Author: Rhys Gregory

The 1Bws ticket available for bus services across North Wales now offers a one price weekly ticket as well as daily. The 1Bws ticket is a partnership project between the six local authorities and 27 local bus operators, and offers customers the opportunity to pay one price and travel on nearly 200 routes across North Wales, using tap on tap off technology or with a ticket bought on board. This month, to celebrate ‘catch the bus month’, TfW and partners have extended the offer so customers can now also pay one price and travel for a week. A weekly 1Bws…

The UK’s first team of specialist paramedics who provide palliative and end of life care has been shortlisted for a national award. The service sees palliative care paramedics from the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust (WAST) work with Swansea Bay’s specialist palliative care team (SPCT). Staff split their time by spending 50 per cent working in their usual WAST roles where they respond to emergencies. While the other 50 per cent is spent seeing patients referred to specialist palliative care, primarily in the community but also in hospital. They work with the wider multidisciplinary team to provide an extra layer…

Eastern Leisure Centre in Llanrumney has been shortlisted for a prestigious award from trade association UK Active for its crucial role in boosting physical activity levels and improving mobility and reducing pain for people with chronic health conditions. The Better Cardiff centre – a bustling community hub open seven days per week – has been nominated for ‘Local and Regional Centre of the Year’ in recognition of its huge contribution to the local community. The centre meets the needs of a diverse range of customers with an innovative programme that includes one of the largest swimming schools in the city,…

Her Game Too has announced a partnership with Cardiff-based Women’s Football Collective, in a partnership that will see us launch  our first women’s & girls football training centre in Cardiff. This partnership brings extra significance because now for the first time, Her Game Too will have their very own training centre, dedicated to women of all ages and abilities, creating further opportunities that football is for everyone. This first training centre will be located in Cardiff, with plans for more training centres to be added in the UK over time. Charlotte Galloway, a representative of WFC, explains the importance and…

The Welsh Government introduced a bill today [Monday, 2nd Oct] which paves the way for automatic voter registration in future Welsh elections. The Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill will modernise the way local government and Senedd elections are run and confirms the Welsh Government’s intention to introduce automatic registration across Wales for those elections once a piloting programme has been completed. Local authorities will be invited to take part in a series of trials focusing on the best way to collect data, including using data that already exists, to support automatic registration. Currently people must register in order to…

More than a quarter of million pounds was prevented from being lost to criminals during September by colleagues across the force recognising when someone might have been a victim of fraud. The Banking Protocol is a national initiative based on joint working between law enforcement and financial institutions, facilitated by UK Finance – in which banks, post offices, travel exchanges and others are expected to alert police if they have and doubts or suspicions about a customer’s request to withdraw money. These suspicious requests could be something such as a customer suddenly trying to withdraw all their funds or going…

Businesses across Monmouthshire gathered again to connect, collaborate and network with potential partners and suppliers at a sell-out Expo held at the Basepoint business centre in Chepstow last week. Over 50 businesses and 75 people attended the event, which was a follow-up to the landmark Expo at Abergavenny Market Hall on 6 July. Attendees got the chance to showcase their products and services as well as chat with fellow founders to network and learn more about the opportunities across the county. The events are part of the wider Elevate Monmouthshire project, supporting entrepreneurship across the county. The initiative offers the…

An Aberystwyth University project providing free legal support for veterans has been awarded further funding of nearly half a million pounds (£499,885) to spend over three years, from The National Lottery Community Fund. Based in the Department of Law and Criminology, Veterans Legal Link was established in 2015.  The project offers legal support, advice, signposting and specialist referrals to armed forces veterans and their families. Dr Ola Olusanya from the Department of Law and Criminology, who leads the project, said: “I am delighted that the Veterans Legal Link project has received a further three years of funding from the National…

Monmouthshire County Council would like to hear from residents on the proposed Active Travel scheme design to improve journeys between Rogiet and Undy. Members of the local community will have the opportunity to speak to officers from Monmouthshire County Council and WSP on Wednesday 4th October between 2pm and 7pm at the Baptist Church, Magor. The event will allow residents to view current proposed plans. From Wednesday 4th October until 20th October residents are invited to complete a survey on the proposed design to improve the cycling and walking route between Rogiet and Undy. The study being undertaken by WSP…

Bus services in Neath Port Talbot will be reduced at the end of October with one being completely withdrawn on weekdays as the council and bus operators get to grips with a fall in Welsh Government funding and lower passenger numbers. There are warnings that April 2024 could see many further reductions here and across Wales as subsidies dry up. Welsh Government’s Bus Emergency Scheme (BES) which supported the bus industry through the Covid pandemic has now been replaced by the Bus Transition Fund (BTF) with its budget capped at £46m for the 2023/2024 financial year. The funding, with £4m…