Plastic pollution from Swansea wastewater works
Plastic discs from a wastewater treatment works in Swansea washed up in large numbers on the city’s beach and also on beaches in Gower and Neath Port Talbot. Welsh Water said they spilled from the treatment works off Fabian Way…
Plaid Cymru Makes Final Appeal to Voters Ahead of Caerphilly by-election
Plaid Cymru has made a final appeal to voters on the eve of the Caerphilly by-election urging everyone who wants to stop Reform UK to back Plaid Cymru’s Lindsay Whittle. A poll released last week has shown that only Plaid…
Woman Jailed After Arson Attack at Swansea City McDonald’s
A woman from Swansea has been jailed after setting a fire inside the city centre’s McDonald’s restaurant. 39-year-old Leah Hocking, of no fixed abode, entered the fast-food restaurant at Castle Square on March 4, before proceeding to light a fire…
Dyfed-Powys Police Backs ‘Own The Night’ Campaign
Dyfed-Powys Police has backed a campaign aiming to make running safer for women this winter. Own The Night / Ein Nos Ni, a national campaign launched by Welsh Athletics that both recognises and hopes to lessen the growing concerns women…
Deputy First Minister Under Fire Over ‘Political Fix’ on Greyhound Racing Ban
The deputy first minister has insisted plans to ban greyhound racing are not linked to a budget deal, despite being confronted with evidence it was part of the agreement. During a tense evidence session on Monday (October 20), Huw…
Llanelli MP Nia Griffith Supports Plans for Clean Energy Jobs Boom in Wales
Dame Nia Griffith, MP for Llanelli has today supported plans for a clean energy jobs boom in Wales, which is set to create 15,000 new jobs by 2030. Labour’s Clean Energy Jobs Plan shows how demand for clean energy workers…
Vaughan Gething among Senedd Members who failed to attend evidence session over Hafod Landfill
An evidence session was cancelled after four of the five politicians who sit on a Senedd committee were unable to attend, leaving the Welsh Parliament no choice but to postpone the meeting. The Senedd’s petitions committee was due to meet…
Lee Waters says ‘Traditional Business Model’ for Welsh Town Centres is ‘Dead’
A former minister has warned that the traditional business model for Welsh town centres is “dead”, arguing that familiar solutions such as free parking and abolishing business rates are not the answer. Labour’s Lee Waters said the economic shift towards…
LIDL Plans for Tenby Submitted to County Planners
A formal scheme for a new store on the edge of Tenby by retail giant Lidl has been submitted to Pembrokeshire planners. In an application to Pembrokeshire County Council, Lidl GB Ltd, through agent CarneySweeney, seeks permission for a new…
Extended shutdown of Tata Steel sites brings ‘catastrophic’ pay cuts to Steelworkers
Steelworkers are facing “catastrophic” pay cuts of more than a third over Christmas due to an extended shutdown at three Tata Steel sites in Wales, the Senedd has heard. David Rees, who chairs the Senedd’s cross-party group on steel, warned…