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WILTSHIRE Police's digital investigations and intelligence unit is running a creative competition for children as part of an effort to teach them about online safety. Young people can take part by designing their own hand-drawn, painted or computer-generated avatar with bonus points given for annotating key details or mentioning online safety features. The competition launched on Safer Internet Day 2021 today. The theme for the day is ‘An internet we trust’ and is focusing on exploring reliability in the online world. The campaign encourages young people to think about the vast am...

PEOPLE in Wiltshire are once again being reminded of the importance of adhering to the national lockdown.

£80m will be spent across England on drug treatment and £40m on attacking County Lines gangs Money to tackle drug crime won’t be coming to Swindon – and both the outgoing Police and Crime Commissioner and one of the candidates hoping to replace him are disappointed. The government announced it would be making £28m available to five police forces in England and Wales for Project Adder, intended to attack a problem that continues to blight the town. Another £80m will be spent across England on drug treatment and £40m on attacking County Lines gangs. But neither Swindon nor ...

Police precept set to rise by £15 from April People in Wiltshire and Swindon have backed a call by the police & crime commissioner to increase the police portion of council tax by £15 per year.  People in Wiltshire will have to pay £15 per year more for the police through their council tax from April this year after the rise was rubber stamped today by the police & crime panel.  The rise was green-lit following public consultation where 63 per cent (966) of the 1,526 people who responded agreed with the rise.  This extra funding means that people in average Band D properties w...

Police precept set to rise by £15 from April People in Wiltshire and Swindon have backed a call by the police & crime commissioner to increase the police portion of council tax by £15 per year.  People in Wiltshire will have to pay £15 per year more for the police through their council tax from April this year after the rise was rubber stamped today by the police & crime panel.  The rise was green-lit following public consultation where 63 per cent (966) of the 1,526 people who responded agreed with the rise.  This extra funding means that people in average Band D properties w...