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Let's Dance!
MORE than 200 pupils from four primary schools joined together at Salisbury Cathedral on Monday to give a concert as the culmination of this term’s Singing Together programme. Let’s Dance is the finale of the project, run by the Cathedral and the Cathedral
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125th anniversary at Hyde School
PUPILS, parents and staff past and present will be celebrating the 125th anniversary of Hyde School. To mark the anniversary headteacher Julie Dalziell has started a project to create a Book of Memories, collating reminiscences, anecdotes and photographs
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Conservationists in Guildhall Square
NATURE conservationists setting up a stall in Salisbury to promote their cause met the mayor, Brian Dalton, and last year’s mayor, cllr Bobbie Chettleburgh. The team from the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
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Cricket legends at new ground opening
CRICKETING stars helped make the grand opening of a new cricket ground in Bowerchalke a real money-spinner for force’s heroes at the weekend. The likes of batting legend Graeme Hick, former Aussie pace man Jeff Thomson and current county side stars came
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Vikings in Porton
VIKINGS will be storming to a Porton primary school in July to take part in the village’s school and church fete. Children at St Nicholas’ Primary School will be learning about Vikings in their topic work this term, so it was decided this would
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Sopley couple could face eviction
A COUPLE under threat of eviction from the home they bought at Merryfield Park in Sopley have lost the latest round in their bid to remain in the property at the former RAF camp. Earlier this year 75-year-old Eric Owen and his wife Janette, 56, were
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I missed our Armed Forces Day celebration…
… on Sunday (why a day later than the rest of the country, incidentally?) because it was the Bishop’s final Sunday eucharist. So I was in the garden rather than the Guildhall Square when a solitary Spitfire flew past. It would be nice to
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Narrow victory for flats plan
PLANS to build flats in a village near Salisbury split the committee at Wiltshire Council’s southern area planning meeting on Thursday. The committee voted five in favour and four against an application to demolish a disused industrial unit and build
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Giant welcome to Amesbury
VISITORS coming into Amesbury from the A303 at Solstice Park will have a giant welcome thanks to the installation of a new statue. The Ancestor, built by Andy and Michelle Rawlings from A&R Sculpture in Durrington with the help of the community, is a
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150th anniversary celebrations at St Edmund's
MORE than 200 former pupils and staff relived old times at a St Edmund’s School 150th anniversary reunion on Saturday. For headteacher Jacqui Goodall it was a family celebration. Enjoying the day with her was her 91-year-old mother Joan Wills, who was
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City council urged to join fight to keep CEPR
CITY councillors are being urged to join the fight to keep Porton’s HPA jobs. Cllr Paul Sample is calling for an urgent debate to endorse the motion: This council believes that the Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response (CEPR) should
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Police swoop in largest ever drugs operation
A MAJOR crackdown on drugs in the New Forest early on this morning resulted in 16 arrests. Hampshire Police carried out dawn raids at 16 homes, including one in Burley, to try to root out heroin and crack cocaine dealers in what was the largest
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Crop circles appear
TWO more crop circles in south Wiltshire have been creating a stir among enthusiasts. The overlapping circular design appeared close to a tumulus in a field of barley between Codford St Peter and Codford St Mary – an area not commonly associated with
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Fire in Porton
THE fire service was called out to tackle a blaze in a shed in Porton on Monday night. Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service received a call at about 10pm and firefighters attended the incident. A spokesman said: “This fire was made difficult by the presence
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GP calls for help for less well off students
A SALISBURY GP is calling for changes in the way medical students are funded to enable more people from poor backgrounds to join the profession. Dr Helena McKeown will tell the British Medical Association’s annual conference in Brighton today
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Dedicated tour guide dies, aged 82
A TOUR Guide, wildlife campaigner and prominent member of Salisbury Civic Society has died at the age of 82. Hugh Thomas campaigned tirelessly for the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, for the Salisbury Water Meadows and many other conservation groups. He was
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Wild West theme at Winterslow summer fair
COWBOYS and Indians paraded through the streets of Winterslow on Saturday for the village’s summer fair. The event, which had a Wild West theme, started at 1.15pm when the procession set off from the village hall towards the recreation field opposite
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Brownies get to grips with dragons
A GOLDEN dragon was brought to life at the weekend as 300 youngsters learnt all about mosaic art. Brownies at Berwick St James discovered how to cutting tiles and place the pieces in a jigsaw style, eventually shaping Gruff the Golden Dragon. Under
