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A new supported living scheme for adults with learning disabilities which provides support so they can be independent and be part of the community, has opened in Salisbury.

Wiltshire Council has issued a £400 fixed penalty notice (FPN) to a Swindon resident who paid an unlicenced person to dispose of their domestic waste. The waste was subsequently fly-tipped in a layby in Winterbourne Monkton, near the Avebury World Heritage Site, and was inspected by Environmental Enforcement Officers.

Wiltshire Council will be seeking to work with a specialist contractor to help deliver energy efficiency measures to up to 175 existing homes in the county.

Wiltshire Council's Shared Lives service has been rated as Good in its recent inspection carried out by the Care Quality Commission.

Cllr Richard Clewer, Leader of Wiltshire Council has paid tribute to Calne Councillor Tony Trotman who passed away yesterday (30 November)

Wiltshire Council is ready and has plans in place as Ukrainian families are starting to be matched with people offering up their homes in the county

A Calne resident has been issued with a £200 fixed penalty notice for abandoning a vehicle on Harris Road in the town.

Wiltshire's new High Sheriff was sworn in on Friday, 25 March 2022 in a ceremony which dates back to Saxon times.

The council is part of a national scheme which helps people live as part of a family, within the carer's home

People are being asked for their say on recommendations of possible changes to the governance arrangements of some of Wiltshire's towns and parishes, as part of a Community Governance Review.