Specialist teams work to create well-being packs for people with low-risk mental health issues
SPECIALIST teams have worked together to create well-being packs for people with low-risk mental health problems to help keep their brain active. The pack is the outcome of a collaboration between the Liaison Psychiatry Team and the Emergency Department/ Older…
Publication of the new Border Target Operating Model
TODAY, the UK Government published the new Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-border-target-operating-model-august-2023) setting out the future approach to safety and security controls (applying to all imports), and sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) controls (applying to imports of live animals, germinal…
Aberglasney Gardens to offer special tour during September
Aberglasney Gardens will offer special tours of the upper floors of the Grade II* listed mansion during September as part of Cadw’s national ‘Open Doors’ event. With a rich history dating back to medieval times, the tours will give an…
Union reassures Wilko staff they will be paid
The GMB Union has reassured Wilko staff that they will be paid by administrators. The union said that they had been informed by a number of members that they have not yet received their pay which was due on the…
Tesco shoppers in Carmarthenshire can support local children with £5m grant scheme by voting with blue tokens in store
As part of ‘Stronger Starts’, Tesco’s new £5m-a-year grant scheme to support schools and children’s groups with funding for food and healthy activities, the supermarket is also asking customers in Carmarthenshire to do their bit to help give children across…
Fake website offers 90% discount from Wilko
Fake websites purporting to be offering huge discounts for anyone buying online from Wilko have been operating and scamming shoppers. The administrators for Wilko are now trying to get the websites shut down. Wilko has ended sales online and only…
Outspoken Women hold banner protest over ‘transing’ children and men in women’s spaces
A group of protesters have hung banners over roads in Carmarthenshire as part of a protest against the ‘transing’ of children and men in women’s spaces. The group, Outspoken Women placed banners over the roadway on the A48 near Carmarthen…
High calorie food dominates high streets
IF a typical high street even exists these days, Woodfield Street in Morriston – a less affluent area of Swansea – would pretty much fit the bill. All those things you can’t do on the internet – getting your hair…
Support and advice for Carmarthenshire residents struggling with finances through cost of living crisis
SUPPORT and advice is on hand for Carmarthenshire residents that are struggling with their finances. During the last 18 months, and in the midst of the cost of living crisis, Carmarthenshire County Council’s Hwb Advisors have supported and offered advice…
Eight arrests following drugs warrants in Aberystwyth and Birmingham
OFFICERS from Dyfed-Powys Police have made eight arrests following a number of warrants in Ceredigion and the West Midlands area. The morning raids on Monday, 21 August, were part of Operation Burleigh, which aimed to break a county lines organised…