The multi award-winning and critically acclaimed author of His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman, has been announced as the first Patron of Literature Wales. Philip Pullman was born in Norwich, and travelled with his family to Zimbabwe and Australia before settling in Llanbedr, Gwynedd. He attended secondary school at Ysgol Ardudwy in Harlech, before going on…
Alzheimer’s Society is launching a new guide for retailers to encourage them to become dementia friendly and support people living with dementia and their carers. 850,000 people live with dementia in the UK, and research * carried out by the charity has shown that 8 out of 10 of those with the condition list shopping as their…
An annual report by the manufacturers organisation – EEF – reports that Wales has almost 5,600 manufacturing firms; up 6.8% on 2015. Not only has the number of Welsh manufacturing firms grown significantly over the preceding 12 months, the report finds that Wales has the strongest output growth in the UK. According to the…
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A unique collection of Welsh songs from the First World War will be launched at the National Eisteddfod this year. The author, Meic Birtwistle, along with Welsh folk singer and harpist Siân James, will present Rhyfelgan in a special event at the Tŷ Gwerin on Wednesday, 3 August at 3pm. A unique collection of Welsh…
British beef and lamb are set to return to US menus by January after a draft agreement was reached between the UK and US Governments. The decision is set to be the UK's first major foreign trade deal reached since the vote to leave the EU, and will boost the economy by £35 million a…
News that 4,700 emergency food aid packs were given to families in Wales during July and August last year shows just how extensive and acute the problem of poverty in our country is. The long term unemployed struggle to find work and have to scrimp to get by on welfare while those working two, perhaps…
Richard Lee, Director of Operations at the Welsh Ambulance Service, said: “We are glad to see that the number of red calls to life threatening emergencies that we are reaching within our target time of eight minutes has increased once again. The average response time was five minutes and 1 second. “Even more pleasing is…
Police in Aberdare are trying to reunite stolen property with its rightful owner and as such officers would like to hear from anyone who has had a shot blast cabinet stolen recently. We haven’t found any reports of a stolen blast cabinet so the owner may not realise at this stage that it has been…
Heart patient Steven Jones received an extra special delivery on his 33rd birthday. The former bricklayer was forced to give up his job when he was diagnosed with a serious heart condition just over two years ago. He is now being treated at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantrisant, for dilated cardiomyopathy, an enlargement of…
