Tom Leaman

Are you having “11-goal madness” for a game that ended 10-1?

🎥 A moment to remember for Academy graduate George Birch who scored his first professional goal with a stunning strike ⬇️

#ECFC #SemperFidelis

‘I’ve never celebrated a goal at 9-0 down in my life’: inside Exeter’s dressing room on a day to remember League One club offered behind-the-scenes access for their FA Cup tie and Gary Caldwell will not let their crushing loss at Manchester City define them

‘I’ve never celebrated a goal at 9-0 down in my life’: inside Exeter’s dressing room on a day to remember

Screen showing Manchester City 10-1 Exeter City

At least we kept Haaland quiet… 😬 #ECFC #EmiratesFACup

Pub landlady receives New Year Honour for supporting community during lockdown A pub landlady from the Woodford Valley has been recognised in the New Year Honours list for helping her community through the coronavirus pandemic

A pub landlady has been recognised for supporting her community throughout the Covid pandemic 🎖️ Lorna Janse van Vuuren launched a pop-up shop, sold takeaways and helped collect villagers' medications during lockdown - and found out about the honour on her wedding anniversary!

Snaps from a (cold and windy) New Year’s walk in Croyde, Devon 🌊

Poultry Cross in Salisbury

How much does it cost to repair an at-risk, Grade I-listed monument? £400,000 over two years, Salisbury City Council budget and financial plan documents have revealed. More this week…

Nigel Farage holds a pint of ale at the Haunch of Venison pub in Salisbury.

Nigel Farage called Wiltshire Council “woke” and accused it of “virtue signal spending” during a visit to Salisbury ahead of this week's local elections

Interview with: tinyurl.com/yvz6k6fv

Two women watch as Hangar 3 burns at Old Sarum Airfield

Fire ripped through a historic aircraft hangar at Old Sarum Airfield last night. We were at the scene as firefighters battled to contain the blaze at Grade II* listed Hangar 3

Live coverage: tinyurl.com/54xurdjw

@salisburyjournal.bsky.social

Campaigners ‘dismayed’ as planning inspector grants airfield homes permission Controversial plans to build more than 300 homes and commercial facilities on land at Old Sarum Airfield have been given the green light

Campaigners are “dismayed” that a government inspector has granted permission for 315 homes and a ‘flying hub’ to be built at Old Sarum Airfield after a planning saga

Police car and cordon on approach to South Western Road in Salisbury

There are police cordons in Salisbury tonight, hours after a ‘targeted attack’ left two people in hospital with potentially life-changing injuries

Live coverage: tinyurl.com/4n245r7m

Red graffiti on a mobile NHS breast cancer unit, a Cotswold store and a wooden bench

A prolific tagger who pleaded guilty to graffitiing more than a dozen #Salisbury buildings on Sunday will be sentenced next month

The 20-year-old daubed the word 'Buddy' - the name of her cat that died in December - across the city centre

Full story: tinyurl.com/mu5tk7na

Enjoyed getting dressed up and speaking to the deserving winners at the Salisbury Business Excellence Awards on Friday night 🤩

Full story: tinyurl.com/mrp5m653

Homes and businesses without internet as car crashes into service box Amesbury homes and businesses have been left without internet access after a car crashed into a BT connectivity box on Salisbury Road

Homes and businesses including a veterinary practice have been left with without power in #Amesbury after a driver crashed into a roadside service box

Man jailed after threatening shop workers with knife to ‘know how robbery feels’ A man who threatened Amesbury shop workers with a knife told police he ‘wanted to know how it feels to commit a robbery’

A man who threatened shop workers with a knife told police he “wanted to know how it would feel to commit a robbery” after watching The Sopranos

Jailed Alfie Hough made off with £80 but was soon tracked down and arrested

Full story: tinyurl.com/yrc3tumy

Everything we know about Old Sarum Airfield inquiry as planning battle continues Plans to build around 315 homes at Old Sarum Airfield once again hang in the balance ahead of a planning inquiry in Salisbury

Plans to build around 315 homes at Old Sarum Airfield once again hang in the balance as a planning saga approaches its crescendo - an inquiry, starting in Salisbury tomorrow...

Bruce Duncan and his Cross of St Augustine.

A retired priest who was the victim of a burglary six years ago is delighted that one of his prized possessions has been found and returned.

His Cross of St Augustine was found by an eBay seller and arrived in the post on his 87th birthday!

Story 👉 bit.ly/3Cr60yg

CN Glass project supervisor Tommy Smith and cathedral canon treasurer Revd Kenneth Padley next to the new glass in the shadow of the spire.

Internal scaffolding in the Salisbury Cathedral Refectory.

Locals and tourists might have noticed some changes at Salisbury Cathedral at the moment... This is what's going on behind the scenes to improve visitor experience ahead of Easter and the busy summer season 👷‍♂️

Story 👉 bit.ly/4hlbIkj

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Salisbury Cathedral at night

Worse places to finish your run

Claims A30 pothole damaged ‘appalling’ number of cars and caused a crash Drivers have spent ‘thousands’ on vehicle repairs caused by a ‘serious’ pothole on the A30 near Salisbury, a garage owner has said

“The amount of money that people will have to spend will be in the thousands” 😬

A 'serious' pothole on the A30 has been fixed after it damaged 20+ cars last week

Ex-Sergeant jailed after using Army cash to impress mistress and buy luxuries A former Quarter Master Sergeant who used his Ministry of Defence laptop to purchase printer cartridges worth nearly £500,000 has been jailed

A former Sergeant Quartermaster who abused his Army position to buy hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of printer cartridges to resell on eBay has been jailed.

The court was told he used the money to impress his mistress and fund lavish purchases

Ex-chair of Reform UK Salisbury denies he was ‘removed’ over ‘harmful’ leaflet claim Reform UK has removed Byron Logue as interim chair of its Salisbury branch after it distributed a leaflet containing false information

The chair of Salisbury's Reform UK branch has denied that he was 'removed' from his role. His departure came after a leaflet falsely claimed Wiltshire Council spends "millions" to house illegal immigrants in three towns and villages

Clockwise from top left: the custody photos of Stephen Adetoyi, Jake Edmunds, Gerard Mulimbi, Jack Roche and Jonathan Turford

Five men who were arrested by officers investigating the sale of cocaine by street dealers in Salisbury have been jailed for running a county line from London to Wiltshire

Report here: tinyurl.com/5n7pxvm4

Husband and wife take over the pub they met in after whirlwind six years Husband-and-wife duo Toby and Lisa Cocking have taken on the lease of The Earl of Normanton pub, which they met in six years ago

A lot can change in six years…

Toby and Lisa met in 2019 when they both started working at a pub near Salisbury. Now, they’re married, have a toddler and are running the place

Guildhall bar, ice cream van and stage: budget proposals you might have missed A lot has been made of the toilet closures that will take place under the next Salisbury City Council budget – but what else can residents expect?

A lot has been made of the toilet closures that will take place under the next Salisbury City Council budget – but what else can residents expect?

From ice cream vans to National Insurance, here are some other key points 👇

‘Another poor decision’ – publicans’ anger over public toilet closures Pubs have criticised the forthcoming closure of two public toilet blocks in Salisbury city centre, saying it will burden them and worsen visitor…

Salisbury's Pubwatch group has criticised the closure of two city centre public toilet blocks, labelling it ‘another poor decision’ for the visitor experience

‘Disappearing’ Bulford Kiwi carving to be restored to full splendour this year The enormous but ‘disappearing’ Bulford Kiwi carving on the Salisbury Plain will be refreshed this year, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed

The enormous but ‘disappearing’ Bulford Kiwi, carved by soldiers from the New Zealand Expeditionary Force after the First World War, will be refreshed this year

City council expected to stem huge losses and break even this year Salisbury City Council, which was threatened with bankruptcy in the summer, is expected to break even this year.

Salisbury City Council is expected to break even this year, seven months after it was told it would face bankruptcy if it continued to overspend.

The council made a real-terms loss of more than £800k in the last two financial years

Charter Market traders slam proposals to shut two city centre public toilets Charter Market traders have criticised plans to close two public toilets under Salisbury City Council's draft Budget and medium-term plan

Salisbury could lose two public toilet blocks under the 2025/26 city council Budget, including one in Market Place. I spoke to Charter Market traders to get their take on the ‘disastrous’ proposals... @salisburyjournal.bsky.social

Two city centre public toilets could close as councillors debate next Budget Two public toilet blocks in Salisbury could close next year to save the city council  tens of thousands of pounds a year

Two public toilets in Salisbury are threatened with closure under proposed cost-cutting measures.

Our report from yesterday's city council meeting 👇