Visitor numbers to Cadw sites on track to full recovery post-Covid
Over 1.1 million visits were made to 23 staffed Cadw sites between April 2022 and March 2023. Visitor numbers to Cadw’s staffed sites have recovered to 92% of pre-Covid levels. An estimated well over 1 million visits were also made…
Success for St David’s Day 2023 #CaruCymruCaruBlas #LoveWalesLoveTaste campaign
During the past month the Welsh Government’s St David’s Day 2023 #CaruCymruCaruBlas / #LoveWalesLoveTaste campaign has achieved record numbers, with a greater number of impactful impressions, stronger links with the retail and hospitality sectors, and increased consumer awareness. Established…
Owners of empty homes in Merthyr Tydfil now able to apply for £25,000 grants to bring buildings back into use
PEOPLE in Merthyr Tydfil who own empty homes are set to be able to apply for £25,000 grants to bring the buildings back into use. Councillors in Merthyr Tydfil have approved the council signing up to a Welsh Government grant…
Holiday chalet plans at Pembrokeshire trout fishery expected to flounder
PLANS to build holiday chalets at a trout fishery in north Pembrokeshire are expected to be turned down by county planners next week. An application to provide nine accommodation cabins and ancillary works at a former fishery business at Millbrook,…
Call to tackle ‘crisis’ facing rural bus networks in Ceredigion backed by councillors
A CALL to back creating a taskforce to tackle the “crisis” facing the rural bus network in Ceredigion has been backed by county councillors. The April 20 full meeting of Ceredigion County Council backed a motion, proposed by Councillor Meirion…
Premises licence to serve alcohol granted to Carmarthenshire care home
THE director of a Carmarthenshire care home who applied for a licence to serve alcohol said he was determined that residents had a chance to feel normal towards the end of their lives. William James initially applied to serve alcohol…
Call to remove affordable housing condition in Narberth community expected to go ahead
A CALL to remove an affordable housing condition at the redeveloped former community school in Narberth is expected to get the go-ahead next week. Back in 2020, the transformation of the long-empty former Narberth CP school site was given the…
Llanelli man given 13-year extended sentence for brutal unprovoked attack on partner
A man has been handed a 13-year extended sentence after an unprovoked assault in which his then-partner sustained such serious facial injuries he tried to claim she’d been hit by a car. Wayne Phillip Jenkins, 39, from Llanelli, is serving…
Cardigan drug runners jailed for eight-and-a-half-years
TWO men who made 10 drugs runs from Cardigan to Newport in two months have been jailed for a total of eight-and-a-half years. Daniel Liam Meyler, aged 42, and Patrick Byrne, aged 49, both of Maes y Deri in Cardigan…
‘Prolific’ Pembrokeshire drug dealer Andrew Lowndes jailed
A man described by police as one of Pembrokeshire’s ‘most prolific’ drug dealers has been jailed for four-and-a-half years. The day Andrew Lowndes was stopped by Dyfed-Powys Police, he was travelling back to Pembrokeshire from the South Wales Police area…