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Just received from Wiltshire Council:

To enable: Thames Water to carry out urgent burst main repair works and other associated works.

See attachment for details and map

The Public Transport team at Wiltshire Council is pleased to advise that we will be extending our popular Wiltshire Connect on-demand bus service to your parish from Wednesday 23^rd April.

The service can be used for journeys to Royal Wootton Bassett, Malmesbury and to any location in the operating area (see map attached) which includes the Great Western Hospital, Orbital Retail Park and Kemble Railway Station.

Anyone can use Wiltshire Connect and the wheelchair accessible vehicles operate between 6am-8pm Mon-Fri and 8am-7.30pm on Saturdays.  Rides can be booked by using the Wiltshire Connect app or by phone on 01225 712900 

For more information and to download the booking app, residents should go to our website: Royal Wootton Bassett & Malmesbury – Connecting Wiltshire

Tel 01225 712900.   Email  

Please note: For communities currently served by the Connect2 Taxi-bus service – This scheme will continue to operate until the 30^th May and will then be replaced with the Wiltshire Connect service.  If residents require a home pick-up with Wiltshire Connect, please  contact the team before the end of May.

We have been reminding residents of the key dates to be aware of to ensure they are ready to vote on 1 May. They include:

• People have until midnight on Friday 11 April to register to vote if they’re not already registered.
• People have until 5pm on Monday 14 April to apply for a postal vote.
• People have until 5pm on Monday 14 April to change or cancel an existing postal or proxy vote.
• People have until 5pm on Wednesday 23 April to apply for a new proxy vote (for someone to vote on their behalf).
• People have until 5pm on Wednesday 23 April if they want to apply for a Voter Authority Certificate (if they don’t have photo ID).
• Polls are open on Thursday 1 May from 7am – 10pm
• Election results confirmed Friday 2 – Saturday 3 May

 

CANDIDATE NOMINATIONS

Don’t delay, book your nominations appointment today

A reminder that the booking system to enable you to bring in nomination forms is now live so please book a slot as early as possible.

In order to use the booking system, please create a ‘MyWilts’ account on the website.

Nominations can be delivered to the relevant council office for the electoral area you are standing in/putting up candidates in. The booking system will automatically tell you which office is relevant to your electoral area when you book.

There are two separate appointment forms, one for booking a single appointment for one nomination paper, and one to book an appointment to bring in multiple nomination papers. You can book to bring up to five nomination papers for one multiple appointment.  You have until 4pm on 2 April to deliver your nomination forms.

Top tips for completing nomination papers:

• The checklist at the front of your nomination paper is a handy tool to ensure you have completed the form as required. Remember you should submit all of the pages of the form, even the legislation.
• Check your dates! The earliest a nomination can be signed is 2 March 2025
• Check your subscribers’ electoral registration numbers. Our customer services team is happy to confirm electoral registration numbers if you call 0300 456 0112 with the full name and address of your subscribers. More information on subscribers can be found on the Electoral Commission website.
• Double check you are using the correct form. For election to Wiltshire Council, you must use the form for ‘Local Government’ elections. For election to a parish, town or city council you must use the form for ‘Parish’ elections.
• You can watch our candidate and agent webinar for more helpful information on completing your nomination
• We’d like to remind you that if you bring in multiple nomination papers, please bring in contact information for each individual candidate so that we are able to email them regarding the status of their nomination paper.

If you have any other questions about the booking system please contact us on 0300 456 0112.