South Wales Police are appealing for help to find 17 year-old Nisha Richards who has been missing from her home in Aberdare since Thursday, 29th November, 2018. We are becoming increasingly concerned for her welfare. She is white, 5ft 6 and has what is described as a large build large build with shoulder-length black hair….
Data released by the ONS today also showed the number of excess winter deaths almost doubled in Wales compared to the previous year from 1,850 to 3,400. On the Index of regions, Wales scored 32.8% compared to the England and Wales average of 30.3%. This puts the Welsh rate higher than all nine areas of England….
A Welsh Audit Office report has found that the record-keeping of the Welsh Government’s economy department contained “gaps and errors” and failed to produce information with ease. The review by the WAO followed the collapse of businesses which had received funding from the Welsh Government such as Griffith Place Communications and Kancoat. When reports of…
Responding to the Welsh government’s announcement that £114m will be invested in 2019/20 to support a range of education and training programmes for healthcare professionals in Wales, the RCP’s regional adviser for south east Wales, Dr Vivek Goel said: ‘Today’s announcement is a welcome boost to the medical profession and our colleagues working across healthcare. It’s…
Large numbers of children were excited to take part in a Beano-inspired reading adventure at their local library this summer across Wales and the rest of the UK, according to new statistics released on Friday by The Reading Agency. Large numbers of children were excited to take part in a Beano-inspired reading adventure at their local library this summer…
A Talbot Green mother-of-two has been jailed for almost four years, after defrauding residents of nearly £200,000 via an unlawful PPI claims company. Emma Meredith Hughes, of Heol Miles, was sentenced the year after she was ordered to pay £10,000 compensation to the victims of her previous business, who had paid for work that either…
The Education Secretary for Wales has told Assembly Members that the Welsh Government have had to write off £3.25m following ten year of incorrect grant payments. Grants for Dependents (GFDs), which are given to help students to look after those that rely on them during their studies, had been sent to students on distance learning…
New data has shown that 17.5% of households in Wales had no adults in employment in 2017, 2.8% more than the UK as a whole – a wider gap than the previous year. Though Wales did improve slightly on its 17.8% average in 2016, the gap between it and the UK’s rate increased from 2.5%. The…
Being on the register of listed buildings is enough to give a structure protection and its validity cannot be challenged in disputes over enforcement, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The case arose because appellant Marcus Dill owned two early 18th century limestone piers, which in 1973 his father had removed to Grade II listed…
PINS has determined the two proposals made by Bridgend county borough council for deregistration of school sites, at Pencoed School and at Brynmenyn Primary School, both under s.19. We succeeded in objecting to one, and the other was granted without any real objection from us. Open Spaces Society objected to both, on the grounds that…
