Charitable donations fund scalp cooling equipment to prevent hair loss for cancer patients
Thanks to generous donations, Hywel Dda Health Charities – the official charity of Hywel Dda Health Board – has funded a new scalp cooler worth over £20,000 for the Chemotherapy Day Unit at Prince Philip Hospital, and has provided over…
Carmarthenshire to benefit from significant Openreach broadband upgrade
Full fibre broadband is heading to a further 16 Welsh cities, towns and villages, as part of a huge broadband upgrade by Openreach. People living in St Clears, Pencader, Newcastle Emlyn and Llanybydder are among the communities that are…
Lee Waters MS is encouraging small businesses to apply for the Future Proofing Fund
Lee Waters MS is drawing attention to a new £20million Future Proofing Fund from the Welsh Government which will help up to 2,500 micro, small and medium sized businesses across Wales. The funding will be available to the retail, hospitality…
Veterinary care unaffordable for many pet owners in Wales, committee hears
Veterinary care is unaffordable for many pet owners in Wales due to “ridiculous” price increases fuelled by corporate greed, a committee heard. Caroline Allen, chief veterinary officer at RSPCA Cymru, said a survey found more than half of Welsh pet…
Welsh Lib Dems call for action on health inequalities amongst women in Wales
This week in the Senedd, the Welsh Liberal Democrats have highlighted threats facing the healthy life expectancy of women in Wales’ poorest communities. According to the Office of National Statistics, health life expectancy at birth in Wales has steadily decreased…
Young people from post-16 Inspire Group donate benches to Ceredigion communities
Young people from the group Inspire have developed a new project to create community benches and locate them across the County as part of a mental health campaign stemming from the TV programme ‘After Life’, created by actor Ricky Gervais….
Police issue statement following death of woman in custody at Caernarfon
We are issuing the following statement after a woman sadly died in custody at Caernarfon on Friday. Deputy Chief Constable Nigel Harrison said “We can confirm that a woman in her 40s sadly died while in custody at Caernarfon on…
9-year-old saves mother’s life by making call to emergency services
9-year-old Harley Metz saved his mother’s life recently by raising the alarm when he found her severely unwell at home. Harley, who is a member of St John Ambulance Cymru’s Aberdare and Foundry Town Badger programme, called 999 to request…
Welsh Lib Dems launch election campaign for Ceredigion
Over the weekend, the Welsh Liberal Democrats launched their election campaign for Ceredigion. The leader of the Welsh Lib Dems Jane Dodds MS joined the party’s parliamentarian hopeful Mark Williams for a door knocking session in Aberystwyth, speaking to local…
Senedd rejects Conservative calls to scrap tourism tax plans
The Senedd roundly rejected Conservative calls to ditch plans for a tourism tax. Laura Anne Jones led a debate on the Welsh Government’s plans to roll out a visitor levy – a small fee for visitors staying overnight in tourism…