South Western Railway (SWR) is asking customers to plan ahead over the Christmas and New Year period due to scheduled engineering work taking place across the SWR network Several separate sets of engineering work will affect journeys through Woking, Vauxhall, Earlsfield, Southampton, Guildford and Ascot with rail replacement buses in operation on routes where the line is closed – and…
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Tesco Amesbury launched their annual Giving Tree Appeal on the 16th November – 18th December and have had an amazing response from their customers with over four hundred gifts collected for all ages. Last year the Giving Tree Appeal supported patients spending Christmas in Salisbury hospital. This year the Appeal will support Salisbury hospital, Salisbury Foodbank and Spurgeons Children’s Charity.…
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If you don’t feel safe going to the theatre over Christmas, why not sign up to watch the production of Snow White and the Happy Ever After Beauty Salon online? You can enjoy all the panto fun from the comfort of your sofa? Wiltshire Creative have made this dream come true – click here to find out more. A great…
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To launch a new collection of poetry about Salisbury Hospital’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Oscar-winning actress, and patron of The Stars Appeal, Olivia Colman, has read two of the newly commissioned poems. The Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust collection of poems – My Name is Mercy – is inspired by some of the hospital staff’s experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Olivia Colman…
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Why don’t girls and women feel safe in Salisbury? This was the question asked at The Chapel nightclub, the venue for a conference on how we can all make Salisbury safer for women and girls. Initiated by Salisbury Soroptimist International and ‘Safe and Supportive Salisbury’, it was sponsored by Salisbury Council, Wiltshire Council and Wiltshire Community Foundation. It brought…
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We are now just five weeks from Christmas day and with present buying on everyone’s mind, Salisbury BID (Business Improvement District) is stressing the importance of shopping local. It has been a tough couple years for businesses, but we can all help by getting behind local retailers and hospitality venues by supporting them this festive season. Dan Collins, Salisbury BID…
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The mum of a young man who was stabbed is backing our latest knife crime awareness campaign and amnesty – Op Sceptre. Carol Tait’s son Cameron was stabbed in the stomach in a Calne car park three years ago during a night out. Cameron, who was 21 at the time, was put into an induced coma for two weeks and…
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Tesco Amesbury welcomed back the Royal British Legion volunteers on Saturday 6th November for the first time due to the pandemic and lockdown for the National Poppy event which ran from the 26th October – 11th November 2021. This year marked 100 years of the Royal British Legion. Tesco Amesbury marked this by involving Amesbury Kids Club with making the…
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After 6 weeks of work; painting, cleaning, and re-equipping, The Harnham Bunker is ready to be reborn as The Underground Studios. The team behind the project, Alex Mobaraki, Naomi Payne and Andy Munns have taken the former communications bunker back to a blank canvas and have now breathed new life back into the building. The 1500 square foot underground building…
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For the second year running, The Great Big Christmas Toy Appeal is back! The brainchild of Louise Howard of local recruitment firm, Require Consultancy, the Toy Appeal makes a return after huge success last year. In its first year, the appeal delivered toys to over 200 children, purchased the entire Amazon wish list for Little Folly’s Children’s centre, gifts for…
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