The Ascona Group Child of Wales Awards 2026 will help raise funds for two lifesavingCharities this Autumn.The event which is a celebration of the inspirational achievements of the young people ofWales will once again be hosted by Welsh BBC TV presenter Gethin Jones.Wales Air Ambulance and mental health charity Big Moose are this year’s beneficiaries.Over…
New figures released on 24 February 2026 by the Welsh Government and Fly-tipping Action Wales reveal a 14.7% rise in fly-tipping incidents between April 2024 and March 2025. This includes a total of 48,367 cases of illegal waste dumping – around 133 incidents every day – logged by local authorities. Despite the increase in incidents, councils have stepped…
Wales’ four corporate joint committees (CJC) – regional bodies comprising local authorities – should assist large scale infrastructure projects on legal services, ecology, landscape and transport and explore the potential for standardised section 106 agreements. Those recommendations have come in a report by the Royal Town Planning Institute Cymru (RTPIC) on the parlous state of the planning…
As Wales’s education watchdog warns that too many pupils are failing to master reading and mathematics, the Welsh Language Commissioner is calling for compulsory Welsh-language training for every teacher in the country. Critics argue that the priorities are dangerously back to front. Wales is facing a collision between two urgent but potentially competing demands on…
Following the devastation caused by Storm Dennis, major flood alleviation funding has now been allocated to Rhondda Cynon Taf. While the funding announcement is welcome, residents in Aberaman are asking a simple question: when will the work finally begin? People living along Cardiff Road have had sandbags permanently outside their homes since 2010 due to…
Transport for Wales (TfW) will trial a new post match crowd management approach for the upcoming Six Nations fixture aimed at improving the match day experience for fans and prepare for major works at Cardiff Central. Wales take on Italy in the final home game of this year’s Six Nations campaign on Saturday 14 March…
By Professor George Crooks OBE, Bevan Commissioner The challenges in delivering high quality safe and effective health and care services have never been more acute. The cost of delivering modern healthcare continues to rise almost exponentially as advances in science allow us to treat and often cure conditions that in the past could only be…
Save school transport. We have received an email from the Welsh Government. A new consultation regarding attendance codes. They are asking for parents, students, teachers, schools and Local Authorities to take part. We have 6 weeks https://www.facebook.com/groups/1211655150190004 Consultation description The Welsh Government are consulting on updating the codes to: We expect this consultation to be…
Good Work | Porthcawl Neighbourhood policing team were made aware of several reports of anti-social use of e-scooters and e-bikes last week. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1643831339947269 Officers viewed CCTV footage from Porthcawl bus station and identified two boys riding e-bikes in an anti-social manner. Both boys were spoken to and given warnings by officers and one of the…
The Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, Darren Millar MS, has tabled an emergency question in the Senedd following revelations that a former Welsh Government special advisor has been arrested in connection with allegations relating to Chinese espionage. The question to the First Minister reads as follows: “Will the First Minister make an urgent statement following…
