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  • Why online shoppers are being charged more due to Brexit

    Online shoppers based in the UK are being caught out by extra charges when ordering from retailers based in the European Union. Additional charges, including customs duties and VAT on parcels sent to the UK, are part of post-Brexit life. When

  • Missing boy, 13, found safe

    A missing 13-year-old boy has been found safe. An earlier appeal has been updated on the Salisbury Police Facebook page. The update, at 5.20pm, said: "We are pleased to report that following an earlier appeal, the missing 13-year-old boy from

  • 5 more Covid deaths confirmed at hospital

    The total number of Covid-19 related deaths at Salisbury District Hospital since the pandemic began has almost reached 150, after five more fatalities. Five patients who tested positive for coronavirus passed away on Saturday (January 23), the

  • Prince guitar to go up for auction in Wiltshire

    A living room devoted to the late Prince is about to lose its star exhibit when a guitar played by the rock star goes up for auction in Wiltshire. The guitar, a Fender Gemini II acoustic, which was played by Prince on his Diamonds And Pearls album

  • 3 reasons an end to lockdown is a ‘long, long way off’

    An end to the national lockdown is a “long, long, long way” off, according to Health Secretary Matt Hancock. The Government had previously said the lockdown would continue in England until at least the middle of February. However, it’s long

  • The ‘landship’ which inspired tank warfare

    Our thanks go to the researcher and author Terry Grace for providing this week’s Bygone Salisbury: Previously thought to be a locomotive on the Porton Light Railway, this machine (right) was actually a Pedrail Landship. In 1915 an Admiralty Landship

  • Warning as supermarkets urgently recall these food products

    Stores including the likes of Aldi, Asda, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Lidl, Morrisons and Waitrose have urgently recalled a number of items. We've rounded up the latest products to be recalled. If you have bought any of the items mentioned below, return

  • 21 amazing Salisbury snow pictures taken by you

    Readers have taken stunning photographs of the Salisbury area blanketed in snow. From the city’s famous cathedral dusted with icing sugar, to snowmen and winter wonderland gardens, there are snowy scenes everywhere this Sunday, January 24.

  • The key roads affected by snow disruption so far

    Heavy snowfall is affecting traffic in and around Salisbury. There are traffic warnings from the AA about wintry hazards on the A30, A303 and A343. On the A30 there are a number of problem areas. West of Salisbury, on the A30 near Burcombe

  • The first pictures as Salisbury wakes up to snow

    It’s a snowy Sunday in Salisbury and across the area, as local residents wake up to a thick carpet of the white stuff. Some managed to capture pictures of snow flurries falling early this morning (January 24). But others have woken up to a

  • Trailer stolen from farm - police appeal for witnesses

    TWO men have stolen a trailer from a farm yard. A 14-foot flatbed Ifor Williams trailer was stolen from a farm yard near the A3030, Sherborne, at around 10.30pm on January 20. Two men pulled the trailer out of the yard before towing it away