Senedd unites to raise concerns over limitations on financial flexibility
A RARE cross-party consensus emerged as the Senedd united in raising concerns that some community councils have more financial flexibility than the Welsh Government Senedd members unanimously backed a motion calling on the UK Government to ease limits on the…
Free bus travel for Hywel Dda staff with Transport for Wales this March
TRANSPORT for Wales (TfW) has teamed up with Hywel Dda University Health Board (UHB) to offer free bus travel for health board staff as part of a new pilot to encourage workers to travel more sustainably and to help reduce…
RSPCA Cymru launch appeal for information after pet rats found abandoned in Newport
RSPCA Cymru has launched an appeal for information after two rats were found abandoned in a pet carrier in Newport. The two black and white domestic rats – thought to be male – were found on 16 February in…
Ceredigion Youth Council elect new Chair
ON 20 October 2023, Ceredigion Youth Council elected a new Chair and a new Member of UK Youth Parliament to represent Ceredigion in 2023-24. Rosa Waby, a Year 12 pupil at Ysgol Gyfun Penweddig, was successfully appointed as Ceredigion…
Plaid Cymru reaffirm support for Welsh Farmers ahead of major protest in Cardiff Bay
PLAID Cymru have reaffirmed their support for the Welsh farmers and rural communities ahead of a major protest expected in front of the Senedd. Plaid Cymru have also tabled a debate on eradication of bovine tuberculosis which threatens the future…
Language campaigners call on Welsh Government to listen to farmers
WELSH Government must listen to farmers and consider the Welsh language in the Sustainable Farming Plan to protect rural communities, according to language campaigners. Cymdeithas yr Iaith has called on the Welsh Government to listen to and cooperate with farmers…
New deal between Welsh Gov and production company will ensure high-end TV dramas for four years
A NEW deal between the Welsh Government and award-winning Cardiff-based production company Bad Wolf will ensure a slate of high-end TV dramas will be made in Wales over the next four years. The £4m deal, which was brokered by Creative…
Choirs for Good raise over £14,000 for all-Wales charity
An all-Wales choir group have sung their hearts out to raise over £14,000 for the Wales Air Ambulance. Choirs for Good picked the Wales Air ambulance as its Charity of the Year for 2023 after it received an ‘overwhelming’ majority…
Plaid questions Welsh Labour’s ‘disappearing WhatsApp messages’
Responding to revelations about the Labour Welsh Government’s use of WhatsApp from the UK Covid Inquiry’s first day in Wales, Plaid Cymru’s spokesperson for Health and Social Care, Mabon ap Gwynfor MS said: “Despite previously reassuring the Senedd that WhatsApp…
Five local authorities set to benefit from £8m Welsh Government towns programme
FIVE local authorities are set to benefit from an £8m Welsh Government towns programme Climate Change Minister Julie James confirmed today. The Transforming Towns Loans (TTLs) programme supports local authorities with town and city centre regeneration projects and has allocated…