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With a small number of elections due to take place in the county in just over two weeks, Wiltshire Council is reminding residents that voter ID will now be required.

On 22 May the Wiltshire Council Reablement Service celebrated five years of providing an innovative service that supports people to achieve what's important to them to live at home independently.

The first hospitals in Wiltshire to take part in a new scheme that recognises excellent levels of support for carers on hospital wards and in outpatient departments have been handed their awards.

With a number of elections due to take place in the county soon, Wiltshire Council is reminding residents that voter ID will now be required.

Wiltshire Council currently has 24 foster families in the Trowbridge area, however latest figures show a further 25 foster families are needed

Wiltshire Council has started its annual process of ensuring the county's electoral register is up to date.

The Wiltshire Police and Crime Panel has appointed a new chair and vice chair and has agreed arrangements for the interim period until the election of a Police and Crime Commissioner in August.

Wiltshire Council is encouraging people who may have time to spare or thinking of a new career in social care to join a government scheme that will support care provision across the county.

At Full Council on 23 February, Wiltshire Council Leader Cllr Philip Whitehead said a rapid scrutiny review will go ahead around issues surrounding Furlong Close where Wiltshire Council has a number of residents.