Author: Rhys Gregory

Grangemoor Park is scheduled to re-open to the public on the week commencing December 19th. The area was closed to the public to enable safety work to be carried out on the former landfill site that sits underneath Grangemoor Park. The existing pathways and access to the park have also been upgraded for park users and to ensure that the critical infrastructure on site can now be easily accessed and maintained by the council. Due to the nesting season some of the planned works had to be delayed this year, but this work is now progressing well and the park…

A whole generation of motorists has been spared a once familiar sight – nose-to-tail traffic queues as local and through traffic mixed on the old A48 Cardiff to Carmarthen trunk road which ran right through the heart of Morriston. Last month brought the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Morriston by-pass, a new road built to motorway standards and ultimately incorporated into the M4. The then Swansea City Council worked with the UK Government’s Welsh Office and others to deliver the new road project in 1972. Images – from the West Glamorgan Archive Service – offer a taste of…

Close to 110,000 – that’s how many visitors Swansea Arena has attracted since first opening its doors about six months ago. Developed by Swansea Council and run by Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), the arena stands at the heart of the city’s new £135m Copr Bay district. Stars to have already performed at the arena include John Bishop, Royal Blood, and Alice Cooper and The Cult. Forthcoming performances that tickets are still available for include Kaiser Chiefs on Wednesday November 2 and Level 42 on Wednesday November 9. The arena has also recently announced Wynne Evans for March 25 and Russell…

Jeremy Miles MS, Minister for Education and the Welsh Language in the Welsh Government, visited Fochriw Primary School to see their Curriculum for Wales journey, present a Welsh Language Award and celebrate National Poetry Day. The Minister had a tour of the school, led by representatives from the school’s pupil voice groups and the headteacher, Sharon Pascoe. Shortly afterwards, the Minister attended the school assembly where he presented the ‘Siarter Iaith Silver Award’ to the ‘Criw Cymraeg’. Finally, Jeremy Miles MS took part in the school’s ‘Daily Mile’ with the healthy confident pupils from Year 3 to Year 6. Sharon…

Transport for Wales are undertaking a programme of essential maintenance works to help ensure the safety and reliability of the railway, and to prepare for the upcoming South Wales Metro. This programme of work will require a temporary station closure between 10th October 2022 and 22nd November 2022. What’s happening They will undertaking works to the platform surface and installing modular anti-slip boards on both platforms. This will include tactile paving and white and yellow lining. A variety of equipment will be used, including light plant equipment such as generators, drills, paddle stirrers, and light break out drills. The work…

 The Welsh Government will invest £11m over the next three years in Arfor 2 – a new programme to be delivered by local authority partners which will help strengthen the economic resilience of Welsh language strongholds, Economy Minister, Vaughan Gething and Designated Member Cefin Campbell have announced today.  As part of the Co-operation Agreement with Plaid Cymru and building on the experience and evaluation of the earlier Arfor programme launched in 2019, the Welsh Government funding will be available to the four Local Authorities of Gwynedd, Ynys Môn, Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire. The main objective of Arfor 2 is to support…

The Welsh Government has set out its vision for palliative and end of life care delivered in Wales which will help people achieve the best quality of life possible and die with dignity. Developed with a range of stakeholders, the Quality Statement outlines the commitments and expectations for children, young people and adult Palliative and End of Life Care to ensure safe, timely, effective, person centred and equitable services across Wales. The Welsh Government vision is for care to be delivered for all who need it based on their individual needs and wishes including place of care and death. Anyone…

Minister for Social Justice Jane Hutt alongside Scottish Minister for Social Security, Ben MacPherson and Northern Ireland’s Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey are urging the UK Government to take immediate action to tackle the cost-of-living crisis. In their joint letter, issued after a meeting with devolved ministers last week, the Ministers called for: an immediate emergency uplift of £25 to all means-tested benefits including legacy benefits; abolition of the benefit cap and the two-child limit; and a benefit take-up campaign. The Ministers also echoed a call from their respective Finance Ministers for additional funding support for social security benefits, made in…

Climate Change Minister Julie James has provided a major update on building safety in Wales following constructive meetings with developers. The Minister provided a number of key updates which included progress on the Welsh Government’s Developers Pact – a pledge designed for companies to confirm their intention to address fire safety issues in buildings of 11 metres and over in height that they have developed over the last 30 years. The Minister confirmed major developers have signed up to the pact and, in some cases, remediation work has started. Developers who have signed the pact are Persimmon, Taylor Wimpey, Lovell,…

Lamb from Wales will be shipped to the USA for the first time in more than 25 years.  The consignment has been processed at Dunbia, Carmarthenshire. Welsh Government, alongside Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales, have worked hard to see Welsh Lamb once again gain access to the USA. The ban on British lamb to the USA has been in place following an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths said: “Wales produces some of the very best lamb in the world, and it is great news people in the US will now be able…