Tributes paid to victim of fatal Mountain Ash RTC
SOUTH Wales Police are continuing to investigate a fatal collision on the B4275, Abercynon Road, Mountain Ash that occurred at approximately 7:40am on 19 December 2023. A 18-year-old man from Mountain Ash died as a result of the collision and…
Concerns raised over new statutory registration and licensing for tourism accommodation in Wales
CONCERNS have been raised about plans to introduce statutory registration and licensing for all tourism accommodation in Wales. Dawn Bowden, the deputy minister responsible for tourism, announced details of the scheme during a statement in the Senedd on Tuesday January…
Swansea theatre production listed as one of last year’s top 50 productions across the UK
SORTER is listed by influential arts publication The Stage as one of last year’s top 50 productions across the UK and Ireland. Staged in March, it was presented by the Grand-based Grand Ambition team. Written by Grand Ambition co-founder Richard…
Swansea residents to have say on spending of extra millions for council services
CITY residents are set to have their say on plans that will see around an extra £15m spent on council services in the next financial year. Consultation has opened on Swansea Council’s budget proposals that will go to full council…
Plot of land with historic refusals for housing back on the agenda
A GREEN field beside a Gwynedd pub which was first refused permission for housing as far back as the 1970s is back on the planning agenda. Over the years housing proposals for the land adjacent to the Glyntwrog Inn at…
Can a Welsh Government be replaced by using pitchforks or a ranked choice voting system?
IF one is to believe the whispers on the wind that the Welsh Labour Government are in for a shock in 2026 with comfortable Labour MSs shown the red card then one has to believe that someone somewhere is ready…
Body of missing Wrexham woman recovered from river
Local officers and experts from the North West Underwater Search Team looking for missing person Lucy Charles from Bangor on Dee, have recovered the body of a woman from the river. Chief Inspector Stephen Roberts said: “Formal identification is yet…
RNLI Port Talbot Lifeboat volunteers called to first rescue of the year
RNLI Port Talbot volunteers were task by HM Coastguard at 4:03pm to reports of a fishing vessel with two persons on board in difficulties just off the entrance to the river Afan and near to the North Pier Despite it…
More than 200 houses on land near Maesteg one step closer after outline planning approval granted
PLANS for more than 200 houses to be built on land near Maesteg have taken a step closer, after an outline planning approval was granted by Bridgend Council’s planning committee. The proposals could see a total of 201 houses developed…
Men jailed for £2.1m Wildings cannabis farm
Two men who admitted growing more than 3,000 cannabis plants in a disused city centre department store have both received sentences of two years in prison. Adrian Daja and Andi Shabani, both 28 and from Newport, appeared at Cardiff Crown…