Huge Amounts of Cash Necessary to Keep Newport Council’s Highways in ‘Steady State’
Newport City Council’s highways department would have to spend enormous amounts of money just to keep infrastructure in a “steady state”, senior officers have said. The council’s maintenance backlog for its highways assets is currently estimated to be £118.7 million,…
Major housebuilder launches schools pilot for National Apprenticeship Week
A leading Welsh developer has launched its new pilot programme where apprentices teach the next generation of housebuilders. Apprentices at Persimmon Homes’ Training Academy in Llanilid, which is run in conjunction with Bridgend College, took pupils from nearby schools through…
Dyfed-Powys Police’s biggest drugs operation takes £12 million of cannabis out of the supply chain
Police teams tackling the threat presented by industrial scale cannabis farms have taken more than £12 million worth of cannabis out of the supply chain. Raiding buildings from former schools and empty town centre shops to a disused newspaper office,…
Research Reveals Wales’s Most Dangerous Areas to Drive in
New research has revealed the most dangerous Wales areas to drive in, with Ceredigion coming out on top. The study by Tollwayr analysed historical data from the Department for Transport Statistics to see which Wales areas had the highest average…
Bardd yn codi dros £2,000 i Uned Ddydd Cemotherapi Llanelli
Ysgrifennodd a chyhoeddodd Margaret Davies lyfr o gerddi o’r enw Memories a chodwyd £2,024 ar gyfer yr Uned Ddydd Cemotherapi yn Ysbyty Tywysog Philip. Mae Margaret, sy’n deipydd llaw-fer wedi ymddeol i Gyngor Bwrdeistref Llanelli a Bwrdd Dŵr Cymru, wedi…
Plans for Ethiopian Restaurant Approved by Council
PLANS for a cafe by day and Ethiopian restaurant in the evening have been approved for a busy Swansea street. The new venture will be based at the former Lee Mill Fabrics shop on Oxford Street, close to the junction…
UK Gov commits £5m to Newport Transporter Bridge
Today, the UK Government has committed to £5 million of Levelling Up funding for the Newport Transporter Bridge in South Wales. The cash boost will fund vital repair and maintenance works to Newport Transporter Bridge, which plays a crucial role…
Pursuit of vehicle with cloned plates through Hendy ends with arrests
On the late evening of Sunday (16th Feb), Roads Policing Officers, assisted by NPAS, pursued a vehicle with cloned plates, from Junction 40 of the M4 to Heol Llwyn Bedw in Hendy, where it was abandoned. The driver – a…
Plans for new disability-friendly railway bridge at Tenby’s Victorian Station submitted to National Park
Plans for a new disability-friendly railway bridge at Tenby’s Victorian station have been submitted to the national park. The Network Rail application at the Warren Street station seeks permission for the installation of an access for all footbridge and associated…
Senedd rejects calls for independent inquiry into child sexual exploitation
Senedd members rejected calls for a Wales-wide independent inquiry into child sexual exploitation by so-called grooming gangs, supporting plans for an audit instead. The Conservatives’ Altaf Hussain backed a campaign led by Emily Vaughn, not her real name, a…