PAPER PREVIEW August 6, 2020

There has been more mixed reactions to the pedestrianisation of Salisbury city centre, as leaders ask the scheme to be reconsidered.

Openreach celebrates signing-up its 1,000th customer to full-fibre broadband and making Salisbury its first full-fibre city in the UK.

A paedophile from Salisbury travelled more than 100 miles hoping to meet an underage teenage girl for sex.

The Salisbury City Garden pop-up bar has been launched to encourage people back into the city

And more.

In Forest Journal:

Ringwood Town Council is to continue pushing for the permanent closure of the West Street/ A31 junction to be brought forward.

Firefighter Pete White is hanging up his helmet after serving the community of Fordingbridge for 33 years.

A love-crazed stalker who sent “hundreds if not thousands” of messages to his victim “is still in love”.

In The Vale Journal:

Find out how a fun fair coming to Shaftesbury will be Covid-secure.

After three weeks of fundraising, pledges and talks with administrators, St Mary's Shaftesbury will not reopen in September.

A 4km cycle network is to be installed in Shaftesbury later this month.