Ten Towns Pop-Up Project launched in Carmarthenshire
Are you a food business that would be interested in trialing your goodies in Whitland or Llandovery? Carmarthenshire County Council’s Ten Towns Pop-Up Shops/Meanwhile Spaces Project has secured pop-up space on St John Street in Whitland and King’s Road in…
Carmarthen Mill marks 50 years of operation
Over 100 guests joined staff at Carmarthen Mill, owned and operated by ForFarmers, last week as it marked 50 years of operation in July with an on-site celebration. Built in 1974 as part of a big development for Unilever which…
Could you be a Firefighter?
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service are running an Experience Day at Earlswood Training Centre, on August 1st 2024, at 1.30pm – 4.30pm. The Aim of our 3-hour Experience Day is to give people the opportunity to find…
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…
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…