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More than 9,700 parking fines issued at Salisbury Hospital
Nearly 10,000 parking fines have been issued at Salisbury District Hospital (SDH) since June 2023. An FOI request made by the Journal has revealed that 9,727 parking fines were issued at the hospital car park between June 2023 and May 2024.
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'Lost' bluestone boulder provides vital clues to Stonehenge history
A “lost” boulder rediscovered in a box in Salisbury Museum has provided powerful evidence that the bluestones of Stonehenge were transported from West Wales by glacier ice. The evidence also makes it clear that the story of the transport of
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Rock star opens garden to public including £50m car collection
Thousands of people visited the Corsham home of Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason and his wife Annette, over the weekend to support open days to raise funds for Wiltshire Air Ambulance and The Wiltshire Bobby Van Trust. The annual Open Garden event
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Articulated lorry causes tailbacks and delays in town
AN empty 44-tonne articulated lorry caused traffic delays and congestion in Bradford on Avon after its driver tried to negotiate his way through the town’s narrow streets. The incident took place at 11.45am on Saturday (June 7) when the lorry created
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Temporary traffic lights update at busy road junction
TEMPORARY traffic lights are likely to stay at a busy road junction in Trowbridge after a driver damaged the lights that were already there. A driver ran into the lights at the Stallard Street roundabout junction with Newtown on Friday, May 31,
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Powerful education trust of 18 schools forms after merger
TWO education trusts managing a total of 18 schools in east and west Wiltshire have merged to form one powerful organisation. The EQUA Mead Learning Trust officially launched on June 1. It was formed when the EQUA Multi Academy Trust, which
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Trowbridge Flower Festival: What you need to know
THE High Sheriff of Wiltshire has praised the Trowbridge Flower Festival saying she hopes it will ‘pave the way’ for the rest of the county to follow suit. Speaking at the festival’s official launch at the historic Parade House in Trowbridge, Dr
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Meet the Labour candidate for Chippenham: Ravi Venkatesh
The newly announced Labour candidate for Chippenham has said that that he is “appalled by the lack of honesty, integrity and decency at the heart of government”. Ravi Venkatesh moved to the UK in 2006 from southern India and recounted arriving