Author: Rhys Gregory

Members of school leaders’ union NAHT Cymru are to be consulted electronically on the latest offer on pay, workload and funding from Welsh Government. Following a members-only online meeting this evening, an electronic ballot will be sent out for all eligible members to vote on whether to accept the offer. Laura Doel, director of NAHT Cymru, said: “We welcome this offer and believe it is important to put it to our members to hear their opinion. “However, we do have concerns about how the offer will be funded. The Welsh Government has committed additional funds to cover the 3% uplift…

Neath Port Talbot Council is due to start work on a natural flood management scheme amongst trees planted by Coed Cadw (Woodland Trust) at Brynau Farm next to Gnoll Country Park. The scheme is being delivered by Neath Port Talbot Council in partnership with Welsh Government and in collaboration with the Woodland Trust to safeguard local residents and reduce the community of Neath’s risk of flooding. Natural flood management interventions are aimed at reducing the risk of flooding and to protect residential areas of Neath through using natural materials and restoring natural water systems. The natural flood management scheme will…

A novel inspired by the true story of the Pembrokeshire farmer’s son who fought at the Battle of the Little Bighorn under General Custer will shortly be available to county readers after author Mike Lewis donated a copy to each library. Published by Victorina Press, ‘If God Will Spare My Life’ (IGWSML) is a re-imagining of events which led William Batine James, of Dinas Cross, to emigrate to the United States and enlist in the US Seventh Cavalry. In June 1876 he was the sole Welshman to fight at Custer’s Last Stand when 210 US soldiers were massacred by huge…

Pembrokeshire County Council’s Cabinet has backed positive steps towards rebuilding Manorbier Church in Wales VC School after a fire severely damaged the school last year. The Cabinet met on Monday and backed £25,000 for a study to determine approximate costs for rebuilding the school and, subject to the appropriate processes, invite and evaluate a tender to design and rebuild the damaged areas of the school. The Cabinet was told that a full reinstatement of the school was the preferred option. To minimise any further disruption to pupils’ learning and well-being, it is proposed that the school will continue to operate…

Work to widen the pavement at the end of the High Street in Presteigne will begin during the week beginning the 20 March 2023. Measures put in place to help facilitate social distancing measures during the Covid19 pandemic will be adopted permanently along the cobbled end of Presteigne High Street, near the library, later this month. Currently the cobbled section of the road is cordoned off to traffic with temporary bollards, allowing pedestrians more room to walk along the pavement and into the town centre. The work to raise the cobbled section and incorporate it into the pavement permanently will…

Health Minister Eluned Morgan has today announced increased funding to widen access to Wales’ long-Covid services, including for people experiencing other long-term conditions. Annual funding will increase to £8.3 million for Adferiad (Recovery) services. The community based rehabilitation services will continue to and support people with long COVID but they will also be expanded to people with other long term conditions whose rehabilitation and recovery are similar- for example, people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia and other post-viral associated conditions. The funding will also continue to support the self-management COVID recovery app and the All-Wales guideline for the…

South Wales Police can confirm that a body has been recovered from the scene of an explosion which happened at Clydach Road in Morriston at 11.20am this morning. A search of the scene discovered the body of a man who was previously unaccounted for. His family has been informed. An investigation will now get underway to establish the cause of the incident. The Health and Safety Executive has been informed. Two properties were extensively damaged and other neighbouring properties were also damaged in an explosion that took place on Monday morning.. Three people were taken to hospital by ambulance. A…

It may not be everyone’s cup of tea and receives little recognition, but All Weather racing in the UK and Ireland can sometimes be the saviour of the horseracing world. Of course, flat turf races and daily jumps action takes preference for most fans, but with the weather extremes we have all faced in recent times, it is the all-weather tracks that come to the rescue. Daily Racing Action When frost, snow, or heavy rain forces racing to be abandoned across Wales, Welsh trainers like Tim Vaughan, Rebecca Curtis, and Evan Williams can always be assured that the all-weather racing scene…

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