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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 has successfully been allocated almost £10m in funding as part of a government nutrient mitigation scheme to reduce the environmental impact of new developments in the Hampshire Avon river catchment.

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 has awarded a contract worth £3m per year to Spurgeons to provide new family hubs in communities throughout the county.

Families with children and young people with special educational needs and or disabilities (SEND) and those accessing alternative provision are invited to help shape services in the future

A Melksham landmark will take on a new role from autumn 2024 as final preparations are on course for it to open as a school for special educational needs.

The event was for young people from Year 9 upwards to give them food for thought on their future careers and the steps to take to achieve their ambition

99% of Wiltshire families have been offered one of their three primary school preferences for this September with 95% offered their first preference.

Young people from across Wiltshire came together on Friday (8 April) for a special Star Awards ceremony.