Smiles at last after a year of many trials
AFTER the trials and tribulations of 2007 there were smiles on the faces of exhibitors, buyers and sponsors at the annual Salisbury Christmas Show at the city's Livestock Market.
Helicopters drop in to local schools
CHILDREN at two south Wiltshire primary schools were happy to leave their classrooms earlier this week to enjoy an out-of-school treat.
'A waste of life'
TWO young soldiers who had survived a six-month tour of Iraq - one had only returned an hour or so earlier - died when their car struck a deep puddle of water in Bulford.
Three local rivers are water vole stronghold
THREE of the rivers that flow through south Wiltshire are hotspots for one of Britain's most endangered mammals.
Great year for Stone-curlews
THIS year's wet and dismal summer may have been disastrous for many of our popular garden birds, but it has proved to have been a wonderful year for a rare species of farm and downland bird.
