The following statement is RNIB Cymru’s response to the expected launch of the Welsh Government’s new optometry campaign later this week: “In response to Health Minister Eluned Morgan’s launch of the ‘Help us Help you’ optometry campaign, RNIB Cymru’s Director Ansley Workman says: “Visiting your local optometrists (optician) is about so much more than checking…
Welsh property entrepreneur, Chris Roberts, has grown his portfolio of businesses with theacquisition of T Samuel Estate Agents. Mountain Ash local Chris, who is currently a director at lettingagent Clear Property, has outlined a determined vision to become the largest Estate Agent in SouthWales.The move will see Mr Roberts assume the role of Managing Director…
This is your LAST CHANCE to get a space in the award-winning Nos Galan Road Races in Mountain Ash on New Year’s Eve. Just a handful of places left and registration closes on Monday, October 2. Spaces for the award-winning New Year’s Eve event will be released in September. As with previous years, they will…
Welsh Government has confirmed its funding allocations to Rhondda Cynon Taf across its Resilient Roads Fund and the Local Transport Fund for the current financial year – which totals £1.3m across the two programmes. The Council has welcomed this significant funding support, to complement its own important funding allocations outlined within the £27.665m Capital Programme…
On this weeks’ Sunday Supplement programme, Professor Stuart Cole – Emeritus Professor of Transport at the University of South Wales, explained why 20mph is having a negative impact on bus services in Wales. On the show, the professor noted that: Buses are built to be travelling with a speed limit of 30mph in urban areas….
Commenting on the news the Deputy Minister has warned that as Wales tries to cut its carbon emissions there are more, and tougher, policies to come. Welsh Conservative Shadow Climate Minister Janet Finch-Saunders MS, said: “I cannot believe the hubris from the Deputy Minister in this article. He has presided over a policy that has…
An abandoned dog found wandering the streets of Cardiff has become the latest addition to South Wales Police’s dog section. Sid, a Belgian Malinois who was taken in by Cardiff Dogs Home, has successfully passed his assessment and is now a fully licensed general-purpose dog. South Wales Police’s dog section works closely with Cardiff Dogs…
A quick review of child protection procedures across Wales has found that, on the whole, children’s names are added to, or removed from, the Child Protection Register appropriately in Wales. In October 2022, the Welsh Government asked Care Inspectorate Wales (CAW) to lead a rapid multi-agency review of decision-making processes in relation to child protection….
Many congratulations to our Mid Glamorgan CID team, who received the Serious Organised Acquisitive Crime Investigation of the Year Award! The recognition was for their proactive work and cross-border investigation which saw four people convicted following the commercial burglary of £50,000-worth of electric bikes. The offenders had travelled from Bristol to Talbot Green to research…
Today in the Senedd the Minister for Climate Change faced questions from the Welsh Conservative Shadow Climate Change Minister, Janet Finch-Saunders MS on nuclear power. Commenting on the exchange, Janet Finch Saunders MS said: “The UK needs four times as much clean power as we have now to hit Net Zero by 2050. I asked…
