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Sinclair leaves for Stevenage
ROBBIE Sinclair has left Salisbury City and joined Blue Square Premier champions Stevenage Borough on a free transfer. The 20-year-old midfielder joined the Whites on loan from Luton Town in January 2008, and made the move permanent after being released
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More fundraising for Quaker meeting house
AFTER seven years of fundraising the new Salisbury Quaker Meeting House has opened and members are preparing for the first fundraising event in the new building. The Quakers have been fundraising tirelessly and have raised £500,000 to build
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Book celebrates history of West Dean
A VILLAGE history book is to be launched at West Dean Fete this Saturday (12). The picturesque village of West Dean straddles the Hampshire/Wiltshire border. Now its rich history has been documented and the personal memories of many villagers past and
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Tennis tournament this Thursday
THE Fordingbridge Friends of Cancer Research UK are holding their fourth annual tennis tournament this Thursday, June 10, at Downton Tennis Club on Wick Lane. The contest will start at 9.30am and will finish after lunch with the semi-finals and final
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Anniversary celebrations at St Edmund's
THE 150th anniversary year celebrations at St Edmund’s School reach their climax this month. On June 21 the school will be presenting an anniversary concert at Salisbury Playhouse. Pupils will perform songs and music from the last 150 years. Tickets
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Walk to look at work with insects
A WALK will be held later this month to give people an insight into the National Trust’s role putting ploughed land back into the insect-rich chalk grasslands around Stonehenge. The free walk from Countess Farm just north of Countess roundabout on the
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Toy exchange benefits charities
GET rid of any unwanted children’s toys, clothes and books and you could help local worthy causes and even pick which charity benefits. TEDS (Toy Exchange and Donate Scheme), launched by Liz Wells and Dana Elsworth, last year, allows people to donate
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Workshop to help volunteer diversity
A WORKSHOP is being held on how to improve diversity among volunteers at Salisbury Playhouse from 9.45am until 1.30pm on July 8. Workshops include advertising volunteering vacancies, recruitment and retention of volunteers, involving people with support
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Awards to celebrate work in the community
WILTSHIRE Council is launching a new award schem for volunteers and community groups. The first Wiltshire Council VCS Awards will be looking for people working on exceptional or innovative schemes that help to transform the lives of people in the county
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Annual Royal British Legion parade in Wilton
MEMBERS of Royal British Legion branches across the county gathered in Wilton on Sunday for the annual parade and service of rededication. Beginning at the market square, the parade marched to St Mary and St Nicholas Church for a service at
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Funeral of Conservative stalwart to be held on Thursday
A FORMER Land Army girl and member of the local Conservative women’s committee has died aged 86. Edna Rhind-Tutt, née Bennett, of Stapleford, was a Land Girl during the Second World War and was one of those whose efforts were commemorated in
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Carnival in Amesbury
FAMILIES flocked to Holders Road sports field in Amesbury on Saturday to enjoy all the fun of the town’s carnival. The event kicked off at 11am at Amesbury Sports Centre where the floats assembled before setting off on a route through the town
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New features for children at the cathedral
SALISBURY Cathedral is offering a new welcome for families this summer. There’s a new trail around the cathedral with accompanying activity leaflet for 8-12 year olds, new ‘Explorer’ bags for the under eights, and for three weeks during the summer holidays
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Boys take step towards Grand Master status
LEEHURST Swan pupils Nicholas Welch, Year 5, and James Lucas, Year 4, took part in the Megafinal of the British Land UK Chess Challege at Lavington School. They competed against a number of children from chess clubs throughout Wiltshire and Dorset in
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Outstanding rating for John McNeill Centre
A SPECIALIST charity catering for children with additional needs has been given an “outstanding” rating by government inspectors. Ofsted Inspectors praised the staff and the quality and standards of early years provision at the John McNeill Opportunity
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Searchers come from far and wide to look for Wolfie
A RESCUE dog called Wolfie has been lost in the New Forest since last Monday. He is very nervous and had only been in his home for 36 hours, so will not know where to go back to. He is a medium size, black and tan, wire-haired lurcher. He went missing
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Man escapes a jail term after wheel brace attack
A MAN who hit someone in the head head with a metal bar during an argument has escaped a jail term. Luke Silver, 22, of Greyfriars Close, Salisbury, was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm after the incident in August last year
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Salisbury features in steam train video
A STEAM train enthusiast has featured Salisbury in his latest videos of railways in the days of steam. Michael Clemens, from Worcestershire, has just released a new video entitled Remembering Southern Steam, which is made up of cine film taken by his
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Country market celebrates 15th birthday
Fordingbridge Country Market celebrated 15 years of trading in May at Avonway in Fordingbridge by welcoming their customers to a special birthday party. The proceedings were opened by Mayor of Fordingbridge Malcolm Connelly, who said how pleased
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Stoford war veteran honoured
A LOCAL war veteran was among a group of men honoured for their bravery on Russian convoys during the Second World War at a ceremony in Jersey last month. George Wells, 87, from Stoford, was one of 12 Royal Navy veterans who received the medal from the
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Man pretended to be friend in "nasty, scheming" insurance fraud
A MAN stole his friend’s identity to get cheaper insurance for his car, in what a judge described as “nasty, scheming little frauds”. Samuel Tobie, 29, of Robert Barracks, Larkhill, pretended to be Mark Blaney when he requested insurance quotes for his
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One of the longest-surviving heart transplant patients dies aged 74
A SALISBURY man who was one of the longest surviving heart transplant patients has died aged 74. John Weeks had surgery to get a new heart on New Year’s Eve 1987 and featured in the Journal at the time. He was again in the Journal in January 2008, when
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Get your entries in for Verwood in Bloom
ENTRIES for the Verwood in Bloom competition must be received by next Friday (June 18). Prizes will go to the best front garden, the best use of hanging baskets, the best decorated pub and the school which shows the most novel planting ideas. Entry
