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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

May is Local and Community History Month and Wiltshire Council is celebrating local history with an array of events and exhibitions at libraries across the county.

Young people from across Wiltshire came together on Friday (8 April) for a special Star Awards ceremony.

Wiltshire Council's preparation for the construction at Melksham Community Campus site early last year revealed archaeological evidence from as early as the Iron Age (700BC to AD43), found by Cotswold Archaeology.

People that want to know more about fostering with Wiltshire Council are being invited to an online information session this month.

Two Swindon householders have been issued with fixed penalty notices (FPNs) after their waste was found fly-tipped in the Wiltshire Council area in recent weeks.

The Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre has launched an updated, more intuitive version of its Wiltshire Community History website. With a more modern feel, the site gives users the opportunity to gain a greater understanding and connection to the place where they or their ancestors lived.

More than 50 foster carers have already been recruited and more are needed - particularly to foster teenagers.

More than 2,200 people from across the world attended a virtual South West Black History Month conference