A dedicated care home administrator who provides a personal shopping service and acts as Mother Christmas for residents is in the running for a major award. Mother of two Hannah Edwards-Clatworthy will be a shortlisted finalist at the prestigious Wales Care Awards, known as the social care Oscars. Hannah, who has helped to run the…
Roald Dahl is loved by millions of people, young and old, around the world. However not many people know that the world’s number one storyteller was actually Welsh. Literature Wales, the national company for the development of literature, is on a mission to change that, and to bring Roald Dahl firmly back to Wales. 2016…
The Nightmare Before Christmas creator Tim Burton is backing Diabetes UK’s new mass-participation event, Dress Diabolical, calling on people to dress up for Halloween on Friday 30 October, to raise vital funds for the charity. Tim Burton, the director of Beetlejuice, Batman and Edward Scissorhands said: “The strange picture of ghosts, goblins, pirates and vampires walking the streets of the…
There were 137,540 Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard (DoLS) applications received during 2014/15, the most since they were introduced in 2009. This was found by a report from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC). Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) applications have risen dramatically in England with a tenfold increase from 2013/14. As a result under…
The Welsh Conservatives have announced plans to give local communities the final say on local authority mergers. The move comes as Labour’s Local Government (Wales) Bill reaches the National Assembly for its third stage of reading. Amendments tabled by the Welsh Conservatives’ Shadow Minister for Local Government – Janet Finch-Saunders AM – mean…
The Welsh Liberal Democrats have criticised the decision by Labour Ministers to stop publishing a log of decisions made by Cabinet Ministers. The decision reports were a useful tool used by journalists, members of the public and opposition parties to scrutinize Welsh Government Ministers on the decisions they took. Welsh Lib Dem leader Kirsty Williams…
A well-established football club in Cwmbach has received a financial boost to help pay the escalating pitch fees.Cwmbach Royal Stars Football Club has received £1,000 from Persimmon Homes East Wales as part of the leading house builder’s Community Champions scheme.The club, established in 1969, has junior teams and senior teams playing in the Aberdare League…
The Know Your Risk roadshow, delivered by Diabetes UK in partnership with Tesco, found that 56 per cent of people in Pontypridd were at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. Of the 171 people seen at the Know Your Risk roadshow on 15 and 16 of September, 95 were referred to their doctor for further…
Picture this….. would you like to see your artworks on display in an art gallery and seen by hundreds & hundreds of visitors or perhaps the idea of winning a cash prize appeals. Both could be a reality. If we’ve grabbed your attention then you may well be interested in entering Caerphilly’s forthcoming Open Art…
We can confirm that two vehicles were involved in a road traffic collision around 10.52am this morning. The incident happened on the A4049 near the Lletty Turner Bends, Mountain Ash. Ambulance, police and Wales Air Ambulance attended the scene. One person has been taken to hospital by ambulance, another person has been taken to hospital…
