Join Welsh Hearts for our Christmas on Broadway concert, with very special guest Aled Jones MBE, on Friday 15th December 2017 at City Hall, Cardiff. Aled needs no introduction. A Welsh singer who rose to fame as a young boy for singing "Walking in the Air", the beautiful song from Channel 4's animated film "The Snowman"….
![Students-from-the-Royal-Welsh-College-of-Music-and-Drama-inspect-previously-donated-instruments[8]](https://www.aberdareonline.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Students-from-the-Royal-Welsh-College-of-Music-and-Drama-inspect-previously-donated-instruments8_0.jpg "Donate your once loved instruments for kids in South Wales")
People across Wales are being encouraged to donate their once loved, but no longer played instruments from 20 – 24 November. In conjunction with Local Authorities, the Welsh Government is piloting a national Music Instrument Amnesty Week, Instruments for Kids. Instruments for Kids will gather up all instruments found hidden in attics,…
Many local authorities are putting themselves at risk of legal challenge and damage to their reputation when they deal with 'heir hunters', according to a new report. Probate genealogy and legal research company Anglia Research says many councils also risk giving money to the wrong people when distributing funds from the estates of people who…
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s Road Safety Team will be out and about to promote Road Safety Week 2017, with a series of engaging activities with residents. Road Safety Week is the UK’s biggest road safety event and is coordinated each year by road safety charity Brake. This year (November 20-26) its theme is ‘Speed Down,…
Healthcare Inspectorate Wales have been inundated with responses from people who want to help us make a difference to community mental health services in Wales. Thanks to those of you who took your time to tell us your experiences. Making sure that these services provide excellent treatment and care to the patients who need them the…
Writing to the Telegraph, Catriona Wales, Chief Executive of Children in Wales joined CEOs of Coram, The Children’s Society, National Children’s Bureau, Children England, Children in Scotland, Children and Families Across Borders, Children’s Rights Alliance England and Together (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights) in calling on parliamentarians to ensure due consideration of the UK’s commitment…
BMA Cymru Wales has welcomed a ruling by the supreme court which clears the way for the minimum unit pricing of alcohol to be introduced in the country. The Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol) (Wales) Bill was introduced before the National Assembly for Wales by the Welsh Government last month. However, its success, if…
Credit: There has been significant opposition to the plans, which are due to be pushed through by the council | By Tom Houghton | Wales Online | 15 Nov 2017 | www.walesonline.co.uk ~~ People have voiced their opposition to two “eyesore” wind turbines that could soon be built in the Rhondda and would reach higher than Big Ben….
At a glittering awards ceremony this evening in Cardiff, Literature Wales announced that Pigeon by Alys Conran is the winner of Wales Book of the Year 2017. Alys's novel was first awarded the Rhys Davies Trust Fiction Award before moving on to win the main English-language award securing an overall prize of £4,000 as well as a…
The National Deaf Children’s Society is conducting a survey on professional engagement https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/NDCS-professional. The aim of the survey is to better understand our professional audience so that we can more effectively support you in providing the best advice to deaf children, young people and their families by: improving methods of engagement with our professional audience, making…
