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Free open evening of night visions

Published May 17, 2012

AN EVENING at Salisbury Cathedral on Friday May 18, 7pm to 10pm, is part of Culture 24’s nationwide ‘Museums at Night’ initiative, the annual festival of late night openings when hundreds of museums, galleries and heritage sites keep doors open [...]

MP to lead the band and open jazz festival

Published May 17, 2012

A SWING BAND is to lead in South Wilts MP Dr Andrew Murrison to set off the Wiltshire Jazz Festival on the afternoon of Saturday, June 9. Trombonist Ian Bateman with brother Alan on trumpet, the principal two halves of [...]

Horse watch helps air team officers

Published May 14, 2012

HORSE WATCH HELPS AIR TEAM OFFICERS from Wiltshire Police Rural Crime Team presented Wiltshire Air Ambulance with a cheque for £762.75 last month. The money was raised from generous donations received by officers for their crime prevention efforts as part [...]

Calculator to cut costs

Published May 14, 2012

WESSEX WATER and the Energy Saving Trust now offer a free online calculator for customers to ‘input their daily water usage around the home’. In the scheme, a series of questions ranges from how many times a kettle is boiled [...]

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Cars damaged in Village street

Published May 5, 2012

By David Parker Police have confirmed reports of a serious collision at 12:15am on March 24 in Hindon High Street, last month, in which a Fiat Stilo collided with five parked vehicles, one of which was said to be ‘written [...]

Renewed concern over ‘landmark’ development

Published May 4, 2012

BADGER setts and the danger of landslip are the reasons a developer has changed plans for a controversial housing development next to a Shaftesbury landmark, claim local campaigners. Exeter-based Blue Cedar Homes has applied to move part of its Old [...]

Dinton’s ‘miler’ day is a great success

Published May 4, 2012

Milers of all ages were sponsored to do one, three or six miles around Dinton’s beautiful countryside and its National Trust park when more than 130 locals turned out in March for the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile. Friends, families and [...]

Lollipop lady to the rescue

Published May 4, 2012

Shaftesbury primary school pupils have a new lollipop lady after parent Jo Walton stepped in when Dorset County Council ended funding at the end of March. The financial rescuer was Shaftesbury town council who stumped up £4000 to secure the [...]

‘Spanish cam scam’ warning

Published May 4, 2012

SOUTH WEST Lib Dem MEP Sir Graham Watson warns travellers to be wary of con artists during the holiday season. The Euro-MP has received several letters about scams in Spanish shops in which victims are lured into a store by [...]

Appeals success for former councillor

Published May 4, 2012

FORMER Shaftesbury town councillor Richard Thomas has had to wait almost a year to hear the result of his appeals against two suspension orders imposed by North Dorset District Council last year. Mr Thomas won his appeals and Judge Sally [...]