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  • Police 101 number saved

    THE threatened 101 non-emergency police service in Hampshire has been granted a reprieve until March next year after local councils stepped in to plug the funding gap left by Home Office withdrawal. Since the launch of the number in 2006 it has received

  • Chinese rally to help acrobat Yan

    THE Chinese community has rallied round to help paralysed acrobat Xu Yan. The 22-year-old is stranded in Salisbury with no money after a fall from a high wire while rehearsing with the Chinese State Circus. Xu Yan, a patient at the District Hospital

  • Council tax approved

    AVERAGE householders in south Wiltshire are facing a total Council Tax bill this year of at least £1,351.99. Salisbury District Council this week formally set its share of the bill at £128.32 a year for the average Band D taxpayer, which is an increase