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Salisbury Plain wildfires flare up less than two days after they were extinguished
THE fires on Salisbury Plain are back again - less than two days after they were extinguished. *Updates in our live blog* And the Defence Infrastructure Organisation says the flames have ripped "deeper into the range" so they won't be able
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Which celeb should be PM? Your answers revealed
FROM Jeremy Clarkson to Mr Bean, we asked you which celebrities should take over as Prime Minister, and you did not disappoint. As MPs up and down the country resigned from ministerial roles, PM Boris Johnson then announced he too would be stepping
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Police 'aware' of group on private land in Amesbury
POLICE officers "are aware of a group of people" who have based themselves on private land in Amesbury. The action was made public by police at around 10am today, July 17. The group in question has based itself on Holders Field. A Wiltshire
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'I can’t imagine what they have been through' - Fatal house fire shocks community
A DEVASTATING house fire which killed an occupant in the New Forest has been described as “tragic” by shocked residents as investigations continue. Emergency services were called out to the fatal fire in Burley during the early hours of Saturday
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Celebration of historical collection at Stourhead
The National Trust at Stourhead near Mere is exhibiting 103 varieties from its historical pelargonium collection by the date they were first introduced to England. Stourhead’s connection to pelargoniums began with Sir Richard Colt Hoare, third
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The fire that destroyed a village and left many homeless
The photograph featured this week was presented to me recently with a question, what was the date of a terrible fire that happened at Sixpenny Handley? After a little digging in the Salisbury Times archives, it appears that this disastrous fire
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'This has not been taken lightly' - Secondary school closed due to 'extreme heat warnings'
A SECONDARY school has announced it will be closed tomorrow, July 18, "due to extreme heat warnings". St Joseph's Catholic School, Laverstock, has responded to the ongoing heatwave, fearing it "does not have adequate facilities to accommodate pupils
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How you can be part of Studio Theatre's The Comedy of Errors
Studio Theatre in Salisbury has issued a casting call to get involved in a forthcoming production. The theatre in Ashley Road is going to be performing William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors during the week starting October 17. If you would
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Live updates as Salisbury enters day one of 'extreme heat'
7:41pm Good bye We're going to wrap up this blog now, we hope it's been useful! Any more heatwave news please send
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Remembering the fallen as the commemorative candle float returns to Salisbury
THE HIROSHIMA and Nagasaki Annual Commemorative Candle Float will return to the river Avon next month to commemorate the thousands of people who lost their lives due to nuclear weapons. The Salisbury Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) is staging
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Country-wide heatwave and 'unprecedented temperatures' to affect train travel
ESCALATING temperatures set to hit the country this week is likely to affect rail travel tomorrow July 18, and July 19. Network Rail has urged people to avoid travelling on those days if possible as it is likely that speed restrictions will lead
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Recycling the unrecyclable raises thousands for Wiltshire Air Ambulance
TWO Salisbury residents who set up Recycle for Wiltshire Air Ambulance have raised more than £80,000. Sam Peters and Lesa Snook collect those ‘hard to recycle’ items and send them to the world leader in recycling – TerraCycle. For each item donated
