PAPER PREVIEW May 7, 2020

A doctor reveals that thanks to the amount of preparations that took place beforehand, staff at Salisbury District Hospital managed to cope with the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Emergency call-outs to deal with fires in Wiltshire have dropped by around 50 per cent during the ongoing virus outbreak.

Recycling centres in Wiltshire are set to reopen after they were closed in March.

Salisbury residents continue to mostly adhere to lockdown guidelines, with the city remaining largely empty this week.

A special supplement marks 75 years since victory in Europe.

And more.

In the Forest Journal:

“The wrong place for it” was the verdict of Verwood councillors over fresh proposals for the siting of a new Lidl store in the town.

Ringwood Coronavirus Assistance has delivered PPE equipment made by the community and businesses to care homes and hospitals.

The journey of a fox who travelled 25km in just one night has been uncovered thanks to GPS tracking.