The Welsh Conservatives have accused Labour Ministers of dragging their feet when it comes to the issue of an environmental governance body. In a letter to the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee, the First Minister suggested that Wales could have to wait until 2026 for the establishment of an environmental governance body. The Welsh…
In an answer to a written question, Labour’s Health Minister, has admitted that there was no evidence that vaccine passports reduced transmission risk. Labour introduced the vaccine passports in October for 19 weeks and were abolished at the end of February. Originally used to access large-scale events, nightclubs, and similar venues, before being extended to…
RCT council taxpayers fund the Pontypridd lido so why should there not be free sessions for RCT residents? Free family swimming sessions throughout the Summer Holidays with Leisure for Life Download timetable Find out more about membership Try our summer pass, unlimited access for full time school/college/uni students https://www.rctcbc.gov.uk/EN/Newsroom/PressReleases/2022/July/Freefamilysummerholidayswims.aspx Lido Ponty Visitor Centre…
CIW has today published a letter summarising the findings of our local authority improvement check on Powys County Council Social, which took place between 9 and 13 May 2022 CIW conducted this improvement check to review the progress made by the local authority in relation to the areas for improvement identified during a Performance Evaluation…
Cradle to grave Continuity of care has been shown to benefit patients, doctors and the NHS. Peter Blackburn speaks to GPs about how best to achieve it. Dr Shields and his mother have seen several generations of the same family come to them during the most vulnerable moments of their lives. The result? A trusting…
The Open Spaces Society are pleased that Swansea City and County Council has withdrawn its application to deregister [1] common land at Tutts Head, Bracelet Bay, Mumbles. This is a popular beauty-spot, and deregistration would have made the land vulnerable to development. The council had applied to itself to deregister the land on the basis that the land…
A leading British shoe retailer has donated more than 41,000 pairs of children’s shoes to national family charity Home-Start UK in an incredible package of kindness towards parents managing tight budgets. The shoes have been distributed to hundreds of families across the UK, including parents across the Wales area after some were delivered to…
Phone scam reports have fallen by 81 pent cent in Wales over the last year, new regional data from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has revealed. In Wales, 216 phone scams were reported to HMRC in June this year compared to 1125 in June 2021. People aged between 25 and 34 appear to be most…
A new report has found that pupils from poorer backgrounds are, on average, nearly two years (22-23 months) behind their peers when they sit GCSEs. For those who are ‘long-term poor’, that number increases to 29 months. Researchers conclude that COVID lockdowns had increased the gap. This comes a week after a report found that…
You may have seen a few simple ideas promoting wellness improvement on your social media feeds recently? Or even been inspired to try out a suggestion or two, hopefully adding some value to your physical and/or emotional wellbeing over this period? Well, good news is that you will be able to download and print out…
