Welsh Liberal Democrat AM Eluned Parrott has called for the Welsh Government to take steps to ensure that Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is available to people who are most at risk of contracting HIV. Following World AIDS Day on Tuesday, Eluned challenged the Welsh Health Minister to show leadership and introduce PrEP on the Welsh NHS….
The Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, Andrew RT Davies AM, and the Secretary of State for Transport, the Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP, have today visited the Severn Bridges Maintenance Unit. Following important discussions on the future of the bridges ahead of their return to public ownership, maintenance costs and toll plazas, both also…
Much-needed advice and charitable support is now available to ambulance staff at the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust thanks to a new UK-wide charity. TASC, The Ambulance Services Charity, was established in March as the leading UK charity to help provide vital advice and support services to both serving and retired ambulance personnel and their…
Natural Resources Wales is urging people to prepare for the risk of further flooding across much of Wales over the next 24 hours. A band of heavy rain will spread from the west from midday and last into Thursday evening bringing the risk of localised flooding to all parts. Following prolonged periods of heavy rainfall…
Britain’s biggest supplier of maple syrup have funded energy efficient lighting for Tŷ Hafan after breaching environmental regulations aimed at reducing the amount of packaging waste sent to landfill. Clarks UK, based in Newport, were found to have not registered under the Producer Responsibility Obligations Regulation following an investigation by Natural Resources Wales (NRW)….
Can you help us reunite these items pictured with their owners? The items were recovered after two male teenagers, aged 15 and 16, were arrested in the Tonypandy area on suspicion of theft from motor vehicles. We are posting the items online in the hope that someone may recognise items that belong to them. Police…
The Welsh Liberal Democrats are calling for the implementation of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act to be delayed, amid concerns by a legal expert that they’re being rushed. Luke Clements, Cerebra Professor of Law at Cardiff University, has repeatedly raised concerns about the “can and can only” eligibility criteria which would place onus…
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has today published guidance aimed at supporting people with social care needs to leave hospital in a timely and coordinated way. The guidance will help to reduce the number of people returning hospital unnecessarily, ensuring they receive the continuity of care they need when they return to…
The Welsh government’s bovine TB vaccination programme is ‘in tatters’ and Labour ministers should have obtained robust supply agreements. That’s the criticism from Welsh Conservatives, as Labour’s junior farming minister confirms the programme will be postponed due to an ‘interruption’ in supply of the BadgerBCG vaccine. ‘Modelling’ work will now commence, ahead of options…
The results are in and the public has decided – no, it’s not the X Factor this time – the new name for the Llynfi Valley Community Woodland is Coetir Ysbryd y Llynfi. Natural Resources Wales is creating the new woodland on the site of the former Coegnant Colliery and Maesteg Washery in the…
