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Jade Painter has been shortlisted for the BBC Make a Difference Awards in the Key Worker category

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.

The reaffirmation of the covenant recognises the service of people in the Armed Forces

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.

People in the Calne area are being asked for their say on additional proposed changes to their local town and parish governance arrangements.

Wiltshire Council is urging businesses and organisations in the county to submit plans for funding that will help Wiltshire communities to continue to thrive.

A number of elections take place on 6 May 2021

The consultation on the Wiltshire Local Plan review has now ended, with more than 2,500 responses received so far.

Wiltshire Council has submitted bids to the Department for Transport (DfT) for funding to develop feasibility studies for two new stations in Wilton and Corsham, as part of the Restoring Your Railway Ideas Fund to link the two towns to the national rail network.

Wiltshire Council has given a boost to mobile traders in the county, which can now apply for street trading consent to use council land or the highway as part of a mobile round, or for short-term static use.