Six in ten Internet of Things devices don’t properly tell customers how their personal information is being used, an international study has found. The study, by 25 data protection regulators around the world, looked at devices like smart electricity meters, internet-connected thermostats and watches that monitor health, considering how well companies communicate privacy matters to…
Foster carers have decided to form a section within the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain, in their first attempt to organise as trade union members. They are concerned about their lack of employment rights, pay rates and ability to effectively raise concerns when a child is removed from their care. There are thought to be…
Form 7S at St John's are doing an assembly on Harvest Festival on Wednesday 5th October. They are starting to collect food and other items for The Trussell Trust food bank in Merthyr Tydfil with Father Matthew. They would be grateful for any donations as they are tryimg to collect as much as possible. Please…
Further improvements along the A4059 Cynon Valley corridor are planned to improve traffic flows and ease congestion as part of the Council’s £23m highways and transportation investment programme. Proposals are currently being developed, in consultation with local residents, to introduce dedicated right-turn lanes on the A4059 in Mountain Ash, at its junction with Troedyrhiw Road,…
Council tax arrears are now the biggest debt problem seen in Wales, say reports today. According to Citizens Advice in Wales, almost 6,000 people asked for help with 16,000 problems about council tax in 2015-16 – up 7% on 2014-15. The news comes as the Welsh Government publishes a statement on their council…
Election officers were “pushed to the absolute limit” by this year’s glut of polls, the Association of Electoral Administrators has said in a report. This covered the period of local elections last May and the referendum on European Union membership in June, both conducted on new registers under the individual electoral registration system. The report said election…
So there are just three days to go before we find out who the leader of the Labour party is going to be for the foreseeable future – well, the next few months anyway. The result will be announced at 11.45 on Saturday 24th in Liverpool at the Labour party conference. Presumably Mr Smith will be…
Network Rail Improvement Work from 22:00 Saturday 24 December 2016 until 04:00 Tuesday 3 January 2017 Network Rail is undertaking essential modernisation work in the South Wales area which will affect both local Cardiff and Valleys services and mainline services (Arriva Trains Wales, GWR and Cross Country services between Newport and Bridgend.) How will it…
After the stars of Welsh sport celebrated success at the Euros and in Rio this summer, it is now the turn of Wales' finest sporting volunteers to step into the limelight. BBC Wales and Sport Wales are today (20 September 2016) inviting people to nominate the best grassroots coaches and volunteers for recognition at this…
Welsh Conservatives have today criticised the First Minister’s “delusional” claim that Wales is ‘punching above its weight’ under a Labour government. The comments come as the Welsh Labour Government publishes its programme for the next five years, with the Welsh Conservative Leader arguing that seventeen years of Labour rule has left Wales “poorer and less…
