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…
