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Dog rescued after being trapped for six days
A DOG was rescued by firefighters following a six-day ordeal trapped in a badger sett in Burley. Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service were called out by the RSCPA on October 26 to help rescue Lucy, a wire haired Dachshund, from the sett at Heaven’s Gate
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Boy, eight, organises charity bring and buy
AN eight-year-old boy has raised more than £250 through a charity bring and buy sale he organised for this year’s mayor’s appeal. Jonathan Baker set up the sale after watching his mother Linda, who is chairman of the appeal, arrange similar events in
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Clearing up in Amesbury
YOUNG people in Amesbury donned their gloves and picked up their litter picking tools to help clean up two of the town’s parks. The event, organised as part of Not In My Neighbourhood Week, targeted Harvard Way Park and Bonnymead Park, which both have
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Bikers support air ambulance
BIKERS from the New Forest have supported the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance with a generous donation. The New Forest branch of the Harley Davidson Riders Club has donated £1,000 to the air ambulance as its chosen charity. John Hopkins, Harley
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China trip for Bishop's boys
BISHOP Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury has run its first trip to China. Fifteen boys and two teachers visited the city of Nanjing, in the province of Jiangsu, for eight days at the end of October. The boys, aged from 13 to 18, are all learning Chinese
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Much work to be done at community farm
THE scale of the task facing volunteers at the River Bourne Community Farm was all too evident at the handover of buildings that are central to the project. Laverstock and Ford parish councillors inspected the greenery growing through the roof of a dilapidated
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Blood pressure checks at library
LIBRARY users had the chance to get their blood pressure checked and find out more about strokes as part of World Stroke Day. Judy Cronan, the stroke nurse co-ordinator at Salisbury District Hospital, and Emma Heard, a support worker with the Stroke
