all began, writes DI CROSS. A minibus full of City of Salisbury Athletics and Running Club’s members made the pilgrimage to the park last Saturday – and met
POLICE in Wiltshire have a new weapon to use in the fight against rural crime. The Mavic 2 drone, which has been funded by the National Farmers Union and Historic England, will be used to help find criminals on farm land, gather evidence of crime
YOU find me feeling sad this week. Why so? Because an issue of vital importance to Salisbury’s future has been decided, as per usual, on party political lines, and though I’m oh-so-used to that happening, somehow I never give up hope that things
PUPILS are celebrating after returning home from a sporting competition with seven wins. On Wednesday, June 5, thirty students from Leehurst Swan School travelled to Exeter for the ISA South West athletics regional championships, with four of the
MORE than 57,000 miles have been covered in June thanks to a new exercise challenge. Beat the Street has been running in Salisbury and Amesbury since the beginning of June, and at the halfway stage has 10,000 players taking part, together conquering
TWO men who carried out a series of “sinister” knifepoint robberies on betting shops during a “month of madness” have been jailed for a total of 24 years. Armed with an array of different weapons, including a cleaver and a replica Nazi dagger, a
IT’S promised to be an ‘out of this world’ experience. Winterslow Village Fete takes place this weekend, but the traditional fete and community event will have a modern feel this year as the event will have a space theme. On Saturday, expect
A LEADING archaeology professor has claimed the Stonehenge tunnel plans will mean the loss of "over half a million" prehistoric artefacts within the World Heritage Site, should plans go ahead. Professor Mike Parker Pearson, who is professor of
A MALE in possession of cannabis, as well as stolen bike, has been arrested. At around 8:15pm on Tuesday night, officers conducted a stop check of a male who was acting suspiciously in the Laverstock area. The male was on a bicycle which the
SALISBURY have added even more firepower to their line-up for their forthcoming Southern Premier League campaign with the signing of Weymouth Warren Bentley and the re-signing of Dan Fitchett. This comes hot on the heels of the signing of another
THIS Saturday sees the launch of the latest exhibition at Fisherton Mill, a collection of work by the Tentmakers of Cairo. The Tentmakers are a group with a slightly misleading moniker, but one with a fascinating history, as I discovered when I spoke
ALMOST £900,000 has been spent scrapping and replacing emergency vehicles following last year’s Novichok incident, the Salisbury Journal can reveal. Data collected from both South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) and Wiltshire
TODAY The Arts Society Wylye Valley Lecture: Imperial Purple to Denim Blue - The Colourful History of Textiles, Michael Herbert Hall, Wilton, 11am. Stonemasonry Works Yard Tour, Salisbury Cathedral, 2pm-3pm. Also Tuesday. Info: salisburycathedral.org.uk
IN TODAY’S JOURNAL: Almost £900,000 has been spent scrapping and replacing emergency vehicles following last years Novichok incident. Councillors have supported controversial plans for the first phase of the Maltings development. The
EARLY in 1952, a 160-ton American B36 “atom bomber” – at the time the world’s largest warplane – made a forced landing on the outskirts of Salisbury. It was promptly handed into the security of Boscombe Down RAF Station by four bulldozers. High-ranking
