Author: Rhys Gregory

Caerphilly Council has fined a hairdresser after receiving a report the person was cutting hair and operating a business from a shed. A complaint was received from a concerned resident who reported an individual breaching Covid Guidance. Trading Standards and Covid Enforcement Officers visited the premises on Friday 5th February 2021 to find the individual operating a business from his property. The 26 year old male from the Morgan Jones’ Park area in Caerphilly was caught cutting hair in a shed situated in his back garden that was set up as a barber’s shop. The male was issued with a…

CBD or cannabidiol has been used for medicinal purposes for decades, and in recent times it has been rapidly growing in popularity, particularly within the UK. On 31st March 2021 however, the CBD market will be drastically changing in the UK, upon the advent of new guidelines from the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA). Come April 1st 2021, these new guidelines will mean that any ingestible CBD product in the UK must be covered by a valid novel foods application. This application can indeed be incredibly costly and complex to acquire, resulting in many smaller companies being left with an…

Domino’s, the nation’s best-loved pizza company, has relocated to a brand-new premise in Gorseinon after 10 years at West Street, the new store reopened at Unit C, J47 Retail Park, Gorseinon Road on 26 January following an extensive refit. The store’s new location has been transformed with smart new signage and a freshly fitted open fronted kitchen designed to show the theatre of pizza-making so customers can watch firm favourites being made, including Pepperoni Passion and Vegi Supreme, as well as recent product innovations such as the long-awaited Vegan pizza. Calvin, Area Manager at Domino’s Gorseinon said: “After 10 years of…

More than £5million could have been missed out on last winter by people in later life who are eligible for the Warm Home Discount scheme, according to analysis by Independent Age. The charity has found that more than 38,000 older people across Wales potentially missed out on a £140 discount on their energy bills, because they are eligible for, but not receiving the Guaranteed Credit element of Pension Credit. These figures are an indication of the wider problem with Pension Credit uptake, which has not risen above 64% for around a decade – the worst uptake of any income-related benefit.…

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is opening the Vale of Glamorgan’s first Mass Vaccination Centre yesterday (Monday 8th February), in Barry. It is the third centre of its kind to be opened by Cardiff and Vale University Health Board as part of its COVID-19 Mass Vaccination programme, alongside those in Splott and Pentwyn in Cardiff. The new Mass Vaccination Centre will bolster vaccination capacity in the Health Board area, alongside mobile vaccination teams vaccinating care homes and people who are housebound, a satellite clinic at University Hospital Llandough for staff and the public, and GP practices throughout the area…

Cymru centurion Loren Dykes has announced her retirement from professional football after thirteen years of representing the national team. Dykes won her first Cymru senior cap in August 2007 against the Netherlands and went on to represent her country 105 times, becoming Cymru’s second centurion in a goalless draw against the Czech Republic in April 2019. A pupil at Cwmtawe Community School, Dykes started playing football for local side Pontardawe Town before representing Llanelli Reds, UWIC (now Cardiff Met) and Cardiff City Ladies. During her time at University Dykes also represented the Welsh Universities team. Her biggest move at club…

Deaf children and young people across Wales will benefit from tailored careers advice for years to come thanks to a new partnership. Careers Wales, which gives free and impartial careers guidance to young people, has joined forces with the National Deaf Children’s Society Cymru to help better meet the needs of the country’s 2,500 deaf young people. The partnership was established after deaf young people revealed they were worried about how being deaf would affect their employment prospects. Concerned that young people wrongly thought their deafness was a barrier to employment, the two organisations held two focus groups to ask…

An online danceathon organised by Tiny Toes Ballet, a Swansea-headquartered pre-school dance school, has so far raised £370 to support those affected by the Skewen floods. The event, which involved dancing non-stop for 25 minutes, was attended by approximately 30 local families on Zoom and many additional families via Facebook Live. Dancers ranged in age from 18 months to seven years and came from all areas covered by the local Tiny Toes classes, from Pennard to Llanelli, and from Pontardawe to Port Talbot. The event was organised by Eleanor Caplikiene, who runs Tiny Toes Ballet Swansea, Neath Port Talbot &…

Officers from the animal welfare charity were alerted to the dogs being kept at dilapidated farm premises in the West Wales area. The RSPCA attended the site on four occasions in January to help the dogs. The sheer quantity of dogs meant the owner was struggling to meet their basic needs – with a lack of shelter, poor diet and a lack of parasite control all of immediate concern to RSPCA inspectors Gemma Cooper and Julie Fadden. Fortunately, the owner accepted a situation the RSPCA describes as being “completely out of control” – and all 45 dogs were signed into…

SWANSEA Council is this week launching its annual apprenticeships recruitment campaign with 17 places in the Building Services team available. The council’s award winning programme is highly regarded for developing the next generation of carpenters, plumbers, electricians, plasterers and bricklayers. Application forms have now gone live on the council’s website at  www.swansea.gov.uk/jobs with a deadline of Friday March 5 to apply for the building services apprenticeships. Other apprenticeships in a range of other departments are advertised on the website throughout the year. Cllr Andrea Lewis, Cabinet Member for Homes and Energy, said: “I’m exceptionally proud of our apprenticeship programme because of our…