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Visitors and local residents can explore their local history and discover Wiltshire's rich cultural heritage with today's launch of a new 'Explore Wiltshire' app.

Wiltshire Council leisure centres are urging parents to make sure their children know how to stay safe and enjoy the water this summer, by supporting RLSS UK's national Drowning Prevention Week campaign, this year running from 17-24 June 2023.

The Institute of Swimming has launched a free Swimming Teachers' Academy with Wiltshire Council in a bid to increase its swimming teacher workforce and tackle the ever-growing list of children on swimming lesson waiting lists.

Wiltshire Council's preparation for the construction at Melksham Community Campus site early last year revealed archaeological evidence from as early as the Iron Age (700BC to AD43), found by Cotswold Archaeology.

People that want to know more about fostering with Wiltshire Council are being invited to an online information session this month.

The refurbishment work will get underway later this year

The Director of Public Health Report for 2020 to 2021 has now been published, and focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on Wiltshire communities

Wiltshire Council has secured a £150k grant from central government to build on the work already in place

More than 50 foster carers have already been recruited and more are needed - particularly to foster teenagers.