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This year, 6,206 children across the county registered for the Summer Reading Challenge that ran in Wiltshire Council Libraries for eight weeks over the summer. This was an increase of 39% on last year.

This October, Devizes Library have partnered with Sustainable Devizes to provide resources and host activities and author talks on the theme of climate change.

Young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) from across Wiltshire checked out exciting options for the future at a special event last week.

A new hospital liaison service will help carers when those they care for are in hospital, and in the often-difficult first few weeks after they return home.

Wiltshire Council has provided an update on its committed efforts to tackle the climate emergency locally, with a vast range of projects either in place or in the pipeline to respond to the global issue of our time.

Wiltshire residents can now apply for primary and secondary school places for September 2023 entry, for children starting school for the first time or for children who are moving from a primary to secondary school or from an infant to junior school.

The Neighbourhood Planning process in Marlborough is expected to move to the referendum stage after a resident's application for a judicial review was refused by the High Court.

The first British Citizenship ceremony has taken place in Wiltshire following the sad death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Wiltshire Council is delighted to confirm that all council-run leisure centres will reopen on 3 December.