South Wales Police have secured a criminal behaviour order for a teenager from Hirwaun.Kyle Townsend, 17, has been banned from entering specified areas in surrounding towns and villages at night, namely Mountain Ash and Aberdare.A total of four prohibitions were granted at Merthyr Magistrates Court on Wednesday, 31st October, following an application by local police…
Professor Philip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, will attend a civil society briefing in Wales on 6 November, hosted by Children in Wales in Cardiff. This is part of the Special Rapporteur’s visit to the UK from 5-16 November. The event has been organised by the Observatory on Human…
Angela Burns AM, Welsh Conservatives Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health: Stress affects us all differently, but with three in four of us feeling like we cannot cope with the consequences of stress, should we begin to view it as a public health issue? Last week was Mental Health Awareness week and the focus this year…
Nursing staff are taking a wound clinic into the community as part of a new Leg Club in the Rhondda. The Lindsay Leg Club Foundation supports leg clubs around the UK with the aim of providing community-based treatment, and care for people of all age groups who suffer with leg-related problems. The first leg club…
1 November 2018 The Open Spaces Society has objected to plans by Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council to revive the ill-fated Circuit of Wales motorsport development. The council has applied for renewal of planning permission for the massive racing circuit, hotels, showrooms and other industrial development on common land at Rassau, Ebbw Vale. Circuit of Wales…
A Blue Plaque in memory of champion boxer David Dower MBE is being officially unveiled on his former home in Abercynon this coming weekend. The open-air ceremony outside 28 Herbert Street, Abercynon, takes place at noon on Saturday, November 3. The unveiling of the historic Blue Plaque will also coincide with the launch of the…
“It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils…” Originating in the 19th century as a ghost story written thanks to a challenge set by friend and fellow writer Lord Byron, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has turned into a masterpiece loved by generations. 200 years since its publication…
Hi uncle, Allan Perkins, makes a plea for anyone with information to come forward – to help him and Jamie's father, John, who was too ill to be interviewed, have some sort of closure to what has been a painful and traumatic past 12 months.Jamie was a promising boxer as a youngster, but later on…
Over 1.1 million young people across the UK decide what Members of Youth Parliament debate in House of Commons. This year’s Make Your Mark campaign has seen 1,111,580 young people take part, making it one of the largest youth consultations of its kind in UK history, with than 1 in 5 of all young people…
