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NORTHERN IRELAND POLITICIANS LAUNCH INTERNATIONAL APPEAL TO VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF MOTHER AND BABY HOMES

Team @ AberdareOnline20 August 202506 mins

Northern Ireland politicians have launched an international appeal, asking victims and survivors of mother and baby institutions for their views on legislation to establish a public inquiry and financial redress scheme aimed at addressing historical injustices. Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) in Belfast are appealing for feedback on the Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene…

ICO steps up scrutiny of police use of facial recognition technology with audit of South Wales Police and Gwent Police

Team @ AberdareOnline20 August 202520 August 202518 mins

The Information Commissioner’s Office has today published the findings of its first audit in a series looking at police use of facial recognition technology (FRT). Find out more about the regulator’s work to ensure police forces are using FRT lawfully, fairly and proportionately in a new blog from Deputy Commissioner Emily Keaney below. Few technologies…

Welsh Government funds £1 train fares as Transport for Wales reports heavy losses

Team @ AberdareOnline19 August 202519 August 202503 mins

Transport for Wales (TfW) has launched a £1 train fare promotion across south east Wales at the same time as local authorities scale back free school transport for pupils living under three miles from their school. Welsh Government election on 7 May 2026, Local Council elections in May 2027 To review all guidance on Home to School…

Update on Cwmbach Railway Crossing Aberdare

Team @ AberdareOnline19 August 202519 August 202509 mins

AberdareOnline followed up on the previous response from Transport for Wales To Transport for Wales Date: 22 July 2025 Thank you for your detailed response to my recent enquiry regarding the pedestrian rail crossing between Aberaman and Cwmbach. I appreciate the attention your team has given this matter and would like to raise a few further points for your consideration….

YOU ONLY HAVE UNTIL THE END OF THIS MONTH PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AND SIGN

Team @ AberdareOnline18 August 202502 mins

PetitionTo review all guidance on Home to School Transport for all of Wales. Free access to an education. https://www.facebook.com/groups/598635456893801 All Children attending an education should be able to attend a school or college without any struggle.Our streets are no longer safe to walk on their own, especially those who are under 19 years of age.With…

The landfill tax and your local councils

Team @ AberdareOnline18 August 202509 mins

The UK landfill tax consultation unveiled major potential reforms: how will this impact local authorities? Paul Collins of Ashfords explains. The landfill tax is an environmental tax designed to encourage waste reduction and is charged on waste disposed of at authorised landfill sites, as well as waste disposed of illegally or without a valid permit….

The Welsh Blood Service needs your Help

Team @ AberdareOnline18 August 202501 mins

We are particularly looking for donors to support us at the following locations Calling AB- and B- donors. Stocks of these blood types are running very low! Can you help us? Rhondda Cynon Taf CouncilCwm Taf Morgannwg University Health BoardSwansea CouncilSwansea Bay NHSCardiff CouncilCardiff and Vale University Health BoardVale of Glamorgan CouncilCyngor Sir Gâr –…

Bank holiday message from the Welsh Ambulance Service

Team @ AberdareOnline18 August 202518 August 202505 mins

THE Welsh Ambulance Service is urging the public to act responsibly over the summer bank holiday weekend. The Trust is reminding the public about the alternatives to 999 in order to protect its precious resources for those who need them most. Recommendations include: NHS 111 Wales has also introduced a new virtual assistant to help website…

Wales is the only nation where the proportion of top A-level grades falls. The election on 7 May 2026 is time for change?

Team @ AberdareOnline18 August 202518 August 202501 mins

Commenting on A-Level Results Day, Welsh Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education, Natasha Asghar MS, said: “Teachers, support staff, pupils and parents have all worked incredibly hard, but it’s clear that the Welsh Labour Government is holding Wales back. “It is a bitter disappointment for Wales that, under Labour, results here have fallen while elsewhere…

Welsh Government loses £1.6 million in a failed charity loan for Maritime Centre in Porthcawl

Team @ AberdareOnline18 August 202518 August 202503 mins

No Lessons learnt for the Welsh Government from £1.6 million loss in Maritime Centre funding its the Labour way. The Auditor General’s highlights basic failings in the way financial support was managed for the Porthcawl Maritime Centre Project https://www.audit.wales/news/lessons-welsh-government-ps16-million-loss-maritime-centre-funding The Welsh Labour Government has formally written off £1,641,682 in funding awarded to Credu Charity Ltd,…