Paul Jones

Smyths Toys, on the Churchill Way West Retail Park in Salisbury, will close in January. Picture: Google

Smyths Toys’ “deep regret” at closing Salisbury store

SMYTHS Toys in Salisbury will close in January – as reported by your Gazette. The store, on the Churchill…

Quincy Hopkins jailed for 16 shoplifting offences in Ringwood

RINGWOOD man Quincy Rufus Digby Hopkins has been jailed for shoplifting in the town. The 26-year-old, of no fixed abode,…

A new Lidl is planned on the site of the current HomeSense and Smyths Toys stores in Salisbury. Pictures: Google/Lidl

Lidl confirms second Salisbury store – with Smyths and HomeSense set to go

BUDGET supermarket giant Lidl has confirmed it is planning a second store in Salisbury. As first reported by your…

Special poppy pint glasses will be on offer at pubs in Dorset, Wiltshire, Somerset and beyond. Picture: Marston's

Where in Salisbury you can get your Poppy Appeal pint glass in aid of the RBL

MANY of us – in our unruly teenage years perhaps – may have taken a pint glass we liked…

Smyths Toys and HomeSense are set to "vacate the site" to make way for a new Lidl. Picture: Urban Edge/Wiltshire Council

New Lidl store to replace Smyths and HomeSense on Salisbury retail park

PLANS to enable a new Lidl store in Salisbury have been submitted – to replace Smyths Toys and HomeSense,…

The lorry was damaged on the A338, past St Andrew's Church. Picture: Google

Police probe after object thrown at lorry in Wiltshire village

A LORRY was damaged when an object was thrown at it as it made its way through a Wiltshire…

Lanterns travelling down the Avon on the anniversary of the Hiroshima/Nagasaki nuclear attacks

Salisbury CND welcomes Nobel Peace Prize for nuclear bomb survivors, the Hibakusha

SALISBURY campaigners have welcomed news of a Nobel Peace Prize for their friends in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Salisbury Campaign…

The Tenor Ladies - who came out on top at the Salisbury Soroptimists Charity Quiz Night

Salisbury Soroptimists quiz night raises £700 for good causes

TESTING questions raised money for two charities at a quiz in Salisbury. The Salisbury Soroptimists held their annual Charity Quiz…

The £40,000 facility is on the Odstock Burns and Plastics Ward

Veteran first to use new £40k walk-in wet room facility at Salisbury hospital

AN Army veteran who lost both legs in Afghanistan was the first patient to use new specialised wet room…

Cara Charles-Barks will take on the new role from November 1

New chief executive officer for Salisbury NHS Trust

CARA Charles-Barks has been appointed as chief executive officer of three NHS trusts – including Salisbury. A veteran of 30…