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MP DANNY Kruger has publically urged Royal Mail to reconsider its decision to close Tidworth sorting office, which will impact thousands of…

Its taken four months to raise £155k.But the Ogbourne St Andrew community needs another £100k to get its hands on the Silks on the Downs.They…

Its taken four months to raise £155k.But the Ogbourne St Andrew community needs another £100k to get its hands on the Silks on the Downs.They…

Members of the Ogbourne parish, near Marlborough, are reminding the community and beyond that there are just days left to #SaveTheSilks by becoming…

Rallying call to help Save the Silks in Ogbourne St Andrew Members of the Ogbourne parish, near Marlborough, are reminding the community and beyond that there are just days left to #SaveTheSilks by becoming a shareholder, by investing as little as £200 allowing the community to buy and save the previously popular village pub, the Silks on the Downs. If successful the pub will become a major community hub, providing a warm and welcoming space to meet as well as a valuable lifeline to the co...

Members of the Ogbourne parish, near Marlborough, are reminding the community and beyond that there are just days left to #SaveTheSilks by becoming…

Salisbury District Hospital. Inset: Danny Kruger MP and John Glen MP. MP FOR Salisbury John Glen has defended the proposed one per cent pay rise for NHS staff. Mr Glen said the pandemic had hit the economy hard, so savings needed to be made - which only allowed a modest increase for NHS heroes. But a Labour city councillor has insisted NHS staff and key workers "desparately need" a "tangible" increase in income. It comes after Sir Keir Starmer said the starting point for an NHS pay rise...

Its not been a good year to be running a pub and despite the route for the country to get out of lockdown - and hopefully not go back into it - being mapped out, there are fears many pubs could close permanently.  The same is true for community hubs, theatres and sporting organisations, hit hard by people being ordered to stay at home and their doors being closed.  But there is a ray of good news. Chancellor Rishi Sunaks announcement of a £150million Community Ownership Fund in last weeks Bu...

Picture from Holland Hacket THE team behind the petition to register Grosvenor and Riverside House as an Asset of Community Value have revealed more details about their plans. Pete Rushforth, 32, and Ben Whatsley, 42, have set up a community interest company called Rise, Resound, Rebuild (R3), and want to turn the former youth centre into a "cultural hub that reinvests profits back into the city". Both are from Salisbury, went to school here and have worked in the area for over twenty yea...