A TEACHER who was diagnosed with breast cancer on maternity leave during the COVID-19 pandemic has been chosen to launch Cancer Research UK’s World Cancer campaign in Wales. Amy Isidoro from Cwmbran was just 29 when she went to the GP in July last year after finding a lump, deep within her breast. The mum-of-two, who had given birth to her son, Benjamin, six months earlier, said: “The lump was actually quite hard to detect as I could only feel it when lying down. “Although I was young, I just wanted to rule anything out so I could either deal…
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Rhys Gregory
Editor of Wales247.co.uk
From Christmas and birthday presents to items sold on online marketplaces like Ebay and Gumtree, most of us need to send packages abroad from time to time. However, since we officially left the European Union on the 1st of January, sending packages to EU countries is slightly different. So, what do you need to know before sending items abroad? You must declare it! Put simply, sending packages to EU countries will now be treated the same was as sending to any other international region. Anyone sending parcels to EU territories from England, Scotland or Wales will now need to complete…
A host of Welsh language music and content has been announced for the sixth Dydd Miwsig Cymru – Welsh Language Music Day, including acoustic and DJ sets, and an exclusive interview with Hollywood actor Rhys Ifans about the Welsh language music that shaped his life. Welsh Language Music Day (Friday 5th February 2021) celebrates all forms of Welsh language music, from indie, rock, punk, funk, folk, electronica to hip hop and everything in between. With the world fighting the coronavirus pandemic and music fans unable to attend live performances in person, the celebrations for Dydd Miwsig Cymru are heading online…
Storytellers from Wales, Scotland and Ireland have teamed up to broadcast a series of online events that celebrate the Celtic calendar of festivities through stories, songs and traditions from their homelands. The third event in the series, Spring Awakening, will be broadcast on Monday, February 1 from 8pm to 9.30pm and celebrates the arrival of spring, the Goddess and Saint Brigid and the feminine life, death, life cycle. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/137632589781 The storytellers are Kama Roberts, who works for the Willow Globe theatre near Llandrindod Wells, Maria Gillen from Ireland and Shona Cowie from Scotland. Kama explained that she had been collaborating…
Across Wales, NHS charities perform a valuable role ensuring that the generous donations made by members of the public, often in recognition of the healthcare they and their loved ones have received, are distributed where they can make a real difference to NHS patients and staff. The money doesn’t replace NHS funding, but is used to provide services and activities above and beyondcore NHS expenditure. In west Wales, Hywel Dda Health Charities is thanking the public for their support of the charity’s annual Christmas appeal, which in 2020 focused on adult mental health services. Fundraising Manager Tara Nickerson said, “2020…
RSPCA Cymru have given a cautious welcome to new regulations laid by the Welsh Government which aim to end third party selling of young puppies and kittens in Wales. Under the proposals, anyone who wants to sell pets in Wales has to meet minimum animal welfare standards for the first time, with a new licensing scheme introduced for pet sellers. This establishes that puppies or kittens under six months of age not bred by the licence holder cannot be sold. The law also states that puppies, kittens, ferrets or rabbits cannot be sold until they are at least eight weeks…
The RSPCA today launches its new strategy – which will have a huge and exciting impact on animal welfare in Wales; as the charity pledges to reduce neglect, abuse and cruelty to pets by 50% and ensure a significant increase in the number of farm animals reared to top standards. Rescuing and caring for animals will continue to be central to the RSPCA’s work in Wales – with the animal welfare charity continuing to call for statutory powers for its frontline rescuers to enable them to reach animals most in need more quickly, as part of its new ‘Together for…
The people of Swansea are being urged to tell the stories of those who died tragically in the Three Nights’ Blitz. Their recollections will help mark next month’s 80th anniversary of the intensive World War Two bombing that destroyed much of the town centre. The stories will be preserved for future generations by the West Glamorgan Archive Service, a joint service for the councils of the City and County of Swansea and Neath Port Talbot County Borough. Robert Francis-Davies, Swansea Council’s cabinet member for investment, regeneration and tourism, said: “The Three Nights’ Blitz destroyed 41 acres of the town centre;…
Following the results of independent surveys and after a delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic which required the planned repairs to be rescheduled, Bridgend County Borough Council has commissioned essential building work at the pavilions, both of which are based at Newbridge Fields. The New Pavilion will benefit from all-new wall cladding, full external decoration and improved shower room facilities, including new tiled floors, while the Bandstand Pavilion is set to receive an enhanced new roof which will be carefully installed so that it does not disturb a colony of bats which has taken up residence in the upper parts…
A landmark Merthyr Tydfil building is to be converted and its site extended into an ‘exciting’ development providing 70 much-needed homes. The former St Tydfil’s Hospital site in Upper Thomas Street will have its Grade II listed entrance block converted and extended to provide seven apartments and a house. The remainder of the site will be developed to provide a mixture of apartments, bungalows, terraced properties, and semi-detached and detached houses. St Tydfil’s Developments has been given planning permission for the development, which will be constructed as a joint venture with Merthyr Tydfil Housing Association and provide 39 open market…