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Wiltshire Council has issued a £400 fixed penalty notice (FPN) to a Swindon resident who paid an unlicenced person to dispose of their domestic waste. The waste was subsequently fly-tipped in a layby in Winterbourne Monkton, near the Avebury World Heritage Site, and was inspected by Environmental Enforcement Officers.

Wiltshire Council will be seeking to work with a specialist contractor to help deliver energy efficiency measures to up to 175 existing homes in the county.

Wiltshire Council's area boards have been involved with a huge range of projects to improve their communities in recent months.

Wiltshire Council is launching a new grants programme in the new year to help businesses in the county bring vacant shops and commercial spaces back into use.

After a successful partnership between Wiltshire Council and the NHS, City Hall in Salisbury will host its last vaccination clinic on 28 January 2023.

Lacock was proud to welcome Her Majesty The Queen Consort to the village today as she visited St Cyriac's Church to plant a commemorative tree, visited the National Trust shop and several local businesses.

Local partners have worked together to bring a Wiltshire College presence back to Westbury for the first time in more than a decade, providing high quality learning opportunities on a range of subjects.

Wiltshire Council is advising residents in areas at risk of groundwater flooding - particularly in the south of the county - to be prepared as water levels continue to rise.

As a new year gets underway, here's a round-up of some of the recent projects Wiltshire Council's Area Boards have been involved with and supported.

The Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire, Mrs Sarah Rose Troughton is pleased to announce that following the retirement of Mr William Wyldbore-Smith, Lieutenant General Sir Andrew Gregory KBE CB DL has been appointed the new Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire.