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Residents at four Extra Care Housing sites in Wiltshire can be assured of continued additional support while maximising the option to live independently.

The Salisbury River Park project has started construction to better protect homes and businesses in the city from flooding along with making improvements to the environment.

Food charities and community organisations in Salisbury have joined forces to establish a new local food network to offer additional provision to residents of Salisbury that are in most need of support.

A total of 89 candidates from 21 schools and the local community are putting themselves forward

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

Wiltshire Council is proposing changes to how it funds certain day services for adults with learning disabilities and older people as new opportunities for providing these services emerge.

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

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.