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From Monday 23 March, Buckinghamshire Council will be giving regular video updates to residents and answering their questions on everything from how we are fighting Coronavirus locally, what you can do to stay safe and how you can get involved in helping others. Residents are encouraged to send in their questions which will be answered by the Leader of the Council, Martin Tett, Chief Executive, Rachael Shimmin and others working to protect, support and bring together the community against the virus. Send your questions to askthecouncil@buckinghamshire.gov.uk or tweet and post them to us @BucksCouncil using #askBucksCouncil.

A letter from Shadow Executive Leader Martin Tett

Child Exploitation Awareness Day 18 March 2020 

A joint operation by Trading Standards, police and licensing officers on Chesham Food and Wine, last May, resulted in the appearance on Wednesday (11 March) at Wycombe Magistrates Court of the shopkeeper, who admitted four counts of supplying illegally labelled cigarettes and hand-rolling tobacco.

Buckinghamshire County Council held its last ever full Council meeting on Thursday (March 12) after 131 years of service.

The announcement that Buckinghamshire County Council has been awarded £170 million for infrastructure to support growth has been warmly welcomed by Leader Martin Tett.

Buckinghamshire County Council’s Early Years Service is launching a new campaign to highlight the importance of speech, language and communication on the development of children in their youngest years.

An innovative way of tackling problem drug and alcohol use is improving the lives of vulnerable children and young people in Buckinghamshire. The Buckinghamshire Family Drug and Alcohol Court is an alternative and supportive form of care proceedings in children’s social care that helps parents address their problem drug and alcohol use where it is a concern in children’s welfare.

Nine new heavy-duty excavators will help keep the wheels turning at Buckinghamshire County Council's household recycling centres.  And five new roll-on-roll-off transporters will make sure waste and recycled materials from the centres reach the right destination