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Salisbury surgeon in Indian mission
A SURGEON from Salisbury District Hospital is flying to India on a mission to help children with cleft lip and palate deformities. Victoria Beale will travel to Nagpur on January 13 with the Northern Cleft Foundation, a group of doctors and nurses
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Three score… and then?
There isn’t a lot to be said in favour of reaching your 70th birthday. Most of the “funny” cards and gifts (like the “OAPs’ Sex Manual” filled with blank pages) are presented by unfeeling friends at 60. When you begin your eighth decade (which
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2000th mission for air ambulance
THE Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has flown its 2000th mission, even though it has only been running for two and a half years. The tremendous skill of the pilots means the Air Ambulance can land in areas inaccessible to land ambulances, and
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A Potpourri of Traditions
The last two or three weeks of the year are a busy and often beautiful time, when we follow some old traditions and perhaps begin some new ones. With so many things to discuss, this post will be a potpourri of December thoughts. First, the
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Warnings in icy weather
AMBULANCE crews are urging people to take extra care in the icy weather and reminding people only to dial 999 for genuine medical emergencies. Great Western Ambulance Service (GWAS) has been experiencing particularly high levels of 999 calls in recent
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Salisbury tennis player wins Christmas card competition
A YOUNG tennis player from has been helping spread festive cheer after winning a competition by TeamBath to design a Christmas card. Children aged up to 14 were invited to enter the competition to design its official Christmas card, resulting in more
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2009 in Music
If there is one thing that music criticism teaches, it is that listening to 300 albums a year is only to scratch the surface of what is out there. Every year gets better, and the talent deeper, so any suggestion that this list is the ‘best’ of 2009 would
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Laptop stolen from Currys
POLICE are appealing for information following the theft of a laptop from the Currys story on Southampton Road, Salisbury. At about 6.30pm on November 24, two men entered the store, selected a Dell laptop valued at £500 from the display and
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Charities thrilled by Journal present appeal
BIG-HEARTED readers have dug deep into their pockets despite the recession to donate hundreds of gifts to the Salisbury and Forest Journal’s Christmas Present Appeal. Representatives of charities who called in at the Journal’s offices to collect them
