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Buffet for Salisbury's homeless residents
THERE was some festive cheer for Salisbury’s homeless at an annual Christmas buffet on Monday. Organised by Salisbury Trust for the Homeless, there was music, entertainment and food for people who have nowhere permanent to live. The guests were also
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Hotel to be turned into apartments
SALISBURY’S Clovelly Hotel is to close next month and be turned into serviced apartments for tourists and business visitors. The 12 one and two-bedroom apartments, close to the station, are intended to provide a ‘home from home’ where people can
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I'm dreaming of a white Christmas...
HI everyone and welcome to the Journal Gang page. Ho ho ho! – is that Father Christmas I can hear? I expect he is loading up his sleigh right now ready to deliver all his gifts tomorrow night. I hope you’ve got your stockings ready to hang up, and
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Book charts 40-year history of steam fair
THE Great Dorset Steam Fair is a great day out for all the family, and a new book charting the fair’s 40-year history has been written by steam enthusiast Stephen Hubbock and published by Waterfront. Published in November, shortly before the steam fair
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New venue for kids disco event
THE disco event for young people run by Wiltshire Police is launching at its new venue at the Chapel nightclub in Salisbury tonight. The Bluez ‘n’ Zuz events were previously held at Salisbury City Football Club but were so popular a bigger venue was
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Imogen in starring role at Playhouse
THE actress Imogen Stubbs has been cast as Amanda Wingfield in Salisbury Playhouse’s co-production with Shared Experience of Tennessee Williams’ play, The Glass Menagerie. Directed by Polly Teale, the production opens in Salisbury in March 2010 before
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Revellers a day early for solstice
AROUND 300 pagan worshippers braved freezing temperatures to celebrate the winter solstice at Stonehenge, but turned up on the wrong day. Dressed in traditional robes, they met at the stone circle on Monday to mark the rising of the sun on the shortest
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Self-assessment tax return reminder
HM Revenue & Customs is issuing a reminder to anyone in Wiltshire, Hampshire and Dorset who hasn’t yet submitted their 2008-09 self-assessment tax return. More than nine million people file a self-assessment tax return every year, including 45,000 with
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National award for taxi company
TAXI firm Value Cars, of Salisbury, has won one of the top accolades at this year’s Go Skills awards. The company, which is based on Churchfields Industrial Estate, was presented with the Company of the Year (small) award at a ceremony at Wembley Stadium
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Farewell to school site manager
STAFF and students at The Burgate School said goodbye to a much loved member of staff on the last day of term. Lesley Cooper, 66, had worked at the school for 35 years and retired as a site manager. Mrs Cooper, who lives in Fordingbridge
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Cute children pick up their prizes
SALISBURY’S cutest children came to collect their trophies and portraits at the Child of the Year presentation on Monday. Winner of the baby category was Louis Warlow who celebrated his first birthday yesterday. “We were really pleased he had won and
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A338 closure plan blasted
PLANS to close the A338 between Downton and the Hampshire border for six weeks this winter have sparked anger. Wiltshire Council is carrying out roadworks because of a collapsed service trench. But instead of controlling the traffic with |temporary
