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The election takes place on 19 August.

The election takes place on 19 August 2021

Wiltshire Council is closing Trowbridge Library for a day on Thursday 19 August as the library space and the exhibition area will be turned into four polling stations for the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) election.

Wiltshire Council has confirmed that the booking system for its household recycling centres (HRCs) will end on 19 July and, from this date, people will be able to visit a site without booking in advance.

Wiltshire Council is ending its online booking system for visits to its household recycling centres (HRCs), so people will soon be able to return to visiting a site during normal opening hours on an ad hoc basis.

Wiltshire Council has started its annual process of ensuring the county's electoral register is up to date.

The Wiltshire Police and Crime Panel has appointed a new chair and vice chair and has agreed arrangements for the interim period until the election of a Police and Crime Commissioner in August.

Two armchairs were dumped on the corner of Coate Road and Windsor Drive, Devizes.

For this year's Recycle Week, Wiltshire Council is urging its residents to continue recycling despite the challenges that COVID-19 has presented.

As legislation has now been published to confirm the postponement of national and local elections, by-elections and referendums during the coming months, Wiltshire Council has released details of the forthcoming polls affected in the county.