Author: Rhys Gregory

Rammstein will be playing at Principality Stadium on Thursday June 30th and to facilitate these events, a full city centre road closure will be in place between 4.30pm until 12.30am on health and safety grounds to ensure people can safely enter and leave the stadium after the concerts. Those attending these concerts are strongly advised to travel into the city early, leave large bags at home and pay attention to the prohibited items listed at principalitystadium.wales before they travel into the city. Road closures From 7am, access to Scott Road and Park Street will be managed to ensure vehicles do not park in…

A series of temporary road changes will be in place to allow Swansea to host a big weekend of high-quality sport later this summer. They will affect parts of the city centre’s waterfront on Saturday, August 6, and a wider expanse of the city’s seafront and Gower, including the A4118 and B4271 roads, on Sunday, August 7. Thousands of leaflets, including route maps and road closure schedules, have been mailed to local householders by organisers of the Volvo 2022 World Triathlon Para Series event (Aug 6) and the following day’s IRONMAN 70.3 Swansea. The August 6 road changes are mainly…

Neath Port Talbot Council’s new Rainbow Coalition Cabinet will meet for the first time this week to consider a range of important issues. They include plans for Neath Port Talbot’s first ever Welsh medium primary “starter school” at Neath Abbey – part of the council’s strategy to increase Welsh medium education across the county borough. And the Cabinet will be asked to take forward plans to implement a £2m Hardship Relief Scheme ensuring those who are most in need get help as the cost of living crisis continues. At the meeting (Wednesday, June 29th) the Cabinet will be asked to…

Whilst the Fflecsi Pembrokeshire service is working well and providing lots of journeys for customers, there are a number of changes which are being implemented in order to better serve customer needs. From 27th June onwards the 643 and 645 fixed routes will no longer operate as the number of passengers travelling are very low. However, customers still wishing to do these journeys can do so by booking via the Fflecsi App or by phoning the contact centre. These changes will mean that customers who do not live along the fixed bus route will also have an opportunity to travel…

As part of the ambitious plans to transform Caerphilly town we are seeking your views about the proposed transport interchange. Caerphilly train station is set to be upgraded into a new public transport and active travel interchange, subject to funding being secured. The proposed interchange will transform the way people travel to and from Caerphilly. It will effortlessly connect people with trains, buses, taxis and active travel options. We want the views of the community to play a vital role in the design and functionality of the site, ensuring all needs are met. By taking part in our survey you…

Anthony Rice, from Aberbargoed, has successfully found employment at the Chartist Garden Village development in Pontllanfraith thanks to a partnership between Caerphilly County Borough Council, housing provider Pobl Group and property developer Lovell. Chartist Garden Village is an exciting collaboration which will result in an attractive development on the former Pontllanfraith House council offices site, which will comprise of two thirds affordable housing.  The development will follow the ‘garden village’ concept, with timeless arts and crafts style homes, designed to enhanced space standards, built around a landscape of street trees, grass verges and open green spaces. The Council’s Employment Support…

A selection of the nation’s favourite artworks will soon be in Brecon as part of Celf ar y Cyd on Tour, an initiative to share the national art collection with communities and galleries across the country. Around 30 pieces of art from the Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales collection will be on show at y Gaer from 9 July to 30 October. Celf ar y Cyd on tour follows an Instagram vote held during the Covid 19 pandemic. While National Museum Cardiff’s galleries were closed in 2020, curators from Amgueddfa Cymru selected 100 artworks and shared them digitally via…

During a busy time in the golfing season, Asbri Golf is celebrating further business success with made-in-Wales golfing products being sold to new markets globally, thanks to export support from the Welsh Government. Caerphilly-based golf brand Asbri Golf offers a wide range of bespoke golfing accessories, all of which can be customised with any golf club, society, or corporate logo. Now in their 19th year, the company has become one of the leading brands in the global golf industry. The business has recently secured over £500,000 of new export orders, which will result in the creation of 4 new jobs…

The bus industry in Wales is set to receive a support package worth £48m to help them recover from the impact of the pandemic and deal with emerging financial challenges, the Welsh Government has announced today. The Bus Emergency package will provide ‘gap funding’ until the end of this financial year for bus operators to maintain the necessary bus services and routes in their area, in return for greater public control over Welsh bus services. This funding is one of a number of short-term measures that have been taken by the Welsh Government to support bus operators at a time…

The Tertiary Education and Research (TER) Bill will set out our vision for the future of post 16 education into law and creates a new national steward for post-16 education to expand lifelong learning, focus on learner welfare, and support our colleges and universities. Taking this Bill through the Senedd is an important Programme for Government commitment and is part of the Co-operation Agreement between the Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru. Here are five things the TER Bill will help achieve. 1. Bringing post-16 education together Wales will be only UK nation to have colleges, universities, apprenticeships, sixth forms and adult…