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Motoring Writer Sanctions Golf Club Abuse
My mind is full of questions such as what is the meaning of life, are we alone in the universe, and can you store golf clubs in the glove-box of a family hatchback? My instinct on the third dilemma is 'probably not' and, according to a recent opinion
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Balsam choking our rivers
NON-NATIVE plants in the New Forest are choking the rivers and could pose a danger to human health, says a wildlife officer. Giant hogweed contains toxic sap which reacts in sunlight with the skin to form burning blisters and purple blotches, Catherine
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Young peoples' skills festival
YOUNG people and their parents from across the county are invited to this year’s Wiltshire Skills Festival to explore their futures. Students aged 14 and 15 from schools all over Wiltshire will be attending the event at Wiltshire College in
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Daring Olive, 94, waterskis to mark birthday
A DARING OAP celebrated her 94th birthday by waterskiing on Ellingham Lake. Olive Seymour, who suffers from mobility problems and normally uses a buggy or wheelchair to get around, got the water sport bug after joining a disabled forum aged 90. First
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Wiltshire streets cleaner than national average
WILTSHIRE’S streets are being kept clean and tidy with half the litter of the national average. An independent inspection team carried out more than 3,600 street cleansing inspections during Wiltshire Council’s first year, revealing that littler levels
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Football fun in Durrington
A FANTASTIC afternoon of fun for all Durrington Rangers Football squads was held on Durrington Recreation ground. All boys and girls joined in for an assault course, golf football and a penalty shootout, followed by, a barbecue and curry.
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Design student makes Tesco trendy
YOU might not see it on the catwalk or the high street just yet, but a Wiltshire College design student has been impressing the shoppers of Tesco with her recycled fashion. Eighteen-year-old Katie Hunter, from Farley, is studying for an Art and Design
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Fordingbridge nurse turns business into thriving concern
A FORDINGBRIDGE nurse who created a business from a garden shed has turned it into a thriving community concern in just 18 months. Patricia Irons told the Journal that she believes it is a miracle that Care 4 U has taken off so|rapidly, now employing
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Jewellery shop staff left shocked by attack
STAFF at a Salisbury jewellers have been left shocked after a man attacked them with pepper spray yesterday afternoon. The man entered Sarum Jewellers in New Canal at about 2pm. He asked to see the shop's selection of watches and staff thought
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Dads enjoy a nursery breakfast
MORE than 40 dads from Farley Nursery School celebrated Father's Day early by sharing an open-air breakfast with their children. They were treated to sausages and bacon rolls with fried bread cooked on an open fire by nursery staff. There were wheelbarrow
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School tries to raise £59,000 to stop vandals
A VILLAGE primary school is being forced to try to raise £59,000 to pay for a security fence to try to stop vandals getting in. For several years St Leonard’s Primary School in Bulford has suffered from vandals invading the playground, destroying
