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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 is launching a new grants programme in the new year to help businesses in the county bring vacant shops and commercial spaces back into use.

Castle Street in Trowbridge is now fully reopened to traffic following the successful completion of the vast majority of works to improve walking and cycling access in and around the town centre

The Community Environmental Toolkit and Salisbury River Park projects will both be displayed at COP26

The 12 week government-backed programme is launching locally, and will help business leaders to take their business to the next level

Wiltshire Council's Dog Warden service has received national recognition from the RSPCA.

A Salisbury builder has been successfully prosecuted by Wiltshire Council for substandard work and using professional accreditations without authorisation.

Flood wardens, community emergency volunteers and town and parish councils are encouraged to sign up to the free training sessions taking place on 27 October and 28 October

Government have provisionally offered £25m to invest in Trowbridge and Salisbury