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Protecting Wiltshire trees for the future at Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank The larva of the elusive White Letter Hairstreak butterfly was spotted last week by The Conservation Foundation’s James Coleman and volunteer Alex Morley, who were collecting seed from wych elms from Clouts Wood, a reserve managed by the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust. Elm is the […]
Colonel James Denny MBE, Commander of Tidworth, Netheravon and Bulford, the Army’s biggest UK garrison, has become an Ambassador for Julia’s House, the Dorset and Wiltshire Children’s Hospices. Colonel Denny said he was “extremely proud” to be an Ambassador and add his voice to the charity’s plans to build a children’s hospice in Wiltshire. He […]
A spectacular, once-in-a-lifetime pageant brought the streets of Salisbury to life with a carnival of colour as Wiltshire celebrated the birth of our nation’s present day liberties 800 years on from the sealing of the Magna Carta. The celebrations took place on the evening of Monday 15 June, eight centuries to the day since King John […]
Music, revelry, picnics, time for reflection and an evening’s extravaganza! On the weekend of 13 – 15 June Salisbury Cathedral will be alive with Magna Carta 800 celebrations, marking this country’s first step towards democracy. MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE: The weekend begins with the Magna Carta Gala Concert on Saturday 13 June, featuring a new choral […]
Hundreds of people took to their bikes and enjoyed the atmosphere and spectacle of Cycle Wiltshire. Cycle Wiltshire, supported by Landmarc, is part of Wiltshire Council’s A Legacy for Wiltshire partnership. People took to the road on their bikes, as well as experiencing the excitement and thrill of top-class cycling in their local community. More […]
Julia’s House are appealing for volunteers to rally behind them as fundraising gets underway to build a children’s hospice for Wiltshire. The Dorset and Wiltshire Children’s Hospice charity needs to recruit a small army of volunteers in Wiltshire to man stalls at fundraising events, help with office admin and to generally spread the word about Julia’s […]
After two rounds of thrilling British Cycling Elite Road Series action, Raleigh GAC’s Steve Lampier will head to the Cycle Wiltshire Grand Prix on 10 May with the overall and team lead to defend. The Elite Road Series features eight rounds of action which began in April with the Chorley Grand Prix followed by an […]
Max and Monty, Wadworth Brewery’s award-winning shire horses, had a special day out in Hampshire last week when they visited Sparsholt College to deliver beer barrels to the College’s horticulture students, which will feature in the College’s 2015 RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden which is being sponsored by the famous Devizes brewery. Struck by the unusual […]
