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The second in a series of highway projects that form part of the £16 million package of town centre improvements funded through the government's Future High Streets Fund, is due to start next week.

Wiltshire Council is looking at its options to significantly invest in Salisbury by redeveloping Salisbury City Hall as a revitalised entertainment and cultural venue.

Local people are being invited to come along to a series of public events to learn more about the proposals to support Chippenham town centre's vibrancy and sustainability in the future.

Following a successful programme of grants and support to generate activity on Wiltshire's high streets, Wiltshire Council has announced that it will continue the Wiltshire Towns Programme for the 2023/24 financial year.

A new investment programme of £1m a year will begin in the coming months to encourage people back to Wiltshire's town centres and high streets.

Wiltshire Council's Cabinet will consider a new investment and regeneration plan for high streets in all 18 Wiltshire towns and its city, Salisbury, plus three large villages, Pewsey, Tisbury and Downton.

The council has a three-year campaign to provide 100 new foster carers by spring 2023

Preliminary works for the Salisbury River Park project are now complete. Work began in January to prepare the site ahead of the main construction work which will start in June.

An improved Elm Grove play area in Trowbridge has been reopened following refurbishment work by Wiltshire Council.

This week the tour will be taking in Tisbury, Amesbury, Five Rivers at Salisbury, Royal Wootton Bassett, Tidworth, Malmesbury and Westbury