A CHURCH with no parishioners or congregation is getting a new vicar.

The Rev Dr Graham Southgate will be new vicar of Bratton, Edington and Imber, Erlestoke and Coulston.

St Giles Church, Imber, has had no congregation since 1943 when the army evacuated the village for training.

Mr Southgate succeeds the Rev David Belcher who left in February. He will take up his post in September.