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BBC News
14-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Vibrant murals unveiled to brighten 'forgotten' Salisbury walkway
A series of colourful murals painted by a local artist and teacher have been unveiled in a "forgotten" Salisbury Pepys' Walk Mural, which consists of animals and both real and imagined flowers, was painted over 18 months by Samantha Redmill with help from children at Bishop Wordsworth's School, where she murals were painted for free, with the funding for materials supplied by Salisbury Business Improvement District (BID).The unveiling, at Old George Mall in the city centre, was attended by local MP John Glen and the CEO of Salisbury BID Ellie Burke. Ellie Burke, CEO of Salisbury BID said the artworks, which cost "a few thousand pounds", were "a real community project"."It's been a collaboration since the start," she said. "Sam has had help from the kids at Bishop Wordsworth's School and it's lovely to walk past it everyday and see a representation of our community and our creative spirit." The artist, Samantha Redmill, said she was fortunate to have such an opportunity."Fortunately they gave me free reign with what I could do. It's an amalgamation of everything going on in my head. Lots of different compositions of things that I've seen, some of them are made-up flowers." Ms Redmill said the project had been worth the wait."It's been an ongoing project for a year and a half - fortunately the school were very kind and gave me a half day to bring students down." "I've been doing it on my days off basically – one half day a week for a year and a half," she added."I did it because I wanted to change the atmosphere of this walkway. It feels amazing, really incredible."
Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Yahoo
Chaotic camera work and hypnosis surgery study
Here's our daily pick of stories from across local websites in the West of England, and interesting content from social media. There has been a large number of responses on social media to the next phase of a "cycle spine" running between Bishop's Cleeve and Stroud in Gloucestershire is being implemented by the county council. You can read about the latest phase of this project here, reported by Gloucestershire Live. A rescue tiger named Aqua has come to Noah's Ark Zoo Farm – and the site is asking for help to raise £175,000 to build a new tiger habitat. The Strand in Gloucester city centre has been resurfaced – which, as Gloucestershire Live reports, has "raised eyebrows". But as the paper says, the work hasn't been finished yet. And a mural in Old George Mall in Salisbury is almost done – which began in a "dingy" passageway in September 2023, says the Journal. It has been done by teacher and artist Samantha Redmill and is due to be finished in April. M4 death investigated after online 'predator' sting Massive Attack festival 'breaks world record' Parents 'heartbroken' as school announces closure There is a chaotic but entertaining bit of footage posted by Cheltenham Town on X after a fan picked up a pitch side camera during their late comeback draw last night with Walsall A clinical nurse researcher at Musgrove Park Hospital is looking at whether hypnosis can help patients during surgery. Somerset NHS Foundation Trust says early results suggest they can experience less pain. An appeal to find the person who assaulted a bus driver in December in Bristol has been posted on the Avon & Somerset Police X page. This has been widely shared on Facebook. And the Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare is advertising a card for free entry for locals, following the historic site doubling their entry fees (read our version of that story here). Follow BBC West social channels in Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. Send your story ideas to us on email or via WhatsApp on 0800 313 4630.
