Baglan company and Welsh Government co-invest to develop UK ‘first’ in mobile technology
AN innovative new mobile telephone mast powered through a pioneering wind turbine, which has the potential to support Wales’ ambitious net zero target and bring telecoms connectivity to ‘not-spots’ in rural areas has been developed by a Baglan -based company,…
Plans submitted for River Tawe pontoon
A planning application has been submitted to install a boating pontoon on Swansea’s River Tawe. It would stand around 1.5 miles upstream from the river barrage, at the edge of the historic Hafod-Morfa Copperworks which is undergoing regeneration. It would…
Fuel support scheme extended to over 400,000 low-income households
MORE than 400,000 low-income households in Wales will be eligible to benefit from a £200 payment to help keep their homes warm this autumn and winter. The Welsh Government is investing £90m in the Welsh Government’s Fuel Support Scheme in…
Ymestyn cynllun cymorth tanwydd Llywodraeth Cymru i fwy na 400k o aelwydydd incwm isel
BYDD dros 400,000 o aelwydydd incwm isel yng Nghymru yn gymwys am daliad o £200 i helpu i gadw eu cartrefi’n gynnes yr hydref a’r gaeaf hwn. Mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn buddsoddi £90m yng Nghynllun Cymorth Tanwydd Llywodraeth Cymru i…
Cabinet outline exciting and ambitious ‘vision’ for Carmarthenshire
RESIDENTS and businesses in Carmarthenshire are being asked to help shape the council’s Cabinet ‘vision’ for the next five years. Council Leader Cllr Darren Price outlined an exciting and ambitious vision for the county reflecting key issues and themes that…
Cabinet yn amlinellu ‘gweledigaeth’ gyffrous ac uchelgeisiol ar gyfer Sir Gaerfyrddin
GOFYNNIR i drigolion a busnesau Sir Gaerfyrddin helpu i lunio ‘gweledigaeth’ Cabinet y cyngor ar gyfer y pum mlynedd nesaf. Amlinellodd y Cynghorydd Darren Price, Arweinydd y Cyngor, weledigaeth gyffrous ac uchelgeisiol ar gyfer y sir sy’n adlewyrchu’r materion a’r…
Visiting restrictions update – Glangwili and Withybush hospitals
Following a formal review of COVID-19 activity in its hospitals, Hywel Dda University Health Board can confirm that restrictions for those visiting inpatients will be lifted in Glangwili and Withybush hospitals from Wednesday 19 July 2022. The following visiting guidance…
Water demand soars as temperature hits new record
With Wales basking in glorious sunshine at the moment, it wasn’t just the mercury that was rising in the record-breaking heat. While the sun shone over Wales yesterday on the hottest day recorded, not for profit utility company Welsh Water…
Staff commended for helping to prevent racism in the workplace
Two Swansea Bay employees have been recognised for taking a stand against racism in the workplace. Nurse Omobola Akinade and physiotherapist Manessa Faal, who both work at Singleton Hospital, have used their own experiences of racism to become champions of…
Hywel Dda UHB nurses shortlisted for RCN Nursing award
Two nurses from Hywel Dda University Health Board (UHB) have been selected from hundreds of entries as finalists at the RCN Nursing Awards. Learning disability health facilitation nurse, Megan Ware, and community children’s nurse (Lead in transition), Eden Carlisle, have…