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As clocks go forward this weekend Wiltshire Council will be launching a new drive to encourage more people to spring into action and foster with Wiltshire Council.

Wiltshire Council needs an additional 30 foster carers this year to help provide homes for young people

Wiltshire residents are being encouraged to recycle their previously unrecyclable pool accessories such as goggles and armbands, in an innovative way at swimming pools across the county.

Wiltshire Council is reminding people to check what can and can't be recycled at home, as waste collection crews will be stepping up checks of blue-lidded bins.

Wiltshire Council is launching a new awareness campaign to provide people with more information about what can and can't be recycled using its kerbside collection services, and how to correctly dispose of potentially hazardous items.

A Chippenham business has been issued with multiple Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) for fly-tipping and environmental offences

A £400 fixed penalty notice was issued to a resident from Market Lavington who was spotted fly-tipping green waste

A Trowbridge plumber has been fined a total of £1,184 after his commercial waste from a property he worked on was illegally dumped in two separate locations on Widdington Lane, Upavon.

A Swindon resident has been ordered to pay £440 in fines after giving her household waste to an unlicensed waste collector, who then fly-tipped it in Lyneham, in the Wiltshire Council authority area

This is the second time that emergency enforcement action has been taken for the same business operator.