Dementia is more common in people who live within 50 metres of a major road than those who live further away, according to a study looking at 6.6 million people. The study, published in The Lancet today (Thursday 5 January 2016), found no link between traffic exposure and Parkinson's disease or multiple sclerosis. The…
Macmillan Cancer Support and Cwm Taf University Health Board are planning to build a new £6.75m specialist care unit near Llantrisant. The charity and the health board have applied for planning permission to develop the state-of-the-art unit at Royal Glamorgan Hospital. If the plans are approved, Macmillan would contribute £5m towards the unit making…
Disability Wales is calling on Welsh Government to take extra steps to protect disabled people who receive the Wales Independent Living Grants. By not ring fencing the funding, disabled people risk losing vital support and access. The original UK-wide Independent Living Fund was closed in 2015, with responsibility being transferred to Welsh Government for determining…
A North Wales housing association has appointed two local authorities alongside four law firms to a legal services framework agreement worth an estimated £500,000. Cartrefi Cymunedol Gwynedd Cyf, which is headquartered in Bangor, had originally divided the agreement into the following lots: Property, Planning, Contract and Procurement Legal Services. Employment and HR Legal Service. Corporate…
South Wales Police are at the scene of a serious road traffic collision on the A465 Heads of the Valleys Road near Hirwaun. Officers were called to the collision, involving a car and a cyclist, at approximately 14.45pm. One man has sustained serious injuries and ambulance crews and the Welsh Air Ambulance are also at…
As from 1st April 2017, farmers will be feeling the heat as those that own and operate small scale wind turbines will be subject to some significant rises in business rates. Farmers are being urged to check the charges they will face before they take effect in April 2017. The changes apply to England and…
Happy New Year to one and all. 2016 certainly wasn't the best of years for us as Welsh Liberal Democrats. Following a very disappointing result at the Westminster elections in 2015 the Assembly elections in 2016 saw us lose four out of our five Assembly Members. What is worse is that UKIP gained ground and…
After more than a year of investigation, the ASA has closed fracking company Cuadrilla's complaint against Friends of the Earth without making a ruling. Meanwhile, evidence of the risks of fracking continues to grow. Tony Bosworth Last year fracking company Cuadrilla complained to the Advertising Standards Authority about one of our anti fracking leaflets. But…
Please find below information below about an event which Children in Wales is advertising on behalf of the Children, Young People and Education Committee of the National Assembly of Wales. The event will give you the opportunity to tell Assembly Members on the committee scrutinising the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Bill what…
Responding to the announcement the Welsh Labour-Liberal Government has scrapped its £15m fund to help young people get to jobs and training after only 18 months, Welsh Conservative Shadow Secretary for Skills, Mohammad Asghar AM, has said: “I am dismayed that the Welsh Government has decided to cancel this scheme which had the potential –…
