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'Amazing prize' - Woman wins year's supply of free bread
A WOMAN has won a year's supply of free bread from a Salisbury bakery. As part of Salisbury Business Improvement District (BID) and Henderson's Artisan Bakery's joint Indies Month competition, one fortunate individual has won the incredible prize
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Amesbury Super Fete returning for third year aiming to be biggest yet
Thousands of people are expected throughout the day to attend the Amesbury Super Fete with this year's event set to be the biggest yet. The Sunday, August 27 event will see a parachute jump into the arena by the Red Devils and a festival style
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Newly released collection of World War II photos shows Salisbury and Stonehenge
A collection of aerial photographs taken during the Second World War have been published online and include photos of a US Army camp in Wiltshire and of Stonehenge. A low-level photo showing part of a US Army camp in Wiltshire shows firing ranges
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'We were warned of the dangers of continued burning of fossil fuel in the 1950s'
I share your correspondent’s concern over China’s level of greenhouse gas emissions (Postbag, August 10). In 2021 China’s CO2 emissions reached 8 billion tonnes followed by the USA and India with 5 and 2.7 billion and the UK with 0.347 billion.
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Man jailed for raping a 12-year-old girl in Wiltshire
AN 18-year-old man who instigated a sexual encounter with an underage victim has been sentenced to six years and eight months behind bars. Dennis Rocha, 18, of Beck Row, Mildenhall, Suffolk was sentenced at a hearing held at Swindon Crown Court
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Live at the Park 'went well' but will be 'bigger and better next year'
THE organisers of Live at the Park have promised it will be even "bigger and better next year." Dave Hancock, a director of The Immersive Group, told the Journal that it was time to reflect on the music event now that feedback was coming in.
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Hampshire Open Studios to feature more than 290 venues
Hampshire Open Studios, an annual art trail where the visiting public can meet artists in their homes, studios and galleries free of charge, will soon return for this year's event. At more than 290 venues open between Saturday, August 19 and the
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Bournemouth man jailed for strangling a Wiltshire woman in Tisbury
A 51-year-old man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and disqualified from driving for drink driving and for assaulting a Wiltshire woman. Matthew Ponchaud, 51, of Bournemouth was sentenced at Salisbury Crown Court on Friday, August 11 after
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'A crime against nature': Activists project anti-tunnel signs at Stonehenge
ACTIVISTS opposing plans to build a two-mile-long tunnel near Stonehenge projected images onto the site to condemn the development. Members of Extinction Rebellion and Sacred Earth Activism took to the site, near Amesbury, at dusk on Monday, August
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Man who walked 8,895 miles around Britain's coast hikes up Ben Nevis
Jim Morton reached the summit of Ben Nevis as a continuation of his year-and-a-half-long journey across Britain upon which he embarked in 2021 for the benefit of The Gurkha Welfare Trust, a national charity for the Gurkha community with head offices
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A fusion of acrylic, gesso, and poetry: Summer exhibition opening this week
AN Up-and-coming artist’s latest work is a fusion of acrylic, gesso, poetry and projection on reclaimed plywood and calls for viewers to take a retrospective view of the environment. Tim Scrace will reveal his latest work The Impudence of a Straight
