Wales is set to showcase how restoring peatlands can deliver major benefits for climate, nature, and communities as it hosts a prestigious UK three-day conference in Swansea, starting on 9 June 2026. The IUCN UK Peatland Programme’s ‘Peatlands Under Pressure’ conference will focus on both the challenges faced to keep carbon in our peatlands and the successes to date….
Diabetes Week 2026 runs from 8 to 14 June, with this year’s theme: ‘Strike Out Stigma’. 8 in 10 people living with diabetes say they have experienced negative attitudes about their condition – from judgement and assumptions to blame and shame. This is known as diabetes stigma, and it can have a real and lasting…
Cast your minds back to January 2025. We asked on AberdareOnline where RCT Council’s 14 Dog Wardens and Community Wardens had disappeared to. We questioned whether the promised crackdown following complaints from Llantwit Fardre RFC — dogs running riot on their sports pitches — amounted to anything more than a strongly worded Facebook post and…
All four Plaid Cymru Westminster MPs backed a motion opposing the UK Government’s Code of Practice supporting single-sex services for women, prompting calls for the party to explain its position to women in Wales. The motion targeted official guidance that protects women-only services under the Equality Act 2010, covering everything from domestic abuse refuges to…
Reform Wales’ Shadow Minister for Economy and Transport, Jason O’Connell MS, has welcomed the management buyout of Merthyr Tydfil-based manufacturer Design & Supply, describing it as a boost for the local economy and skilled local jobs. The £3.1 million deal will see the specialist steel door manufacturer acquired by an experienced internal management team comprising Tom Grother, Scott Davies and Damien Regis, with…
Connecting every stage of the health and care system is key to improving patient outcomes and reducing waiting times. This is the call in a new paper examining the challenges and causes of poor patient flow, including some of the solutions to help people manage their own health more effectively. Today the Bevan Commission, Wales’s leading independent health and care think tank, launches Chain Reaction: Managing patient flows across health and care systems and services….
Nearly 48% of adults in Wales, around 1.2 million people, live with at least one longstanding condition and a Welsh charity says the emotional impact of this is still not widely understood or supported. Daring to Dream – the Emotional Health Charity, says its 2026 Ball & Auction in Cardiff on Friday June 12, 2026…
Major national retailer NEXT has been given the green light to open its first store in the Caerphilly county borough. Major national retailer NEXT has been given the green light to open its first store in the Caerphilly county borough. Planning permission has been granted for NEXT to establish a new store within a vacant…
