Author: Rhys Gregory

The Welsh Government is making £1.5m available to returning officers to enable polling stations for the Senedd election to be made covid-secure. The additional funding is being provided to cover the range of extra staff and equipment required to ensure the protection of staff and public health. Voters attending polling stations will see many of the protective measures they are already now familiar with in other settings. Hand sanitiser will be available, and screens, social distance markings and protective barriers will be in use as appropriate. In addition, all voters and staff should wear a face covering (unless exempt), while…

Work has started on the site of a new residential home in Newport which will provide a high quality of specialist care for children and young people. Welsh Government’s Integrated Care Fund awarded capital funding for the project which is supported by the Gwent Regional Parnership Board. This will be the third home created in Newport as part of Project Perthyn, its ambitious programme to bring our children back to the city where they can receive better standards of care and be closer to their families. When completed, the home will be able to provide appropriate accommodation for a small…

A contractor is now appointed for the upcoming scheme to the Blaen-y-Cwm Road river wall – to carry out preliminary work in April and full repairs from May, when seasonal restrictions on working within the river come to an end. Large sections of the structure were damaged during the unprecedented weather of Storm Dennis in February 2020. The wall supports the highway at Blaen-y-Cwm Road, and one lane has been brought out of use in order to ensure public safety. The Council has used traffic lights to keep the route open, while the condition of the wall and the road…

A free virtual event will be available on Wednesday 24 March to provide vital support for people looking for work opportunities in south east Wales. The event, called Opportunity South East Wales, will run online from 10am to 12pm, and is a partnership event between Working Wales (delivered by Careers Wales), Jobcentre Plus, Cardiff Capital Region Skills Partnership and the National Training Federation Wales (NTfW). People attending the event will be able to browse a range of fantastic employment and training opportunities available across south east Wales, covering Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Newport, Rhondda Cynon Taff,…

The business world has become exceptionally technologically oriented. Magical innovations continue to nurture enterprises across all industries. Since the same investments create the way for these innovations, we must conclude that we need technology to grow and sustain every business. Take internet businesses like cryptocurrency and online gaming, for instance. Technology has changed every aspect of their operations at a fast pace. The survival of a company in these sectors is entirely dependent on how fast it can respond to the changes in information technology. For them, IT is always the front end. In a nutshell, all you need to…

Led lights are the coolest and most energy-efficient form of lighting available in the modern era. Not only are they cold to the touch and low power, but they also come in many different vibrant colors and they’re very bright. They’re also the safest form of light to have around.  There are so many things you can do with Led light technology already. Now, there are new Led inventions coming out all the time and there are a lot of options. If you know you want to utilize these bright vibrant lights but aren’t quite sure exactly what to do,…

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ADVANCES in digital technology in light of the Coronavirus pandemic have revolutionised NHS healthcare in North Wales. Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) has conducted 10,716 virtual consultations with patients in the last 12 months. Reinforcing the Welsh Government’s Help Us, Help You campaign, the figure shows public confidence in platforms including the online symptom checker is growing. These remote options will become a realistic and accessible alternative to traditional face-to-face appointments in the years ahead, according to Dr Alka Ahuja, Virtual Consultation Clinical Lead at TEC Cymru, the organisation which pioneered the innovative systems. She said: “Video consulting has…

Asthma UK and British Lung Foundation Wales and ASH Wales have called on Welsh Government to set out a plan to tackle increasing levels of preventable deaths in Wales’ poorest areas from respiratory conditions linked to smoking and air pollution. Figures from the Office of National Statistics published last week found that in 2019 people living in the most deprived areas of Wales were twice as likely to die from avoidable causes than those in the least deprived. Overall, both men (39.4% compared to 18.9%) and women (27.6% to 12.4%) were more than twice as likely to die due to…

A multi-million pound Llanelli project featuring world class business, research, education, health and leisure facilities has been approved by the UK Government and Welsh Government. The approval means the Pentre Awel project can now start drawing down funds from the Swansea Bay City Deal investment portfolio to support with its delivery. A main contractor will soon be sought to start work on zone one of the project this autumn on an 83-acre site in South Llanelli. Features of Pentre Awel being funded by a £40 million City Deal contribution in coming years include: Incubation and acceleration spaces that will help…