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Lib Dems secure Town Council by-election success
The second of two Town Council by-elections in Wiltshire this week saw Lib Dem Vanessa Fiorelli win the vacant Melksham Town Council South seat.
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Southwick Country Park parking charges could be introduced in September
Wiltshire Council has admitted that the costs of introducing the charges would be high, so it will firstly "Explore the possibility of an asset transfer / service delegation of the facility to the…
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Bus cuts - where the axe has fallen
WC wants to save money on buses, so is gradually cutting back on the more costly services. In the most recent round of cuts the following have gone:
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'John Bull' could turn into shop and housing
An application for change of use of the Westfield Road pub, which has been closed for some time, has been submitted to Wiltshire Council. It would be turned into a convenience store with a flat above…
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Police precept - twelve pounds to keep our coppers
The government has recently announced that the restriction on increases to the police part of the council tax is to be eased this year. This could mean a reduction in the rate of cuts to the force,…
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Walking in Wiltshire
If you walked all of Wiltshire's footpaths, bridleways and byways you'd have travelled 3,850 miles - equivalent to walking to Istanbul and back. In fact walking to Turkey might be easier because…
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700 homes across Wiltshire left empty for years
700 homes in the county have been sitting empty for two years or more, research by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
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Charges for NHS non-emergency transport may be on the way.
Clinical Commissioning Groups including Wiltshire have been carrying out surveys to judge support for changes to the way passenger transport is funded. The questions in the surveys have been loaded…
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Council extracts more money from people in care
About 3,500 people receive care at home services from Wiltshire Council, and three quarters of them pay towards the costs. Following new rules introduced in 2016, and with work continuing on…
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Brownfield Land Register published
Wiltshire Council has by law to prepare and publish a Brownfield Land Register by 31 December 2017, and thereafter to review it at least once a year.