Fourth annual HeForShe Gender Equality in UK Policing Report 2022 is launched
A report highlighting the progress all UK police forces are making towards gender equality has been launched. The fourth annual Gender Equality in UK Policing Report published on Wednesday, November 30th comes in support of the United Nations’ gender equality…
Retail sale of peat in horticulture in Wales to end
The retail sale of peat in horticulture will end in Wales, Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths has announced. Today’s announcement follows a public consultation which shows 92% of Welsh respondents supported an overall ban of the sale of peat compost….
One million COVID autumn booster vaccines administered in Wales
Statistics published today show that over a million people in Wales have now received their COVID-19 booster vaccination this autumn. Public Health Wales’s weekly data, published today, shows the number of people who have now received their booster reached 1,023,594…
John H Collins Gwent Cross Country League returns to Pembrey Country Park
The John H Collins Gwent Cross Country League, one of the most popular grassroots cross-country leagues in the UK, returned to West Wales for the sixth time on Saturday 3rd December. More than 1,000 runners of all abilities descended on…
First Minister responds to Commission into UK’s future
Responding to Gordon Brown’s Commission into the UKs Future, Mark Drakeford, First Minister and leader of Welsh Labour said: “The union of the United Kingdom is under greater threat now than at any other time in its long history as…
“Big changes now in place for Llanelli renters” says local MS
Lee Waters, Llanelli’s Member of the Senedd, has spoken of the benefits of a new Welsh Government law which came into force on 1 December. The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 will replaces various, complex pieces of existing legislation…
Y Gweinidog Cyfiawnder Cymdeithasol yn addo ar Ddiwrnod Rhyngwladol Pobl Anabl, “Rydyn ni wedi ymrwymo i wreiddio’r Model Cymdeithasol o Anabledd a gwared yr holl rwystrau i annibyniaeth pobl anabl”
Mae’r Gweinidog Cyfiawnder Cymdeithasol Jane Hutt wedi cadarnhau ymrwymiad Llywodraeth Cymru i’r Model Cymdeithasol o Anabledd ar ôl clywed gan bobl anabl am y rhwystrau y maent wedi eu hwynebu. Yn siarad ar Ddiwrnod Rhyngwladol Pobl Anabl (3 Rhagfyr), ar…
“We are committed to embedding the Social Model of Disability and removing the barriers that are limiting the independence of disabled people,” Minister vows on International Day of Disabled People
Minister for Social Justice Jane Hutt has reaffirmed the Welsh Government’s commitment to the Social Model of Disability after hearing from disabled people about the barriers they have had to overcome in society in Wales. Speaking on International Day of…
Lib Dems Slam Unacceptable Delay in Support for Off-Grid Homes
The Welsh Liberal Democrats have slammed delays by the UK Government in rolling out a scheme designed to support people living in off-grid homes. The Conservative minister responsible for energy bill support has announced that off-grid households will not receive…
Police investigate fatal road traffic collision on St Helens Road
South Wales Police is continuing to investigate a fatal road traffic collision which happened on St Helens Road, Swansea, at around 8pm on Friday (2 December). A blue Yamaha motorcycle was in collision with a silver Toyota Prius and, despite…