Put your questions to council leader at Salisbury event
THE people if Salisbury will be able to put questions directly to the leader of Wiltshire Council at an…
‘Police struggling, outlook not good’
LAST weekend, I spent a day at Great Ormond Street Hospital talking about stalking with their Young People’s Forum. For…
Bring back the ‘bobby on the beat’
Strolling through the Market Square last week (6 April), it was a pleasant surprise to see a police officer…
“GP numbers – another pledge gone”
IT has been another week of navigating the NHS for me. My son has now added conjunctivitis to his bingo…
“No new developments of oil and gas”
These are not the words of extreme climate activists, but a view backed more than 700 of the UK’s…
Tory publicity stunt will cost thousands
After a significant increase in council tax payments for Salisbury residents this year, I understand why Conservative councillors would…
‘We need to tackle gender inequality’
THIS week, my daughter chose ‘Malala’s Magic Pencil’ by Malala Yousafzai from Salisbury Library. It tells Malala’s story in…
“They really, really do just hate work”
(Gavin Williamson secretary of state for education, October 2022) Debate over the government’s handling of the pandemic has recently been…
‘Community policing needs to return’
I READ this week about the terrible case of a local man who tragically took his own life just…
More at stake than companies’ profits
Hard to believe but true, given the record-breaking profits generated by energy companies over the past 12 months, there…