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• Roberts Shock!

  'GUTTED' Christian Roberts is facing the longest lay-off of his career with the striker set for hernia surgery which could keep him out for two months. read more

• Drink-around-the-clock is thrown out

  COUNCILLORS have called time on 24 hour drinking in Salisbury-but pubs and bars will be allowed to serve alcohol until midnight in the week and 2am at weekends. read more

• Minimum wage is having an impact

  NEW research is showing that the national minimum wage is having an increasing impact on small businesses. read more

• Club boss buys drug detecting machine

  THREE people have been arrested on suspicion of possessing drugs after they were caught by a state-of-the-art detection system at a Salisbury nightclub. read more

• Retailers hit by festive gloom

  SWINDON'S high street retailers have suffered their worst Christmas for a decade according to a new survey. read more

• Trust buys cottage

  Harnham Water Meadows Trust chairman Jonathan Marland outside Rose Cottage. 13/01/05TWELVE years after successfully acquiring the unique water meadows in the shadow of Salisbury Cathedral, the Harnham Water Meadows Trust is embarking on a second major project which could benefit the local tourist industry. read more

• Passenger growth just the ticket for Stagecoach

  73187-03SWINDON may have a proud railway history but it seems that buses are clearly a firm favourite with the town's residents today. read more

• City MP hits out at mental-health chiefs over proposed cut-backs

  SALISBURY MP Robert Key has called on the chairmen of South Wiltshire primary care trust and the Avon and Wiltshire mental health partnership to "consider their positions" in the face of proposed cuts to mental health services in Salisbury. read more

• Cot-death mother's bid for compensation fails

  Angela Cannings 13/1/5FORMER Salisbury mother Angela Cannings vowed this week to fight a Home Office decision that has denied her compensation for her wrongful imprisonment for the murder of her two cot-death babies. read more

• Call for readers to adopt a stricken village in Asia

  AS the aid effort for the Asian tsunami victims continues, a Downton family has come up with the idea of twinning Salisbury with a stricken Sri Lankan village - and today the Journal gives its backing to the initiative. read more

• Murder inquiry into mystery death

  THE parents of a Salisbury man murdered in the Ukraine spoke this week of their son's love of life and of sport. read more

• Wider access for winter walks

  Walkers in central southern England can now take advantage of OS Explorer Maps showing new access land areas. read more

• Gray outlook!

  North Wiltshire MP James GrayNORTH Wiltshire MP James Gray has admitted an experiment to introduce family friendly working hours in the House of Commons has left him with nothing to do during long evenings in London. read more

• Tesco store is to close

  SUPERMARKET giant Tesco is to close a north Swindon branch a year after spending thousands on a major re-fit. read more

• 'Keep our school open' say parents

  HUNDREDS of parents turned up to a meeting last night to demand answers to why their children's school could shut. read more

• Pub gives drug users bloody nose

  REVELLERS snorting cocaine in a Swindon pub's toilets could find themselves getting a nasty shock. read more

• She won't let memory fade

  75544-44A WROUGHTON gran who has devoted 40 years to the Poppy Appeal has received recognition for her selfless work. read more

• Rotarians' collections add up to £2,000 boost

  WAKE OF THE TSUNAMI: SWINDON Rotary Clubs joined forces over the weekend to raise money for victims of the Asian tsunami. All seven local rotary clubs held a collection at Asda Walmart on the Orbital Retail Park and raised a total of £2,072. read more

• Confidence grows

  Consumer confidence maybe stabilising according to a new report from the Woolwich. It says consumer confidence fell by one per cent last month but it was smallest month on month fall for seven months. read more

• Events and collections boost tsunami appeal

  The Rotary Club of Salisbury collecting for the tsunami appeal on Saturday. 13/1/5MONEY is still pouring in to support the tsunami relief effort. read more

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