DOWNTON booked their place in the final of Bournemouth Senior Cup by taking the scalp of Wessex League Premier Division side Hamworthy United. The Division One Robins travelled to Dorset as underdogs and came away 2-1 winners on Tuesday night.
SALISBURY RFC fielded possibly their strongest line up of the season, but lost to visiting high flyers Royal Wootton Bassett 30-17. The game was preceded by a minute’s applause in memory of East Dorset prop Jamie Davis who sadly passed away the
THREE people have been arrested after a burglary in Fordingbridge. A 29-year-old man from Fordingbridge has been arrested on suspicion of burglary. He has been released while investigations continue. A 16-year-old boy from Fordingbridge and
POLICE have revealed that another three sheep have been killed in the New Forest. All three animals were found puncture wounds - just weeks after another sheep was stabbed to death and other other animals suffered injuries. A cow was found
FIRSTLY, I want to talk to you about an incident I witnessed just before Christmas that has stuck in my mind. I was crossing into New Canal from Queen Street, minding my own business, when I heard a woman screaming: “Pack it in!” Startled, I
IF ever there was a show to make you forget those January blues, this is it. It’s only on until Saturday, so you’ll need to be quick to catch it. But you won’t regret making the effort. The costumes are gorgeous, the dance routines are immaculate
A NUMBER of tools were stolen from a building site in Bulford. Police say between 5.30pm on Friday, January 17 and 7.20am on Monday (January 20), unknown offenders managed to break in to the Brymor building site off Kandy Road. PC Louise Thomas
Monty Python star Terry Jones has died at the age of 77. The actor and comedian, who had dementia, directed some of the comedy troupe’s most-loved works, including Life Of Brian. He appeared in TV series Monty Python’s Flying Circus in a variety
THREE footfall counters, which revealed more than 1.6million visitors flocked to Salisbury over the Christmas period, are the same machines that helped secure “millions of pounds of recovery money” following the 2018 Novichok attacks. The Salisbury
Hundreds more management jobs are being cut at Sainsbury's in the latest overhaul following its takeover of Argos. The supermarket giant confirmed plans to further integrate the head office functions for both Sainsbury's and Argos across departments
DETECTIVES have drawn up a list of Swindon and Wiltshire’s 19 most wanted organised criminals – including everyone from drug dealers to slavers. And the man in charge of tackling organised crime said his officers would leave no stone unturned to
AS the deadline looms to get your self-assessment tax returns in (January 31, incase you were wondering), HMRC has revealed its best-loved excuses for failing to do them. Top spot goes to 'my mother-in-law is a witch and put a curse on me'.
‘LIGHT up the streets of Salisbury’ is the call from organisers of the annual Midnight Walk, as registration have now opened. This year’s walk, which will be the event's twelfth outing raising money for Salisbury Hospice Charity, will be on Saturday
TERRORISTS could be made to take a lie detector test to prove they have reformed and are not planning to carry out another attack. Plans to introduce 'polygraph testing' were announced by the Government as part of a wave of measures being described
ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners say more needs to be done to cut fumes from cremations which can produce as much harmful pollution as a car driving twice the length of the UK. Around 95 per cent of coffins used in cremations are made from chipboard/MDF
I’VE had scores of emails in the last week demanding that I vote for amendments to the EU Withdrawal Bill, the effect of which - in the understanding of my correspondents, was to preserve the rights of refugee children overseas to be reunited with
