Salisbury BID has joined the growing number of voices locally calling for the People Friendly Salisbury scheme to be suspended. They have surveyed local businesses receiving responses from 75 from within the city centre. This has allowed the BID Board to update is position on the People Friendly Salisbury Scheme. In the survey, 71% of respondents ask the BID to…
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A man has died following a serious collision on the A30 near Tisbury. The two-vehicle collision happened close to the village of Sutton Mandeville at around 5.20 pm yesterday (16/11) and involved a red Honda Jazz and a blue Range Rover Sport. The driver of the Honda, a 20-year-old man from the Bristol area, was taken to Southampton Hospital but…
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A man has been disqualified from driving after being found in possession of drugs in his car in Salisbury. Michael Hollingsworth, 46, of Saren Street, Amesbury, pleaded guilty to driving a vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit and possession of cannabis at Salisbury Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, November 11. The offences related to…
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A PILOT project to help older people in Salisbury get online is to be extended thanks to a coronavirus fund grant from Wiltshire Community Foundation. Safer and Supportive Salisbury used a £3,300 grant from the community foundation to launch the trial in the summer, helping ten older households access the internet by lending them a tablet and providing socially distanced…
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Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service is working in partnership with several other organisations to support National Road Safety Week, which is running between 16 and 22 November. The Service is actively involved in both the Wiltshire & Swindon Road Safety Partnership and Dorset Road Safe and leads on the delivery of the Safe Drive Stay Alive and Survive…
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Residents and local businesses are being asked for their views on the Salisbury River Park proposals. This joint project, between Wiltshire Council and the Environment Agency, aims to help reduce the risk of flooding for existing residents and businesses in Salisbury City Centre, build climate change resilience, enhance existing and create new spaces for biodiversity and improve public enjoyment of…
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