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  • Beatrix Potter tale becomes a musical

    THE musical adaptation of Beatrix Potter’s The Tailor of Gloucester is coming to Salisbury Playhouse this month, following the dressmaker and her cat in a race against time to get the mayor’s new coat ready in time for Christmas. The children’s

  • Celebrations for VisitWiltshire after scooping award

    VISITWILTSHIRE has scooped an award for the Best UK Tourist Board Website in the TravelMole UK Awards. This is the second time VisitWiltshire has won this award after first receiving it in 2015. This year, VisitWiltshire was one of three finalists

  • Three men involved in altercation outside city centre pub

    THREE men were involved in an altercation outside The Bridge Tap in Salisbury. Police say the incident happened approximately between 1.40pm and 1.55pm on Thursday, November 28. And that minutes later, one of the men was involved in a separate

  • Waste surpasses 200,000 tonnes, council reveals

    WILTSHIRE Council managed more than 200,000 tonnes of waste last year. In its latest waste and recycling end destinations report, or End Destination Register, the council said it managed a total of 228,095 tonnes of waste between April 2018 and

  • Armed forces inspire special art display

    SPECIAL artwork inspired by the armed forces has been put on display in the city centre. 2019 was a significant year for Salisbury, which played host to National Armed Forces Day, and Armistice Day this year saw a set of commemorative panels placed

  • Youngsters take centre stage for sell-out Studio Theatre show

    TWO twelve-year-olds from Salisbury take centre stage at Studio Theatre in Ashley Road from December 6 when the amdram company begins its sold out run of Goodnight Mister Tom. James Cates, a Year 8 pupil at the Burgate School, plays evacuee William

  • OPINION: Advent – the meaning of hope

    We sometimes wonder whether it is easier to live with some meaning rather than to live without any meaning or purpose at all? Perhaps it is easier to say, ‘there is always someone else worse off than me’ than, ‘well, this is my lot and I had better