Annual Op Winter launches in Swansea to keep communities safe during festive season
There will be an increased police presence in Swansea city centre on the run up to Christmas as part of our annual operation, Op Winter. Running until Christmas Eve, Op Winter will see high visibility patrols throughout the city centre…
Wales publishes stellar results for bathing water quality standards
Wales has once again published stellar results for its bathing water quality standards, with 99% compliance reached in 2022. First-time entrants Penarth and Col-Huw beach in the Vale of Glamorgan made their debut by moving straight into the top ranked…
Local areas in Wales with worst ambulance delays as heart attack victims left waiting one hour 57 minutes
Shocking figures have unveiled the local areas in Wales with the longest ambulance delays, revealing a stark “postcode lottery” for response times to life-threatening calls. Figures were provided by local authority giving a more local breakdown of the usual Health…
Five charged with drug offences
Five people have appeared in court charged with conspiracy to supply cannabis and cocaine in Carmarthenshire. On Wednesday 27th of October 2021 officers from Dyfed-Powys Police executed a warrant at a farm in Capel Dewi, Carmarthenshire, where they found firearms…
Welsh Government announces new measures to keep avian influenza at bay
Bird keepers are being reminded new compulsory biosecurity and housing measures to further protect their birds against avian influenza come into force tomorrow (Friday 2 December). Last week, the Welsh Government announced new measures were being put in place as…
Ambitious new law that ‘transforms the rented sector in Wales’ comes into force
The biggest change to housing law in Wales for decades has today (Thursday, December 1) come into force, bringing greater transparency and consistency to renting a home. Protecting the interests of both landlords and tenants, the Renting Homes (Wales) Act…
Junior Culinary Team celebrate silver medal at Culinary World Cup
The Junior Culinary Team Wales is celebrating a silver medal at the Culinary World Cup success in Luxembourg. The talented young chefs added the silver medal in the Restaurant of Nations hot kitchen to a bronze medal awarded in the…
Regulator approves new Grand Union train service from Carmarthen to London Paddington
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has opened up the Great Western Main Line to competition and enabled a significant increase in rail services between London and South Wales. The rail regulator has approved the introduction of new train…
Wales & West Utilities partners with end of life charity Marie Curie to support terminally ill people facing energy costs
Ahead of Fuel Poverty Awareness Day on Friday 2 December 2022, gas emergency and pipeline, Wales & West Utilities has announced it’s partnering with end of life charity Marie Curie, alongside all other UK Gas Distribution Networks (GDNs), to help…
Council publishes Active Travel Maps
During 2020 and 2021, Ceredigion County Council undertook a public consultation exercise as part of a review into the Active Travel Network Map (ATNM) in Ceredigion. This review looked at updating Ceredigion’s Existing Routes Map to highlight active travel routes…