Author: Rhys Gregory

Blackwood Town Centre has become the latest town to benefit from free public access Wi-Fi. Apart of a wider provision that has already been rolled out in Bargoed, Rhymney, Ystrad Mynach and Risca – the initiative aims to improve the experience for visitors of the high street by helping people to access online stores and to engage with local businesses online. The expansion of the free public Wi-Fi position has already been a success in the four other town centres across the county borough with the provision contributing towards the Council’s ongoing support to regenerate our town centres. The initiative…

The Council has identified funding for the Ebbw Vale Cableway to keep it open. Earlier this month, it was announced that Blaenau Gwent Council were scrapping the £2m cable car system to save money due to a council budget shortfall of £6.6m. In addition to this, the on-going maintenance costs were estimated to be in the region of £50,000 a year. Following the announcement, the cable car was due to close on April 28, however due to a new funding source, the transport system will now remain open. Leader of the Council Steve Thomas says: “Following work undertaken by officers…

Blaenau Gwent Council is supporting its most vulnerable residents with a range of support as cost of living expenses continue to rise. The Council provided grant funding of £29,500 to support 30 warm hub schemes earlier this year. Up to £1,000 was made available initially to organisations to help provide refreshments or a substantial meal, a provision for advice and support and or further enrichment activity such as exercise, arts and should be available for the whole community to use. Further funding was provided in late March from the Council’s discretionary cost of living scheme to extend the warm hub…

Monmouthshire museums run by MonHeritage, part of Monmouthshire County Council, have received a welcome boost thanks to the latest funding awards. Plans to relocate Monmouth’s museum into Shire Hall is a step closer thanks to news that it has been awarded a Development Grant of £349,928 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund. The welcomed funding will enable the Council to take forward the redevelopment of the Shire Hall as an accredited museum. An additional £241,697 grant was awarded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund (Dynamic Collections) to improve cataloguing of the Monmouth Collection and to consult with local communities on…

A group of young researchers have been praised for their work on a report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child about the experiences of young people and their human rights in Wales, by the Deputy Minister for Social Services Julie Morgan. The Young Wales Report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has been co-produced by six young volunteer researchers and staff from Young Wales, a Children in Wales initiative which is funded by Welsh Government. The group submitted the report during a visit to Geneva for a United Nations Committee…

The latest funding allocations of a £214m fund for flood schemes put in place as part of the Co-operation Agreement between the Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru have been confirmed Minister Julie James has said the Welsh Government was ‘keeping communities safe from the growing risk of climate change’ as she confirmed record levels of funding for flood risk management. Speaking in the Senedd, the Climate Change Minister confirmed a £75m investment as she published the Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Programme for 2023-24. The money will be given to Risk Management Authorities to reduce flood and coastal risk…

People affected by the historical practice of forced adoption have been welcomed to the Senedd by the Deputy Minister for Social Services, Julie Morgan, for an apology on behalf of the Welsh Government for the societal failures that led to these historical practices. The Deputy Minister invited some of those affected to meet with her following a previous personal apology and acknowledgement of the experiences and lifelong impact for all those affected by such practices in Wales. It also comes after the Joint Committee on Human Rights published its recommendations following an inquiry to understand the experiences of unmarried women…

Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds, co-owner of Aviation Gin – voted the world’s highest rated gin – bought Wrexham AFC in 2020 with fellow Hollywood actor Rob McElhenney. Under the new ownership Wrexham AFC has gone from strength to strength. Over the weekend the Welsh club secured a win to promote them back into the Football League after an absence of 15 years. Ryan and  Rob McElhenney were there to watch the winning goal which secured the promotion and Reynolds told BBC Sport Wales that he felt ‘unadulterated joy’ at the final whistle. Aviation Gin and Tonic 50ml Aviation American Gin | 150ml Tonic Water…

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