Communication is key to breaking down barriers around death and dying conversations
Communication and the language used around dying, death and bereavement will be the talking point at this year’s Dying Matters Awareness event. An event hosted by three Swansea Bay services will give people an opportunity to have conversations around these…
Ceredigion man convicted for sexual assault
A Ceredigion man has been convicted to three years and six months in prison for sexually assaulting a woman in her own bed after the jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict. 27-year-old Suroj Bk, from Llangrannog, was sentenced this week…
Mayor’s Fun Run in Carmarthen marks 41st year
On Bank Holiday Monday (6th May), the Carmarthen Mayor’s Fun Run Races returned to the town centre in its 41st year. It was organised by Noelwyn Daniel from Healthy Life Activities on behalf of Carmarthen Town Council. Main sponsors were…
West Wales Friends of Palestine hold 27th Vigil in Carmarthen
Last Saturday West Wales Friends of Palestine held their twenty seventh Vigil calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. This time they held a washing line with fourteen items of children’s clothing across Guildhall Square- 14,500 children have been killed…
Great Western Railway names train after Princess Royal
Great Western Railway has named a train after HRH The Princess Royal in recognition of her support for more than 300 charities, organisations and military regiments in the UK and overseas. Representatives from a host of those organisations joined guests…
Welsh Lib Dems call on First Minister to return £200K donation
This week in the Senedd, the Welsh Liberal Democrats have urged the First Minister to return the £200,000 donation he received from a company linked to environmental crimes. Speaking to the Senedd on Wednesday, party leader Jane Dodds MS urged…
School boy to take on 5k in memory of Aunty
Rowan Nickerson, 12, from Pembrokeshire, is taking on the Long Course Weekend 5k road race in memory of his beautiful Aunty Sharon. The event, which takes place on 23rd June 2023, will be Rowan’s first ever 5k road race. Rowan…
Concerns voiced as prepayment meter ban lifted
Wales must safeguard vulnerable people at risk of fuel poverty after a ban on energy companies forcibly fitting prepayment meters came to an end, a committee warned. Jack Sargeant led a debate about a petitions committee inquiry into the prepayment…
Actions of South Wales Police officers did not cause or contribute to the death of Mohamud Hassan
An independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mohamud Hassan in Cardiff in 2021 has found no evidence that the actions of officers caused or contributed to his death. The findings of the Independent Office for Police…
35-year-old Bridgend man sentenced for grooming children
A 35-year-old man from Bridgend has been convicted of grooming a 12-year-old girl following a guilty plea at Cardiff Crown Court. Today, Thursday May 2, Matthew Cheshire, from the Sarn area, was sent to prison for four years and…