Author: Rhys Gregory

If you’re interested in trading in 2022, you’re most likely targeting one of three markets: stocks, Forex, and/or cryptocurrency. Whichever market you choose, each of these marketplaces is driven by its unique volatility, which makes them trading-relevant. However, trading blindly might result in a massive loss at the start, thereby killing your trading enthusiasm. You may have read and seen enticing headlines about trading profits. No trader has ever gained in the long run by betting on a hunch. Successful traders employ multiple different trading tactics. These tactics, as well as the skill to choose when to employ either strategy,…

Town centre property owners in Pembrokeshire interested in improving their buildings and/or sites are being urged to apply for funds available from Welsh Government. The Transforming Towns ‘Place Making’ grant offers support for a wide range of projects, from green infrastructure developments to internal and external commercial and residential improvements, with the aim of reducing the number of empty, underused sites and premises in town centres. The scheme is open to private businesses, including developers, third sector businesses, and the public sector. It is not available to private individuals. It is available within the town centre areas of: Fishguard and…

Bridgend County Borough Council is planning to consult local residents over proposals that could extend existing Public Space Protection Orders in Bridgend town centre, Maesteg, Porthcawl, Pencoed and Caerau. Designed to help tackle anti-social behaviour, the orders make it an offence for anyone to continue to consume alcohol or fail to surrender intoxicating substances when asked to do so by a police officer, police community support officer or authorised council officer. Under the orders, dog owners using any public space in the county borough are also required to carry bags, pick up after their pets, dispose of their waste in…

Bridgend County Borough Council has revealed plans to provide Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Ogwr with larger, £12.6m state of the art new premises on land located off Ffordd Cadfan in Brackla. The Cabinet of Bridgend County Borough Council has agreed to carry out public consultation over the proposals after acquiring a vacant brownfield site within the local catchment area which backs on to Brackla industrial estate. The announcement comes almost a year after the authority confirmed that it was no longer seeking to build the new Welsh-medium school premises on a 14-acre site known locally as Brackla Hill. Under the scheme,…

Twin brothers Paul and Richard lived together under the care of their auntie – until she sadly passed away. They could have been separated until Shared Lives carer Tina stepped in. Paul and Richard Jordan, who have a learning disability, featured in Stacey’s latest podcast series, Fresh Starts, released this week. She heard how the twins, 35, and their carer Tina, from Rogiet, came to live together just before the first Covid-19 lockdown in 2020, and managed to come through a rollercoaster of personal tragedy and pandemic hardship. Prior to meeting Tina, Paul and Richard had lived with their aunt…

Councillor Wendy Treeby is the new Mayor of Rhondda Cynon Taf, having been appointed at a meeting of Rhondda Cynon Taf Council, held on Wednesday, January 19. Councillor Treeby, Elected Member for Mountain Ash West, will continue the role for the remainder of the Municipal year following the departure of her predecessor, Councillor Jill Bonetto, who joins the Council Cabinet as Member for Education and Inclusion Services. Councillor Treeby said she is looking forward to her time as Mayor of Rhondda Cynon Taf, a place she has lived all her life and continues to champion the County Borough at every…

RCT Council will shortly begin flood alleviation work at the Nant Cae Dudwg in Cilfynydd, having secured Welsh Government funding for the scheme. The upcoming work will take place at the existing debris control facility upstream from the culvert inlet, located alongside Pant-du Road, and will deliver an upgrade to the facility while carrying out essential repairs. The scheme will also install an access ramp at the site, to ensure all future maintenance of the watercourse can be completed without difficultly – especially in times of heavy rain. Funding from Welsh Government has been secured to deliver the £135,000 scheme…

A man from Aberdare has been jailed for the manslaughter of Keyron Curtis. Daniel Howells-Thomas, 24, of Penywaun, Aberdare appeared at Merthyr Crown Court on Friday (January 21st), and was jailed for nine years. Keyron Curtis, 21, died from what was described by doctors as a catastrophic head injury after being punched outside the Colliers Arms in the early hours of October 17, 2021. According to Keyron’s friends who witnessed the incident, he was punched with such force by Daniel Howells-Thomas that he immediately lost consciousness before hitting his head on a curb. He died in hospital from his injuries following…

Welsh Water is set to begin work on the highly anticipated construction of its visitor attraction hub at Lisvane and Llanishen reservoirs. The work by the not-for-profit water company will begin at the end of January 2022 and will be carried out at the northern end of the site. It will create a two-storey visitor hub with spectacular views across both reservoirs, and will feature changing rooms, showers and toilets for watersports, training rooms for local community use, as well as a café with spectacular views across both reservoirs. Once completed, the Welsh Water site would bring back sailing to…

The Welsh Government has announced £1.8 million to support health and social care students in Wales. There has been a decline in the number of students enrolled on Health and Social Care programmes at colleges, which can be explained by the impact Covid has had on the delivery of courses. The funding will help students complete their studies and encourage progression into the sector, as well as helping colleges promote health and social care courses to attract more students, helping meet the high demand for qualified staff. The funding could also be used to support childcare costs or to enable…