Steam Fair Rallys the visitors to Pembrey Country Park
The air at Pembrey Country Park was filled with steam and that familiar autumnal smell of coal burning for those of a certain age over the weekend. Not particularly PC or appealing to any climate change campaigners but to…
Changes recommended to Swansea Bay UHB child and adolescent mental health service
THE way children and young people with mental health difficulties are helped in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot looks set to change. The current service is run by Swansea Bay University Health Board in tandem with neighbouring Cwm Taf Morgannwg…
Three Carmarthenshire schools receive glowing Estyn school inspection reports
IT’S been a tough couple of years for schools, but three primaries in Carmarthenshire may have a spring in their step after strong reports by Welsh Government education inspectors. Estyn inspections of Cross Hands, Drefach and Llandybie primaries published this…
South-west Wales launches freeport bid
by Lewis Smith PLANS to explore the case for a green freeport in south-west Wales have been launched by a consortium this month, focusing on ports in the areas of Milford Haven and Port Talbot. It has been described as…
Eleven community groups kickstart engagement projects on Wales constitutional future
ELEVEN Welsh community groups have been awarded funding by the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales to support its national conversation on the future of Wales. The Independent Commission for the Constitutional Future of Wales is the first…
Health Minister gives update on Adferiad programme supporting people with Long Covid
ELUNED Morgan, Minister for Health and Social Services has issued a statement giving updated information on the Adferiad programme launched in June 2021. The Health Minister said: “It is almost two-and-a-half years since the World Health Organisation declared a global…
Diweddariad ar rhaglen Adferiad sy’n cefnogi bobl gyda Covid hirdymor
MAE Eluned Morgan, y Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol wedi cyhoeddi diweddariad am y rhaglen Adferiad a gychwynodd Mehefin 2021 Meddai’r Gweinidog Iechyd: “Mae bron i ddwy flynedd a hanner wedi pasio ers i Sefydliad Iechyd y Byd ddatgan pandemig…
Former Sancta Maria hospital site in the Uplands sold
A FORMER private hospital in Swansea has been bought by a housing association. Coastal Housing has acquired the old HMT Sancta Maria Hospital in Uplands and is developing plans for the site. It has applied to Swansea Council to remove 14…
Fears Elvis Festival could suffer as Grand Pavilion Porthcawl closes for two years
by Lewis Smith FUTURE plans to develop the Grand Pavilion in Porthcawl could leave questions over the town’s iconic Elvis festival in the next few years organisers have said, as they prepare for this weekends annual celebrations. The massive festival,…
Natural Resources Wales decides to maintain trail hunting ban on its land
A BAN on trail hunting on land owned by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) will continue, despite a criminal conviction for a director of a foxhounds group in England being overturned. NRW decided to introduce a ban on trail hunting, which…