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May is Local and Community History Month and Wiltshire Council is celebrating local history with an array of events and exhibitions at libraries across the county.

Wiltshire Council Cabinet has approved plans to change Community Area Transport Groups (CATGs) into Local Highway and Footway Improvement Groups (LHFIGs) - and increase funding for community highways projects.

Wiltshire Council's Cabinet will consider a proposal to increase funding and widen the scope of its current Community Area Transport Groups (CATGs).

Wiltshire Council has lots of contracts available which start at around £30 a day for short routes, increasing to £250+ a day for longer routes

Wiltshire Council has expressed its disappointment at missing out on the government's National Bus Strategy funding to help support, improve and increase usage of bus services in the county.

Wiltshire Council will begin work to improve safety and facilities for pedestrians crossing on the junction between Frome Road, St Margaret's Street and Station Approach in Bradford-on-Avon.

Several services and assets in Bradford on Avon have today (Friday 1 April) been passed from Wiltshire Council to Bradford on Avon Town Council to enable the local community to have more say in how their services are run.

A resident from The Friary in Salisbury has been issued with a fixed penalty notice for fly-tipping a sofa in a communal area.

Wiltshire Council's preparation for the construction at Melksham Community Campus site early last year revealed archaeological evidence from as early as the Iron Age (700BC to AD43), found by Cotswold Archaeology.

Wiltshire Council is due to begin environmental surveys in February on the final phases of improvements to the A350 at Chippenham to dual the remaining single carriageway sections of the road past the town, and improve Bumpers Farm Roundabout, reducing congestion and improving journey times.