Author: Rhys Gregory

Bridgend County Borough Council is pleased to have been awarded £930,000 as part of the Welsh Government’s Community Focused Schools Grant. The funding will be used to ensure more schools are able to operate and develop as Community Focused Schools, which reach out to engage families and work with the wider community to support all pupils. It is part of a package of measures which will provide more support for schools to ensure all children have the best start in life regardless of their background. The grant will help to fund practical ways of improving school facilities and enable greater…

To ensure Pride Cymru 2022 can be safely enjoyed by all, road closures will be put in place to prepare for the event and facilitate the parade. In preparation for the event, from 6am on Wednesday August 24th, the bottom of King Edward VII Avenue will be closed from the junction with City Hall Road down to the war memorial. From 6am on Thursday, August 25th, the following roads will be closed: Gorsedd Gardens Road from the junction with Park Place Museum Avenue from the junction with College Road down to City Hall King Edward VII Avenue up to the…

A new video shows how the face of Swansea city centre is changing as a £1bn transformation story gathers even more pace. As well as Swansea Arena and multi-million pound improvements to the look and feel of The Kingsway, the video also shows foundation work progress at the former Oceana nightclub site. A new office development is being constructed there with space for 600 jobs in sectors like tech, digital and the creative industries. The new coastal park next to the arena is also included in the video as part of the £135m Copr Bay district developed by Swansea Council.…

Leading building firm Kier Construction have been appointed as the main contractor to deliver the next stage of design and enabling works, to help the council transform Oxford Street’s former BHS/What! building into a community hub featuring council and community services. Work will be starting in earnest in the autumn to transform the building to offer people convenient access to key services from across the council and other organisations. Council leader Rob Stewart said: “The transformation of this building is hugely exciting. It’s really good news that Kier Construction are on board with this project. “They are one of Britain’s leading construction…

Children looking to be a prince or princess for a day can have their very own castle to play in if they head along to Oystermouth Castle later this month. Young visitors have the chance to come along as their favourite fairy-tale character at the special event on Bank Holiday Monday, August 29 from 11am – 4pm and  enjoy fairytales, music, singing and dancing with the likes of Rapunzel, Belle, Aladdin and Elsa The family fun day will give princes and princesses the chance to play out their dreams and fairytales in a proper medieval castle and learn a little…

In the coming months the council plans to replace bins in communities around the city which residents will be able to use for any kind of litter, which will either be new replacements for dog bins or worn out or damaged litter bins. Cyril Anderson, Cabinet Member for Community Services, said the new initiative is designed to upgrade bin provision across Swansea and to support residents and dog owners to do the right thing with their litter or pet’s poop. He said: “We’ve already got lots of separate litter and dog waste bins around the city. Our commitment is that…

The Afan Forest Park Visitor Centre in Port Talbot’s Afan Valley is ready to welcome visitors this bank holiday after significant public and private sector investment in new facilities to create an exciting new offer to visitors. As a result of £498,000 investment from Welsh Government via the Valleys Regional Park initiative and Neath Port Talbot Council, the popular tourist destination now has a brand new children’s adventure play area, enhanced car parking, updated shower and public toilet facilities, outdoor lighting in addition to new information panels within the visitor centre. Visitors will also soon benefit from new camper van…

The national recruitment crisis is hitting the local authority across all sectors, but it is the front facing service areas, such as the weekly waste and recycling collections, which are most noticeable for our residents. For some time, as a local authority, we have been struggling to recruit staff and cover absences due to illness and continued cases of covid 19. The depots have been working hard with our recruitment team to have a rolling recruitment programme running for a number of months which includes advertising on local web-based media outlets, utilising social media and using posters in the local…

First Minister Mark Drakeford visited the set of Netflix’s Sex Educationseries to meet apprentices and trainees and to announce Welsh Government backing for the fourth season of the successful show. Sex Education is a comedy-drama series that follows the lives of the students, staff and parents of the fictional Moordale Secondary School. The Welsh Government has financially supported two of the last three series of the popular drama, through Creative Wales. All three previous series were provided with logistical support through the Wales Screen service. Since Creative Wales was established in January 2020, £12.8m of production funding has been successfully…

When first on the hunt for a family lawyer, it’s hard to know what you need to look for to ensure the best outcome for your divorce or child custody case. In this article, we will guide you through the first steps you will need to take to find the best family lawyer, and the questions you will need to ask both yourself and your new legal team before signing on the dotted line for a new legal team. Search online  Searching online encompasses numerous routes. One obvious path is through search engines like Bing! And Google, Another optimum route…