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Necklace scam in Salisbury
WILTSHIRE Police are warning people to be aware of a distraction scam being carried out in the Salisbury area. A woman begging for money has been approaching people, getting them to try on a gold-coloured chain and then removing it, normally at the victim
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Walker fell to death in Snowdonia inquest hears
AN experienced and well-equipped walker from Salisbury slipped and fell 80ft to his death in Snowdonia, an inquest heard. John Blackwell, 70, from Odstock, slipped while trying to recover a rucksack on Snowdon last December. The retired shepherd was
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Prank at jewellers sparks alert
A MAN has been fined after what appears to have been a prank at a Salisbury jewellers’ store sparked a security alert. Staff at Sarum Jewellers in New Canal were left shocked and confused after a man sprayed them with a substance thought to
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101st birthday celebrations for Doris
A WOMAN who has lived a life of “gentle existence” celebrated her 101st birthday with friends and family on Wednesday. Doris Woodford, of Milford House Care Home in Milford, has lived in the New Forest area for the whole of her life. She was born in
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Different kind of sports day at Sarum St Paul's
AT Sarum St Paul’s Primary School, sports day was a little bit different this year. On July 1 pupils got the chance to try out activities such as tae kwondo, rocket ball, martial arts, archery and even circus skills with coaches coming in to teach them
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Work at Old George Mall
OLD George Mall is undergoing work in a bid to attract shoppers and reinforce Salisbury as a shopping destination. “We want people to arrive here and enjoy shopping in the city so work like this is vital to attract local and regional shoppers, new,
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Champers and sleuthing on the trail of the Seagull Slayer
AT the weekend the Love Of My Life took me for a three-day break in my favourite place in the world – Polruan, near Fowey, Cornwall. Our trip had been planned for some time and, largely thanks to the persuasive charms of the LOML, mum had agreed
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Car causes £25k damage to shop
A CAR smashing through a Verwood shop wall has caused an estimated £25,000 of damage. The crash at Baileys, in Ringwood Road, took out two bollards, fractured the gas main and knocked ten televisions and DVD players and cinema systems off the
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Last chance to tour former PM's home
Last chance to tour former PM’s home WHAT do the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, pop superstar Sting and comedian John Cleese have in common? They were all guests at former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath’s lunch parties – and visitors
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Battle story set for TV film
HISTORIAN James Holland’s recently published book, The Battle of Britain: Five Months that Changed History May-October 1940, will form the basis for a television film to be screened in September. James, pictured, who was born in Salisbury, and lives
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It's your licence to thrill
It’s your licence to thrill WHO will be the best-dressed 007 and Bond girl at the James Bond spectacular at Wilton House? Prizes will be given for the best-dressed Bond look-alikes and Bond girls at the open-air event being held at Wilton House on Friday
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Fun and frolics Italian style
MISTAKEN identities, cross-dressing, slapstick comedy, romance and even a duel – all this and more in Carlo Goldoni’s The Servant of Two Masters, this year’s open-air production by The Maskers Theatre Company. Performed in the lovely setting of Hamptworth
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London trip had that X Factor!
HI everyone and welcome to this week’s Gang page. First of all, I want to share these pictures of Gang member, Robert Robertson, who celebrated his second birthday on Saturday. He went to Farmer Palmer’s Farm Park to celebrate and his mummy made him
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English Heritage to press on with Stonehenge plans
ENGLISH Heritage has said it will plough ahead with plans for a new visitor centre at Stonehenge despite the Government’s decision to cancel funding for the project. The Government announced on June 17 that it will no longer be stumping
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Conference told about a raft of low carbon energy opportunities
EVERY farmer and grower in Britain should have the opportunity to provide low-carbon energy services alongside their traditional roles, a major conference heard last week. Dr Jonathan Scurlock, National Farmers’ Union chief renewable energy adviser
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Globel wargames at Porton Down
AFGHANISTAN came to Porton Down last week as scientists took part in probably the world’s largest-ever wargame. The Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (CWID) saw the creation of a scenario based on the operation in 2008 which oversaw
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Fascinating tour of Egypt
A GROUP of 34 staff from HQ 1 Mechanized Brigade and its units has just returned from a tour in Egypt studying military campaigns in the area. The aim of the staff ride (which is usually called a battlefield tour) was to develop an understanding of
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Tubbs departs Whites
SALISBURY City officials have described the offer for star striker Matt Tubbs from Crawley Town as ‘too good to turn down.’ The 25-year-old marksman, who scored more than 30 goals for the Whites last season and was joint top scorer in the
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Promotions and appointments across the business world
SOSCA's new team slots into position TWO south Wiltshire accountants have taken over the helm of their professional body. Ian Davies and Henry Flint have become president and deputy president of the Southern Society of Chartered Accountants, which represents
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CEPR'S potential move would be bad science
WITH reference to the View From The Commons article (Journal, June 24), when I was the Liberal Parlimentary candidate in the early 1990s one of my first fact-finding visits was to the secure laboratory facilities at Porton Down. Later, its success as
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Saddened by Stonehenge Visitor Centre
THE news the Government grant of £10million towards the Stonehenge Visitor Centre has been withdrawn is devastating. Everyone agrees the present facilities serving one of the world's greatest heritage sites are a disgrace, but although the wait may
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Leave Armed Forces Day well alone
ARMED Forces Day falls on Saturday, June 26 as fixed by the government. What right has Salisbury City Council to alter, for the second year running, the day to Sunday? Those of us who are interested in attending, having served in the
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Victory for Hampshire rescue team
A LIFESAVING team that frees people from their cars following accidents are champions at what they do. Competing at the World Rescue Organisation European Challenge in Austria at the weekend, Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service’s vehicle extrication team
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Is this justice?
A TEENAGER will serve less than six weeks in prison for his involvement in a brutal drunken assault which left a man brain damaged. Kyle McGauley pleaded guilty to repeatedly kicking Jason Vennell, a 36-year-old father of two from Bulford,
