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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.

The Wiltshire Business and Sports Gala Dinner was made possible due to many businesses sponsoring and supporting the event, including the main Gold sponsors CGI, Landmarc, MiPermit and Pharmaxo.

It will be spent on retrofitting up to 210 Wiltshire homes by March 2025.

Wiltshire Council's FUEL programme has formed a partnership with the British Olympic Foundation to deliver Olympic Sport taster sessions as part of the FUEL camps taking place during the Easter holidays.

Five Wiltshire secondary schools took part in a special conference at County Hall which was held to help raise awareness of the impact of transport on climate change.

Wiltshire Council has confirmed that it is continuing work to identify third party organisations who are interested in managing and operating City Hall in Salisbury.

Wiltshire Council will be running FUEL camps during the Easter school holidays and is encouraging families with children eligible for benefit related free school meals to sign up.

Wiltshire residents are being encouraged to recycle their previously unrecyclable pool accessories such as goggles and armbands, in an innovative way at swimming pools across the county.