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L to R, Chris Usher, Cllr Frogg Moody, John Abbott, Cllr John Walsh and Chris Healy at the unveiling a blue plaque on Macklin Road Picture by Spencer Mulholland A SPECIAL plaque has been unveiled to mark the 100th anniversary of Salisbury's first council housing scheme. The Mayor of Salisbury, Councillor John Walsh along with members of the Macklin Road Residents Association attended a small ceremony to mark the occasion on yesterday (Monday, December 21). The Macklin Road estate was built as a result of the Addison Act of 1919, which among other things was the then government’s wi...

The Hop launched the online appeal on the Go Fund Me website last week after concerns that it had come out of the second lockdown in a worse state than it had entered it. Within 24 hours, the appeal had hit its £5,000 target. In less than a week, it has raised more than £10,000 for the pub. Landlord Jason Putt, who runs the Devizes Road pub and smaller boozer The Little Hop, said: “It's pretty damn good to be honest. It's just amazing.” Jason Putt, landlord of The Hop Picture: DAVE COX He told the BBC: “I'm not going to be pulling the plug on it right now, because obviously t...