Care homes and domiciliary care companies in the Rhondda are threatened with closure because of a looming funding crisis. The planned introduction of the living wage in the social care sector will have "catastrophic" consequences unless more money is found to pay for the spiralling costs of care. The Five Nations Care Forum, which represents…
A Cilfynydd woman who sold a counterfeit designer top to an investigating Trades Mark officer – and was later found to have sold hundreds of pounds worth of fake branded items on Facebook – has been prosecuted. The case is an important one at this time of year, as Trading Standards gear up to protect…
South Wales Police are trying to trace the man in this photograph as he may be able to assist with our enquiries into an assault in Mountain Ash. It is believed he was in the area of Bailey Street, Mountain Ash around 8.20pm on Friday 20th November when the assault happened. We would appeal for…
Two men have been jailed for stealing an £27,000 excavator from a building site in Cyncoed, Cardiff. Kevin Price, 34, and Daniel Joseph Davies, 32, were caught on CCTV taking the equipment from Ty Gwyn Gardens on the evening of June 11.They were identified by officers and handed themselves in at Cardiff Bay Police Station.Price,…
PC Mark Goulding has been recognised for his work fighting wildlife crime at the National Wildlife Crime Enforcers Conference. PC Goulding, who has been on secondment to Natural Resources Wales, was presented with the WWF-Sponsored Wildlife Law Enforcer of the Year Award 2015 for his wide range of work from tackling fishing poaching to raising…
Partner agencies who provide care and support to the most vulnerable adults in our communities have held one of the most important events ever to be held in Safeguarding. They have come together with members of the public, including adult carers, to form the Cwm Taf Safeguarding Adults Board's official response to Welsh Government on the…
The long-term future of ‘Valleywood’ remains in question after Labour’s Business Minister declined to give any guarantees on the studio’s lease by an American TV company. The Welsh government announced Fox 21 would effectively take up residency at Dragon International Studios in September, where it would continue filming TV series The Bastard Executioner. The…
‘Just because it’s legal, doesn’t mean it’s safe’ The Welsh Government and four Police Forces of Wales’ All Wales School Liaison Core Programme are raising awareness of the dangers of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) with an awareness week running between the 30th November and the 4th December. New Psychoactive Substances, otherwise known as legal highs,…
Natural Resources Wales is urging people to prepare for the risk of further flooding across much of Wales over the next 48 hours. A band of heavy rain is expected to spread from the west across much of Wales from midday tomorrow (Wednesday) and overnight intoThursday, with the worst affected areas expected to be parts of…
Photograph by http://www.buildingcentre.co.uk/case_study/keir-hardie-health-park-merthyr-tydfil Wales’ first state-of-the art integrated University Health Park will host a visit by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales on Tuesday 15 December 2015. Opened in 2012, Keir Hardie University Health Park in Merthyr Tydfil is tackling some of the entrenched health and social care problems faced by communities in…
