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A new hospital liaison service will help carers when those they care for are in hospital, and in the often-difficult first few weeks after they return home.

Works to improve the public realm and road network at the junction of Church Street and Union Street in Trowbridge will start on Monday 31 October 2022 for approximately 12 weeks.

Wiltshire Council is making changes to the road network around the closed B4069 Lyneham Banks to help ease traffic concerns for local people and reduce the number of heavy good vehicles (HGVs) using narrow roads in the area.

Wiltshire Council is building on its very successful Parish Stewards scheme by investing £233,000 each year for the next three years into a new two-person team with improved equipment.

Wiltshire residents can now apply for primary and secondary school places for September 2023 entry, for children starting school for the first time or for children who are moving from a primary to secondary school or from an infant to junior school.

Wiltshire Council has secured another successful prosecution in the fight against fly-tipping, after Mr Nicholas Farmer, of Camelot Close, Andover, appeared at Salisbury Magistrates Court on Thursday 6 October and pleaded guilty to multiple environmental offences.

A Chippenham resident has been handed a large fine at Swindon Magistrates Court for fly-tipping his domestic waste in the rural countryside.

Wiltshire Council's Cabinet will consider a proposal to invest more money into its successful Parish Stewards scheme.

The Devizes Leisure Centre testing site will close for in-person symptom-free COVID-19 testing, but continue to offer a test collection option

At its meeting on Tuesday 1 June, Wiltshire Council's Cabinet will discuss the next steps for the proposed A350 Melksham bypass.