The National Union of Journalists is awarding US photojournalist Chuck Rapoport with a unique Honorary Life Membership of its Cardiff and South East Wales branch on Thursday 18 May 2017 for his work covering the Aberfan disaster for LIFE Magazine. The award will be given to the acclaimed photographer for his work covering the…
Much will be said during this election about the health service and Tory privatisation plans, hospital closures, waiting lists and times. The criticism will be well earned. However, here in Wales the health service is devolved and has been under Labour control since 1999. We have longer waiting times and we also have hospitals being…
Welsh Liberal Democrat candidates are backing a two pronged campaign by Parkinson's UK on behalf of the more than 127,000 people living with the condition in the UK. The first calls for the continuation of vital life science partnerships with the EU, including collaboration with EU research programmes and alignment with the European Medicines Agency…
Child Safety Week , running 5th-11th June 2017, is the Child Accident Prevention Trust’s (CAPT) campaign to prevent the devastation of serious accidents. This year’s theme is Safe children: sharing is caring. We all have a part to play when it comes to keeping our children safe, and nothing has more impact than the voice of experience; whether…
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION THURSDAY 8 JUNE 2017 CYNON VALLEY CONSTITUENCY A poll for the election of a member of Parliament for CYNON VALLEY CONSTITUENCY will be held on Thursday 8 June 2017 between the hours of 7:00 am and 10:00 pm. The persons validly nominated are as follows: Candidate Ann Clwyd Welsh Labour Address 70…
Councils will be required to publish a ‘local toilets strategy’ and ban smoking in playgrounds after a radical new Bill was approved in Wales. The Public Health (Wales) Bill, which was passed by Assembly members yesterday, will also introduce a mandatory licensing scheme for procedures such as tattooing, body piercing and electrolysis. It will also…
Following on from the £1.25m investment carried out on Rhigos Mountain Road last summer, a further £290,000 will shortly be invested to complete the re-surfacing of the road. The work, which will be carried out alongside isolated strengthening works, will see the temporary closure of Rhigos Mountain Road in both directions from Tuesday, May 30,…
On 16 May 17 the National Assembly for Wales passed the Public Health (Wales) Bill. The Bill is designed to help people live healthier lives. The Bill’s purpose is to protect young people’s health by banning smoking in areas where they’re most likely to be exposed. Protecting young people at an early age should help…
You can use the tactile device Your polling station will have a device that can be attached to the ballot paper. It has a window that can be lifted for each candidate. To use the device you should: • lift the window for the candidate you want to vote for • mark an…
Literature Wales will host an evening of poetry, prose, music and discussion at Passa Porta, the International House of Literature, in Brussels on 23 May 2017. The event forms part of Barddoniaeth Colled | Poetry of Loss, a year-long project commemorating the First World War and Welsh poet Hedd Wyn, who was killed on the…
