A year or so ago the council doubled car parking charges in Wiltshire towns, promising that the extra profits would be used to support bus services. The Conservative administration failed to realise that doubling your prices doesn't mean you double your income - people used the car parks less.
Mental health lessons should be on the timetable in every secondary school in the UK a new charity has urged. Too many pupils with symptoms of depression or anxiety are let down or ignored, claims charity MindFull. It has launched a new online counselling service to support and advise 11- to 17-year-olds.
Calne councillor Howard Marshall claims that estate agents in the northern part of the county are being hit by Wiltshire Council's inability to conduct land searches in reasonable time.
The planning professionals at Elmbridge and Surrey have given their recommendation for the borough to permit the develop...
With the Bedford Borough Jobs Hub nearing its first birthday, this pioneering partnership project has received a welcome boost with the award of a national accolade for the innovative approach we are pursuing to support local residents into employment, training and enterprise.
Following its apology to Salisbury residents for the inept way the new contract was introduced, Wiltshire Council has now admitted that the number of complaints doubled as Balfour Beatty took over the work from English Landscapes on June 1st. However the complaints have now settled down to what the council sees as a normal level. Here's a statement from WC: