Neath Port Talbot Council’s Joey Pickard named UK Young Local Government Ecologist of the Year
A Neath Port Talbot Council ecologist has won a UK-wide award for his important work on the Lost Peatlands of South Wales project. Joey Pickard has won the Young Ecologist of the Year prize in the Local Government Ecology Awards…
Government Need to Abandon One Size Fits All Approach to Renewables and Regulate Rogue Contractors
If the scientists predicting climate change and rising sea levels are to be believed then Wales needs to do its bit to be ahead when it comes to tackling climate change and environmental issues. The Welsh Government aims to reduce…
£240,000 fine for company after fall left Bangor man paralysed
A Cheshire-based electrical transmission company has been fined £240,000 after a man was left paralysed from the chest down after a fall at work. Gavin Pugh, from Bangor in North Wales, was 35 at the time of the incident and…
South Wales Police investigate ‘despicable’ theft of memorial plates from Gnoll Estate’s War Memorial
South Wales Police is looking for thieves who took two metal plaques from the Memorial Gates at the entrance to Neath’s Gnoll Estate Country Park. The marble gates and series of plaques which form the memorial commemorate those from the…
Eluned Morgan appointed as new leader of Welsh Labour
Eluned Morgan MS has today [Wed 24 July] been appointed the new leader of Welsh Labour. Morgan has served as Welsh Labour MS for Mid and West Wales since 2016 and has delivered for the people of Wales as both…
Cardiff Wales Airport – long term strategy
Cardiff Wales Airport (the Airport) is a vital element of Wales’ economic infrastructure, which has been estimated to generate over £200m in Gross Value Added (GVA) annually and support thousands of jobs in the South Wales region. The Airport, along…
Start to Farm provides young entrant with route to becoming farm business partner
A fifth generation Welsh sheep and beef farm has resolved a succession conundrum by bringing a young farmer into the business as a partner. Ben Ryder’s family have farmed Maesmachreth, an upland farm near Machynlleth, for two centuries. …
Wales passes landmark Bill to introduce automatic registration of electors and to modernise electoral administration
The Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill, which was first introduced to the Senedd in October 2023, has been passed by the Welsh Parliament. The Bill will remove barriers to democratic engagement and create a system of electoral administration fit…
‘He described in graphic detail how he’d murder me’ – The shocking verbal abuse taking its toll on emergency workers
EMERGENCY workers in Wales have revealed some of the shocking verbal abuse being levelled at staff. There were 1,964 incidents of verbal abuse against Welsh emergency workers between April 2019 and December 2023, new data has revealed. More than a…
Devoted father of two named Carer of the Year at Nation Radio’s Pride of Wales Awards
A devoted and selfless dad-of-two from Port Talbot has been named Carer of the Year at Nation Radio’s Pride of Wales Awards 2024. Held at Swansea’s prestigious Brangwyn Hall, the Carer of the Year Award, sponsored by Delta Wellbeing, honours…