Health Board staff honoured in HM The Queen’s Birthday Honours List
Two remarkable members of Hywel Dda University Health Board staff have made the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for services to health and well-being during COVID-19. Mandy Davies, Assistant Director of Nursing and Quality Improvement and Suzanne Tarrant Consultant Clinical Psychologist…
Nia Griffith MP among a number of Welsh people honoured in HM The Queen’s Jubilee Birthday Honours
Nia Griffith MP has been made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in Her Majesty The Queen’s Jubilee Birthday Honours List. The list has been announced on the eve of the Platinum Jubilee weekend and comes two…
Have your say on changes to the Mental Health Capacity Act
The Welsh Government is consulting on changes to the Mental Health Capacity Act and how they will be applied. The consultation is due to close on Thursday 7 July, with a date for implementation to be set following consultation. The Act…
New retail development planned for Ammanford
A NEW Aldi and Greggs are among the companies said to be interested in a new development planned in Carmarthenshire. Family-run building firm TRJ Ltd wants to redevelop its yard at Betws Industrial Park, Foundry Road, Ammanford, into a new…
Much of Swansea’s black bag waste now ends up in Bedfordshire
MUCH of Swansea’s black bag waste now ends up more than 200 miles away in Bedfordshire, which hasn’t gone down well with campaigners in the English county. Swansea Council stopped burying black bag waste at the city’s Tir John landfill…
Bouygues UK’s Pentre Awel ‘Meet the Buyer’ event hailed as success
Construction businesses from around South Wales attended Bouygues UK’s first ‘Meet the Buyer’ event to discuss the opportunity to work on zone one of the landmark Pentre Awel development in Llanelli. More than 100 local businesses attended the event…
Works continues to remove trees affected by ash dieback disease
Work is continuing throughout Carmarthenshire to remove council owned diseased ash trees affecting the highway. Specialist contractors have recently been carrying out felling works throughout the night on the A4138 Hendy link road to remove dead and dying trees that…
Spring and Platinum Jubilee bank holiday bin collections
THERE will be some disruption to bin collections in Carmarthenshire over the Spring and Platinum Jubilee bank holidays. Blue bags, black bags and food bins will not be collected on Thursday, June 2 and Friday, June 3, and householders are…
Wallpaper that heats homes among innovative projects trialled to tackle climate change and cost of living crisis
A SOCIAL housing development in Wales is being heated by wallpaper as part of a trial exploring affordable alternatives to radiators and heat pumps to keep residents warm. The graphene heat system, which looks and feels just like traditional wallpaper,…
Implementation of Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 delayed
JULIE James MS, Minister for Climate Change has announced that the implementation of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 has been deferred. In a written statement she says: “I have over recent months received representations from landlords, and particularly social…