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The first Local Plan consultation events begin across Wiltshire next week, starting with a drop-in event at Amesbury Library on Monday 2 October.

Along with colder nights and fallen leaves, October also sees the return of Stoptober, with Wiltshire Council once again backing the annual national stop smoking campaign, to help support locals to quit smoking for good

People in Wiltshire will be able to have their say on the Local Plan from next week, as the consultation begins on Wednesday 27 September, for eight weeks until Wednesday 22 November.

With around one in three adults over 65 and half of people over 80 having at least one fall a year, Wiltshire Council has created a suite of resources to help prevent falls and to enable more to access support.

Wiltshire Council has successfully won an appeal against an order to demolish two buildings from land known as 'Quarry Woods' at Quarry Hill, Box, Wiltshire.

Wiltshire Council has confirmed how it will spend more than £1.7m of Government funding to support victims of domestic abuse and their families.

Wiltshire Council's Dog Warden team has been awarded the special RSPCA Innovator in Animal Welfare Award at the national RSPCA PawPrints Awards 2023.

The air quality in Bradford on Avon has improved, as levels of particulate matter have fallen below the objective set in air quality law that originally led to the town's Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) order, and as a result this part of the order has now been lifted.

The advice remains the same

A member of Wiltshire Council's Active Health team has enlisted the help of his son to put together a short exercise video to support those individuals who are currently isolating at home.