Students at St John Baptist Church in Wales High School have attained excellent ‘A’ level results again this year. Students have worked extremely hard and have achieved great success.The following pupils have achieved top A*/A grades: Last year’s Head Boy, Jonathan Saunders will be going to Imperial College London to study Bio Chemistry having attained…
Routine influenza vaccine programme now includes all eight year olds for the first time. Children aged two to eight can be protected against flu with a simple, free NHS nasal spray vaccine this winter. The vaccine, which involves no needles, is available to children who were aged between two and eight on 31 August. Public…
Literature Wales is proud to announce a new programme of creative writing courses at Tŷ Newydd Writing Centre for 2018. The programme offers a mixture of day, weekend and week-long courses for both emerging and experienced writers. Course enrolment is now open, and places can be booked via the Tŷ Newydd website, with a 10%…
Macmillan Cancer Support’s brand-new Welsh information and support bus, Bronwen, will be in Llantrisant and Talbot Green next week. Bronwen comes with her friendly team of Macmillan information and support specialists, a new team of frontline health and social care professionals with years of experience in caring and supporting people living with cancer. …
Council leaders have warned a record number of children are now in the care system, with 90 youngsters a day entering care last year. The Local Government Association (LGA) said the total number of looked after children reached a new high of 72,670 in 2016/17 – up from 70,440 the year before, which represents the…
After many months reading, meeting and debating, the Wales Book of the Year judges have chosen their nine-strong list of favourites from the books published in 2016, and Literature Wales is delighted to announce that the English-language Short List 2017. The English-language Short List 2017 is as follows: The Roland Mathias Poetry Award: What Possessed…
Commenting on today’s report into the effectiveness of GP clusters, Welsh Conservative Shadow Health Secretary, Angela Burns AM, said: “Today’s report shines a worrying light into the failure of the 64 clusters across Wales to consistently relieve pressure on our GPs and hospitals. “The burden on the frontline of our health service in Wales –…
The High Sheriff of Mid Glamorgan visited the school to talk to pupils about his role and his work in the community. He is supporting the charity Llamau. Staff in school are participating in the 'Sleepout' in Cardiff in support on this charity on November 2nd 2017. If you would like to help support our…
RHONDDA CYNON TAFF COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL (MISKIN ROAD, MOUNTAIN ASH) (TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE) ORDER 2017 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council have made an Order under Section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended by the Road Traffic (Temporary Restrictions) Act 1991, which will have a…
The number of older people that are homeless has risen by 130% in the past eight years, council leaders have warned today. The Local Government Association said the nation is facing an older person homelessness ‘time bomb’ with nearly 10 a day being accepted as homeless by councils. The LGA said that based on existing…
