Russian agents may have deliberately left novichok in Salisbury

Russian agents may have deliberately discarded a bottle of the deadly nerve agent novichok, used in the assassination attempt of former spy Sergei Skripal, in Salisbury in a bid to undermine UK security, the High Court today heard. The claim was made during a legal challenge by the family of Dawn Sturgess, 44, who died … Read more

Russian agents may have deliberately left novichok in Salisbury

Russian agents may have deliberately discarded a bottle of the deadly nerve agent novichok, used in the assassination attempt of former spy Sergei Skripal, in Salisbury in a bid to undermine UK security, the High Court today heard. The claim was made during a legal challenge by the family of Dawn Sturgess, 44, who died … Read more

Salisbury Cathedral is fitted with 93 solar panels on its roof

Salisbury Cathedral has installed 93 solar panels on its roof in a bid to become carbon-neutral in the next decade. The panels will provide 33,708 kilowatt hours of clean energy to Salisbury Cathedral and reduce its carbon footprint by 11,764kg per year.  The installation of the panels, which will produce a total of 37kw of … Read more

DEBORAH ROSS: Why Tracy from Salisbury should be running the world

The Salisbury Poisonings  Sunday-Tuesday, BBC1  Rating: My Brilliant Friend  Friday, Sky Atlantic  Rating: The Salisbury Poisonings was way over the top, honestly. A Russian spy. A nerve agent so deadly that one spoonful could kill thousands. The local branch of Zizzi, now contaminated with more than just corporate, mediocre Italian food. The race to close … Read more

The Salisbury Poisonings: Haunting stories behind the horror of a Kremlin killing

The Salisbury Poisonings  Rating: Every night on the news, as reporters investigate a stabbing or a suburban drugs bust, you will hear a bystander say: ‘That sort of thing just doesn’t happen around here.’ It’s the universal cry of the baffled neighbour. It could have been a slogan on the T-shirt of every character we … Read more

The Salisbury Poisonings: Haunting stories behind the horror of a Kremlin killing

The Salisbury Poisonings  Rating: Every night on the news, as reporters investigate a stabbing or a suburban drugs bust, you will hear a bystander say: ‘That sort of thing just doesn’t happen around here.’ It’s the universal cry of the baffled neighbour. It could have been a slogan on the T-shirt of every character we … Read more

Salisbury becomes the first ultra-fast broadband city in Britain

Salisbury becomes the first ultra-fast broadband city in Britain with ‘Fibre-to-the-Premises’ technology available to 20,000 households By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 11 June 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 11 June 2020 Salisbury today became the first city in the UK to have universal access to ultra-fast fibre broadband. Openreach, the … Read more

Targets of Salisbury Novichok poisoning ‘flee to start new life overseas ‘after two years in hiding

Former Russian double-agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter have started a new life in a secret overseas location, according to reports today. Sergei Skripal, 68, and his daughter Yulia, 36, are thought to have fled from Britain more than two years after they were targeted in a chemical poisoning in their Salisbury, Wiltshire, home. It … Read more

Father arrested for murder after his wife and teenage daughter died at their home in Salisbury 

Father in his 30s is arrested for murder after his wife and teenage daughter died in an incident at their home in Salisbury The victims are believed to be the man’s wife and his 18-year-old daughter Wiltshire Police received a call at 2.45pm today following concerns for occupants at a property Officers found a woman’s … Read more

Falcons nesting at Salisbury Cathedral become an unexpected lockdown favourite

Falcons nesting at Salisbury Cathedral become an unexpected internet hit during lockdown as thousands tune in to watch the webcam live feed More than 55,000 people watched the cathedral’s footage of the falcon  Only 6,000 people tuned in to watch the birds laying their eggs last year Staff think the rise is because people are … Read more