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It s time to bring back civics lessons One of the most depressing things for me about last week s local elections was the incredibly poor turnout yet again. The public doesn t really take much interest in local government unless it affects them personally. A lot of people don t even know or care what councils are responsible for or what councillors do and this needs to change. I don t know if civics is taught in schools these days but if it isn t it should be. Everyone should learn how they are governed and by whom. And I m very much in favour of the kind of voting system used in Australia where if you don t vote you need to provide an acceptable reason.
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Letter to the editor: Spot signs of child abuse ACROSS the country, thousands of children and young people are subjected to horrific exploitation and abuse every year. They are groomed by predators with offers of friendship, gifts, cash and status then coerced using terrifying threats and violence into crimes like trafficking drugs in ‘county lines’ operations. Children are also exploited for sex and some are forced to work in premises like car washes and nail bars. In the South West in 2019/20, gangs were identified as a risk 870 times in assessments of children referred to social services, while trafficking was deemed to be a factor on 200 occasions, both indicators of child criminal exploitation. Risks of child sexual exploitation were highlighted in 1,660 assessments and in 1,370 instances, children going missing, also a si
By Matthew Mclaughlin and Kirsten Robertson
An officer on the beat in Devizes during lockdown ALL four declared candidates for the role of Wiltshire s Police and Crime Commissioner say they see fighting off the County Lines drug dealers and scaring hardened criminals away from the county’s borders as one of their top priorities The role was created to replace police authorities, and those elected are meant to give communities a voice in local policing to reflect what they want. Conservative Jonathon Seed is standing in the Wiltshire and Swindon PCC elections on May 6 2021. Cllr Seed, who represents Summerham and Seend on Wiltshire Council, has also promised 100 extra police officers for the region, in a bid to increase visibility.