Coverage of national and local politics in Wales could be greatly eroded under plans by Trinity Mirror to introduce click-through targets for its journalists, the Welsh Liberal Democrats have warned. Plans revealed by Media Wales’ National Union of Journalists branch are to give individual journalists targets for the number of website clicks achieved for their…
A protein found in deposits in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease may have been passed on via injections of human growth hormone, finds a study published in this week's Nature. The protein beta-amyloid was observed in seven of the eight cases examined, suggesting that they may have gone on to develop Alzheimer's disease had they…
A plan to re-design and strengthen Cwm Taf’s GP Out of Hours service was approved by the University Health Board. Across the whole of the UK there is a significant shortage of GPs – particularly in the out of hours service – which has posed a serious challenge to all Health Boards in Wales….
On Sunday, September 6th 2015 a number of teachers from St John Baptist High School ran the Cardiff 10K after many months of training! The main reason for running was to raise many for Eva Davidson Forever Fund. They were: Mr & Mrs Davidson, Mrs Phelps, Mrs MacDonald, Miss Evans, Miss Kiss, Miss Bowen, Mrs Thomas,…
Would you give up your job and move back home from Australia and hike the Wales coastal path for nearly 3 months? Meet Laura O’Brien who is 27 and from Anglesey, she gave up her job and home in Australia to come and do just that. Laura is hiking the Wales coastal path to raise…
Disability Sport Wales will for the 12th Year be holding the Arriva Trains Wales Wheelchair Sports Spectacular on the 11th and 12th September at Cardiff Met University, National Indoor Athletics Centre (NIAC) in Cyncoed. This event attracts annually over 500 disabled people of all ages and ability levels to try over 20 sports with a range of adapted…
RCT's Labour Cabinet agreed to changes to the home to school transport provision following a consultation exercise which began in May. The changes bring them in line with the legal requirement to only provide free transport for pupils living two miles from a primary school or three miles from a secondary school – they currently…
Following an 8 week public consultation, Cabinet today agreed amendments to the Council’s Home to School Transport arrangements. In response to public feedback a number of significant changes were agreed to the original proposal consulted upon. One of the significant changes was to adopt the same approach as to the provision of Home to School…
Local people are invited to a free Know Your Risk roadshow where they can find out their risk of getting Type 2 diabetes and get valuable information about how to reduce it. Diabetes UK has partnered up with Tesco to deliver a roadshow tour across the country that aims to reach over 27,000 people…
Look after your eyes by going for a regular sight test will be the main message of this year’s National Eye Health Week (21-27 September 2015). Now in its sixth year, National Eye Health Week brings organisations and health professionals from across Wales together to raise awareness of the need for regular sight tests…
