Wiltshire Council is urging residents not to put batteries in household bins or recycling containers after three fires at waste and recycling sites across the county in the past fortnight.
Police are urging retailers to be vigilant after hundreds of pounds worth of counterfeit notes were used in Chippenham town centre.
Volunteers from the Melksham, Chippenham and Calne branch of the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust have completed work on a new bridge at Pewsham Locks near Chippenham.
