Fees for Ceredigion care-homes to increase at lower rates this year
By Bruce Sinclair FEES for care-homes in Ceredigion are expected to increase by far lower rates than last year, if a recommendation before senior councillors is approved. Last year saw the costs of one nursing category rise by more than…
Deintyddfa Tywi a Deintyddfa Celtic yn dychwelyd cytundeb Deintyddol y GIG
Mae Deintyddfa Tywi a Deintyddfa Celtic yn Llandeilo wedi gwneud y penderfyniad anodd i ddychwelyd eu Cytundeb Gwasanaethau Deintyddol Cyffredinol (GIG) i Fwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Hywel Dda (BIP) ar 31 Mawrth 2023. Bydd hyn yn golygu na fyddent yn darparu…
Tywi Dental and Celtic Dental practices return NHS Dental contract
Tywi Dental and Celtic Dental Practices in Llandeilo have made the difficult decision to return their General Dental Services (NHS) Contract to Hywel Dda University Health Board (UHB) on 31 March 2023. This will mean that from 1 April 2023…
“Decisions about Wales’ water should be made in Wales” says Adam Price MS
Plaid Cymru has called for Welsh Government to block a project that could see 180 million litres of water being pumped out of Wales a day. The calls are in response to an announcement from OFWAT which confirms that proposals…
Margam Country Park’s adventure playground named one of the best in Britain
With Easter on the Horizon, the Times Newspaper has named Margam Country Park’s adventure playground as one of the best in the UK. The newspaper has honoured it as one of Britain’s seven best adventure playgrounds alongside the likes of…
Second man arrested in connection with North Road incident
A second man has been arrested in connection with a road collision in the North Road area of Cathays, Cardiff, on (Tuesday, March 28). A 54-year-old delivery driver was taken to the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, where he remains…
Holocaust survivor Eva Clarke becomes first ‘Freewoman’ in Gwent County Borough
THE first Freewoman of Blaenau Gwent County Borough is holocaust survivor Eva Clarke. At an online meeting of the council, on Thursday, March 30, Mrs Clarke received numerous tributes and compliments from councillors who could remember her fist talk for…
Transport decarbonisation package to help boost net zero ambitions
A robust package of measures to turbocharge the UK’s progress towards decarbonising transport, has today (30 March) been unveiled by the Government. The measures will support the shift to electric vehicles (EVs) as well as the production of sustainable aviation…
Update on proposals for a discretionary visitor levy for Wales
Rebecca Evans MS, Minister for Finance and Local Government has issued the following statement on proposals for a discretionary visitor levy for Wales. Today I am providing an update about our proposal to provide local authorities with the power to…
Food-bank appeals for donations as cost-of-living crisis puts pressure on demand
A FOOD bank in Lliswerry is appealing for donations as the cost-of-living crisis doubles its demand. Raven House Trust, which has been running since 1992, hands out more than 100 food parcels to individuals and families in need every month….