Author: Rhys Gregory

The firebreak will see more work carried out as Swansea’s Kingsway project moves closer to completion. Construction work can continue in line with the latest Welsh Government restrictions and this will apply to the £12m Kingsway scheme that has progressed throughout the pandemic. Work due to be carried out in the two weeks after the October 23 firebreak start will include more landscaping and the repair of defects left by failed former main contractor Dawnus. Swansea Council is behind the project, main contractor is Welsh firm Griffiths and greenery contractor is Wales’ Afan Landscapes. Mark Thomas, the council’s cabinet member…

A Wrexham hospice is appealing to the public to help them continue to provide free patient care for cancer patients and those with other life-limiting illnesses living in North East Wales and border counties. Nightingale House Wrexham is encouraging more people to come forward and join their hospice lottery to inject much-needed cash into providing vital services for patients with chronic diseases including cancer, motor neurone disease and heart failure, who need support and advice to enhance their quality of life, from holistic treatments to pain management and on-going assessments. The hospice continues to improve its’ services and introduced a…

Swansea University Medical School’s Professor Steve Conlan has taken up a key role helping to highlight UK nanomedicine research. He has been appointed Chair of the British Society for Nanomedicine (BSNM), the UKs leading organisation which seeks to give industry, academia, clinicians and the public access to news of ongoing nanomedicine research throughout the UK. Professor Conlan, who is the Medical School’s head of enterprise and innovation, explained that the field of nanomedicine – the application of nanotechnology to healthcare –  is still relatively new, but its global benefits are multiplying every year, with 50 nanomedicines already in clinical trials.…

Denbighshire County Council will resume its wellbeing checks to vulnerable residents during the ‘firebreak’ lockdown. The Council will contact people on the shielding patient’s list from Monday, October 26. Staff from the library service will be making calls to check on people’s wellbeing, to see if they need any help, and to check that they will be keeping warm over the winter. Any residents who are concerned about the legitimacy of these calls should hang up and call the Council back direct on 01824 706000. Cllr Bobby Feeley, the Council’s Lead Member for Well-being and Independence, said: “We want to…

A cat has been reunited with his family after EIGHT YEARS – all thanks to a Mo-mentous microchip! Black cat Mo is back with the Harris family in the Birchgrove area of Swansea, after being rescued by the RSPCA in the Llansamlet area of the city. Mo had been well looked after, but sadly his most recent owner had passed away – and the cats were temporarily being fed by a kind-hearted neighbour before the RSPCA was contacted to help. Animal rescue officer (ARO) Paula Milton arrived to collect the cats – and was later stunned to discover that one…

A struggling young grey seal has been rescued by the RSPCA after becoming stranded on The Knap in Barry. Members of the public found the seal huddled under a rock at The Knap – and contacted the RSPCA for help on Thursday (22 October). The seal was very underweight and debilitated, and the RSPCA suspect the animal has likely just left his mother and was struggling to adapt to the wild. Fortunately, the seal has now been transferred to specialist wildlife facilities at Taunton for rehabilitation and care, ahead of an anticipated return back to the wild. Seals being treated…

Caerphilly County Borough Council will be shortly carrying out a review of residents receiving a 25% discount on their council tax. Single Person Discount (SPD) is claimed when an adult is the sole adult occupant of a property. The council is aware that while the vast majority of residents are claiming the discount appropriately, there may be a small minority who are wrongly claiming the discount. These residents may not have reported a change in their circumstances and are receiving the discount when they are no longer entitled to it. The council will shortly be sending some residents receiving Single…

Finance Minister Rebecca Evans has today called on employers to use extra Welsh Government funding to protect workers at risk of falling through a gap in UK government wage support schemes. The Minister has backed these calls with an extra £10m package to help protect workers not eligible for the UK Government’s job retention scheme and wider support for those in need of urgent financial help. The Welsh Government has pressed the UK Chancellor to urgently guarantee wage support for workers affected by business closure who risk falling through the gaps between the Job Retention Scheme and the new Job…

A pilot programme monitoring coronavirus in Wales’ sewage systems is finding that virus spikes in the community can be detected in local waste water. The programme, launched in June, is now monitoring 20 sites across Wales and covers 80% of the Welsh population. Researchers from Welsh universities were the first to start the national surveillance of COVID-19 in major urban centres in the UK, and the technology to do this was first developed in Wales also. They have been measuring the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in waste water as the presence of this in human waste is common in…

Corporate and commercial law firm Greenaway Scott (part of the GS Verde Group) has announced that Rhian Osborne will become its new Managing Director from the 1st November 2020.   Ms. Osborne, a co-founder of the award-winning law firm, has been Director of the commercial law department since its inception, as well as leading the Medical and STEM focused teams within the Group, roles that Rhian will continue to oversee.   As Managing Director of Greenaway Scott, Ms. Osborne will oversee day to day operation of the successful commercial law firm, and be responsible for key future developments including, the…