The Supreme Court will next week (6 April) hand down its keenly-anticipated ruling on unauthorised school absences. The central issue in Isle of Wight Council v Platt UKSC 2016/0155 was whether, on an information alleging a failure by a parent over a specified period to secure that his child attends school regularly contrary to s.444(1) of the…
Ella won her first Welsh vest on Saturday in the siab international at Margam Park. The Welsh Team won bronze with Ella coming 4th Welsh girl & 19th overall. Well done Ella!
Children with special needs are at risk of being turned away by mainstream schools because of a lack of funding, councils have warned. The Local Government Association (LGA) says council budgets have come under increasing pressure because the high needs dedicated schools grant has been frozen for several years. It is calling on the government…
Literature Wales has announced the names of twenty-one writers who will receive a total of £70,000 in Writers’ Bursaries this year. The 2017 Writers’ Bursaries will allow these writers to take time out to write, as well as assisting small-scale travel and research. Literature Wales Writers’ Bursaries offer support by allowing writers, at every…
Ofcom published its regular report on the volume of consumer complaints it has received against the major providers of telecoms and pay TV services. The latest report covers the three-month period from October to December 2016, and includes complaints made about providers of landline telephone, home broadband, pay-monthly mobile and pay-TV services. Complaints figures are presented per…
We went to Llangrannog in March with the Welsh department, it was a lot of fun. When we arrived there was loads of fun activities like: Horse riding, low ropes, quads, Trampolining, high ropes, archery, rock climbing, swimming, bush craft, skiing, tobogganing, go karting, dance and sports. It was a fun thing to experience because you…
On 1 April the Private Dentistry (Wales) Regulations 2008 will be replaced by a new set of regulations. Following a formal public consultation by the Welsh Government The Private Dentistry (Wales) Regulations 2017 will come into force from the 1 April 2016 and will be regulated by Healthcare Inspectorate Wales. Main changes Individual dentists will no…
Download (opens in new window) PDF [0.33MB] This report summarises the findings from the audit work completed at Cwm Taf University Health Board in 2016. The Health Board continues to demonstrate good budgetary control and to monitor savings plans effectively. It has a good record of achieving financial balance and has improved stakeholder engagement…
When Cabinet Office Minister Ben Gummer announced the government was spending £1.9bn on UK cyber security, he highlighted health data as needing strong protection. Posted on March 29, 2017 But while money is (rightly) invested in hi-tech cyber security solutions in the health sector, our experience is that data breaches in the sector are often caused…
Cynon Valley MP Ann Clwyd has once again spoken out against her own party and their miserable record in Wales. As reported by Wales Online Mrs Clwyd has published her autobiography, in which she slams her own Labour party's record in government. "Given that my party has been in power at the Assembly, either outright or in…
