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Double victory for Moyles Court pupils
IT was a double success for Moyles Court School as two of its teams won two very different contests. The Junior Girls Six a-side football team won the Avon Valley League Cup Final and a team of Senior boys won the Wessex Challenge, which involves physical
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Railway Club is club of the year
MEMBERS of Salisbury Railway Social Club are toasting their success after the club was chosen as CAMRA’s Club of the Year. Every year the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) assesses and picks a pub of the year but, for the first time, this year they have
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Award for Wessex Water
WESSEX Water has won a silver award at the Green Apple Environment Awards in the Tower of London for helping to preserve and protect local wildlife. The organisation helped to restore rivers and local wildlife through its Partners Programme, which supports
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Special soil holds up village resurfacing work
COUNCILLORS on Burley Parish Council have blasted Hampshire County Council for leaving repairs to roads and footpaths half done because of delays in buying special soil. The county council has resurfaced Forest Road and the footpath in Pound Lane but
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Planting help from Woodland Trust
ANYONE wanting to plant new native woodland in Wiltshire can now turn to national charity the Woodland Trust for help, advice and possibly funding. Applications have now re-opened for the charity’s MOREwoods programme with a view to planting this winter
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Giles says his future is with Whites
Salisbury City manager Tommy Widdrington said he is ‘absolutely delighted’ that central defender Chris Giles has committed his immediate future to the club by agreeing a new contract. The 28-year-old former Yeovil Town player joined Whites
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Golf Day to raise funds for Stars Appeal
STARS Appeal Patron Nick Holmes, manager of Salisbury City Football Club, will be hosting the inaugural Nick Holmes Golf Day at High Post Golf Club on Friday. The event, which sold out weeks in advance, will feature 23 teams competing to be
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Top honour for Gerald
A TIRELESS fundraiser who has spent nearly 60 years supporting the work of Cancer Research UK has been given a national award for his outstanding contribution the charity. Gerald Loader has been raising money since he was 15 – he is now 71
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Honour for Selaine
A SALISBURY fundraiser’s hard work to raise money for the Breast Cancer Campaign has been recognised with a top charity award. Selaine Saxby is the founder of Pink Aerobics and manages 50 regional events which are attended by about 2,250 people each
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Man used Christmas money to buy stolen goods, court hears
A YOUNG man who used money he was given for Christmas to buy a TV stolen from a house near his home has been given a suspended jail sentence. Salisbury Magistrates Court heard on Thursday that Martin Ashley, 23, of George Street, Salisbury,
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Tennis Trophy for Matthew
SALISBURY MP John Glen presented Matthew Vose-Batista with his trophy for wining the St Joseph’s Tennis Tournament. Also pictured is the runner up Dominic Lawes. The Yvonne Mussell Memorial Trophy commemorates the work of a former PE
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Man sexually touched pregnant delivery worker, court hears
A MAN who sexually touched a pregnant delivery worker has been given a curfew and ordered to pay his victim £600 in compensation. Magistrates in Salisbury heard on Thursday that Henry Burt, 54, tried to persuade the woman to come into his home
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Thief stole laptops from Currys
A THIEF who stole two laptop computers from a Salisbury store was behind a series of thefts across the country, a court heard. Christopher Spence, 41, appeared before magistrates in Salisbury on Thursday charged with stealing two laptops worth £679 from
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Commemoration Day at Godolphin
MORE than 100 former pupils of the Godolphin School gathered together last week for their annual Commemoration Day. A tree was planted in memory of Sarah Streatfeild – a former head girl and latterly school governor who died last year – by her friends
