Welsh Government cash for charities to take action on Climate Change Emergency
Four organisations from across Wales have been awarded funding to develop projects focused on inspiring young people to engage with, and take action on, the climate emergency. The grants have been awarded by the Energy Saving Trust Foundation’s Youth Climate…
Stars of Stage and Screen join the campaign to tackle the biggest hidden problem facing farmers today
Farming in the UK has been hit by an increase in flooding, drought, and heatwaves in recent years. The effects of the relentless season of storms have had huge consequences for those whose lives and livelihoods depend on the…
Single parent gains full-time employment thanks to Welsh Gov’s Communities for Work+ scheme
A SINGLE parent from Ceredigion has gained full time employment through the help of Welsh Government’s Communities for Work+ scheme. Eleanor Yates, a single parent with two children living in Ceredigion was looking for 30 hours work that would fit…
Health Board awards contract for Cross Hands and Tumble GP practices
HYWEL Dda University Health Board (UHB) has successfully appointed a new GP partnership to take over the contract to provide General Medical Services (GMS) for patients registered with Cross Hands and Tumble practices in Carmarthenshire from 1 April 2024. At…
Generous donations to Hywel Dda Health Charities enable purchase of new eye scanner for Glangwili Hospital
THANKS to generous donations to Hywel Dda Health Charities, the official charity of Hywel Dda University Health Board, a new eye scanner worth £14,250 has been purchased for Glangwili Hospital. The new scanner is used to take eye measurements prior…
Plaid Cymru’s Westminster leader raises concerns over Israeli ground invasion of Rafah
PLAID Cymru Westminster leader, Liz Saville Roberts MP, has raised her grave concerns over a planned Israeli ground invasion of Rafah and renewed her party’s calls for a ceasefire. Ms Saville Roberts said that the prospect of a ground…
Câr-Y-Môr to build seaweed processing facility in West Wales
Câr-Y- Môr, Wales’ first regenerative seaweed and shellfish farm, is to build a new seaweed processing facility – the first of its kind in Wales – at its site in St Davids, Pembrokeshire. Construction will begin later this year. …
Man sentenced to prison following brutal assault
THOMAS Love, who brutally attacked his ‘friend’ – including punching him 41 times in the head – has been jailed for seven years and three months. Just after midnight on October 9, 2023, Thomas Love, 53, from Trowbridge, Cardiff, seriously…
Tributes paid to victim of fatal M4 crash
SOUTH Wales Police is appealing for any witnesses to a collision on the M4 in the vicinity of junctions 42 (Briton Ferry) and 43 (Llandarcy) at 3:10pm on Friday, January 26, 2024. A 53-year-old woman from Mount Pleasant died as…
Bronwydd road will be subject to full road closure from Monday
THE A484 road at Henallt Bends, between Carmarthen and Bronwydd, will be subject to a full road closure from Monday, 12 February, for a period of 4 weeks, in order for Carmarthenshire County Council to carry out essential highway support…