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Wiltshire Council is reminding people in the Salisbury area that major changes to their phone and broadband services are coming, as Openreach and other telecoms companies are upgrading old analogue telephone landlines to new digital networks.

With local people likely to be worried about the cost-of-living crisis and needing some information and advice, Wiltshire Council's Wiltshire Wellbeing Hub is there for anyone who requires it.

Council wants to open it as an entertainment, community and cultural venue

Wiltshire Council Singers are holding their annual Christmas concert on Friday 16 December, a fun filled informal evening of Christmas songs. They will be raising money for the homeless charity Breakthrough Trowbridge and remembering Ukraine.

A free event is taking place in Melksham next week to provide a host of fun activities for local young carers to thank them for their vital work in the community.

Over 9,000 pensioner households in Wiltshire on low incomes will shortly be receiving an additional Discretionary Energy Rebate payment of £70 directly into their bank accounts.

Wiltshire Council housing tenants in Salisbury have been taking part in cookery classes aimed at giving those involved the skills and confidence to eat healthily and on a budget.

Wiltshire Council has received a grant of £2.7m from the Department for Work & Pensions' £421 million national Household Support Grant Scheme to help support people in the county that are struggling to cope with the impact of the recent cost of living increases.