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Natasha Asghar MS, said: Said bring forward debate to fix our education system by improving educational outcomes and academic rigour forward a debate to fix our education system by improving educational outcomes and academic rigour

Team @ AberdareOnline17 October 202517 October 2025012 mins

Physical attacks on teachers and knife attacks in Welsh schools are at their highest ever levels. Under 26 years of Welsh Labour Governments, propped up by Plaid Cymru and the Lib Dems, our Welsh education system is broken, and it’s children and young people across Wales who are paying the price. In the Senedd next…

Children’s Laureate Wales and Bardd Plant Cymru2025-2027:

Team @ AberdareOnline11 September 202511 September 202509 mins

Nicola Davies and Siôn Tomos Owen are appointed and aboutto embark on a journey to foster creativity, reignite a love ofreading, and empower children to become creative change-makers At Maesteg Library in Bridgend on Wednesday 10 September, Literature Walesannounced that Nicola Davies and Siôn Tomos Owen are the writers about toundertake the two national roles,…

Youth crime and violence rising in Wales

Team @ AberdareOnline12 March 202502 mins

Violence against the person offences have seen the largest increase in proportion, increasing from 21% in the year ending March 2013 to 34% of proven offences in the latest year. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-justice-statistics-2022-to-2023/youth-justice-statistics-2022-to-2023-accessible-version#:~:text=Offence%20volumes%20as%20a%20proportion%20of%20total&text=Whilst%20the%20number%20of%20proven,8%25%20in%20the%20latest%20year. During Spokesperson’s Questions to Labour’s Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Welsh Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Dr Altaf Hussain MS, expressed serious…

Get Writing at Tŷ Newydd

Team @ AberdareOnline28 October 202428 October 202406 mins

Literature Wales launches National Writing Centre’s 35th CreativeWriting ProgrammeIn 1990, Wales’ National Writing Centre, Tŷ Newydd, opened its iconic teal doors towelcome budding writers for the very first time. Today, Literature Wales, the nationalcharity for the development of literature has launched its 35 th creative writingprogramme, a varied and rich mix of residential courses and…