The rate of cases per 100k has decreased from 101.6 to 78.0The sacrifices we’re all making are having a very positive impact, but we all need to keep playing our part to stop the spread of the virus, so please remember – stay at home, protect the NHS, save lives.

With the Wiltshire Local Plan review consultation ending on Tuesday (9 March), you do not have long left to have your say on where future developments may be built in the county in the next 15 years.

All the Local Plan documents and an online form to submit your comments are on our website, but if you know someone without internet access who wants to have their say, they can call 0300 456 0100 to speak to our Spatial Planning team and submit their comments.

Our staff are ready to support secondary schools as pupils go back to school next week

Our staff are volunteering in a number of secondary schools across the county from Monday, providing support for pupils taking lateral flow tests as part of the back to school programme.

Council officers will be providing assistance over the next two to three weeks as the tests are rolled out.

On 22 February the Government announced schools would reopen to all students from 8 March. Pupils in Year 7 and above have been asked to take twice weekly tests, with the first three happening under supervision at school and then students will carry out the fourth test themselves using a home test kit. Pupils will then continue taking twice-weekly tests using a home test kit provided by the school.

The Future Chippenham consultation closes at 5pm on Friday 12 March and we welcome your views, whether positive or negative. This will help inform the overall project and a decision about which of the three route options within each zone should be taken forward to the next stage of the development process.

You can provide feedback by:

• completing the online consultation form
• downloading a consultation form from the above webpage and emailing to futurechippenham@wiltshire.gov.uk
• downloading and posting your consultation form to Future Chippenham team, Wiltshire Council, County Hall, Bythesea Road, Wiltshire BA14 8JN
• emailing your feedback directly to futurechippenham@wiltshire.gov.uk