I hadn't really considered the impact of the travelling and time differences on my marathon preparation. The preparation for the London Marathon is quite straightforward - a modest car journey, followed by a brief trip on the Docklands Light Railway to
ADMISSION prices for Saturday's FA Cup fourth qualifying round tie between Salisbury City and Stevenage Borough are as follows... Adults £12, Concessions £9, 16-21-year-olds £7, Children £5. Any unsold season ticket seats will be available on the
THE Bluetongue protection zone has been extended to east Dorset in a bid to contain the disease. Farmers in the district will now not be able to move their animals outside the zone except to slaughter. Defra has moved to extend the zone in place in
ONLY one of the four health trusts in south Wiltshire met national core standards this year according to the Healthcare Commission. The annual health check paints a far from ideal picture of the state of the health service in south Wiltshire. Wiltshire
EARLY lapses in concentration cost Salisbury Rugby Club dear at the weekend, as they went down in defeat to league rivals Reading Abbey. The Salisbury side, which was captained by David Bell, was caught out as early as the fifth minute when Abbey took
AMESBURY'S new £75,000 recreation ground was formally relaunched and renamed Bonnymead Park on Sunday. Mayor of Amesbury, Councillor Fred Westmoreland, opened the new play park, which features different types of swings, roundabouts, as well as a new
SUPPORT for the Salisbury District Hospital Stars Appeal continues to go from strength to strength, with money coming in from fund-raising efforts - big and small - across the area. The 19th annual three-day Rockbourne Fairs were held at the Salisbury
THERE have been a number of complaints in The Journal recently concerning the lateness or non-appearance of some of the Wilts & Dorset buses on a number of routes. This has put many people to considerable inconvenience, but I hope that the letter from
IN response to David Merritt's letter in your paper about speeding motorists on the A338, I would like to make the following points: Villagers from across the Bourne Valley came together for a public meeting on September 22 2007, in Winterbourne Earls
Laura to chair International Festival board A new face chairs Salisbury International Arts Festival's board of directors from January. Laura Phillips, pictured above, who lives in the village of Homington, near Salisbury, has served until recently as
HI everyone and welcome to the Journal Gang. I hope that you are all having a great half term and getting up to lots of exciting activities while enjoying some time off school! This week I've received a lovely letter and picture from Oliver Hopkins
SALISBURY has never been able to match Liverpool or Manchester or Birmingham as the birthplace of great pop idols. To be fair, few cities could. But there was a time when Salisbury churned out a steady stream of home-grown bands, one of which even made
THE owner of a Ringwood leisure park has hit out at "ludicrous" and "completely outrageous" claims the site could be transformed into a traveller camp or even a prison. A spokesman for Matchams South Coast Ltd, which leases part of the site, has
RABBIT owners are being urged to have their pets vaccinated against myxomatosis following an upsurge in the number of wild and pet rabbits affected by the unpleasant disease. One south Wiltshire owner had to have her much-loved pet rabbit put to sleep
A SOLICITOR has hit out at a system which, he says, has forced his firm to give up legally-aided family work at its Salisbury office. Tim Bishop, senior partner of Bonallack & Bishop of Salisbury, Amesbury and Andover, says he is sad he has had to make
THE ceremony held to celebrate the opening of south Wiltshire's newest hotel had plenty of va va voom about it, thanks to the drivers of the British Touring Car Championships. The drivers roared into Solstice Park, near Amesbury, to help Tanya Smith
HEALTH and safety specialist What No Safety Services has teamed up with Salisbury & District Chamber of Commerce and Industry to offer a training course on fire safety. The half-day course takes place at Sarum College in Salisbury Cathedral Close on
TEACHER Gundi Shaw is special and now she has a national award to prove it. In front of a 2,000-strong audience at the National Teaching Awards ceremony at the London Palladium on Sunday night, the Woodford Valley Primary School teacher scooped the special
