Author: Rhys Gregory

Cardiff Bus customers can now plan their journeys with even more precision following the operator’s latest website feature. Passengers are now able check how busy their bus is before it arrives. The feature gathers data from ticket machine sales to provide an accurate idea of the number of passengers on board each bus. Alongside this, customers are encouraged to input their own information about the bus they are travelling on. The operator has added this latest website feature with the aim of enhancing customers’ journeys and providing real time information. Gareth Stevens, Operations and Commercial Director at Cardiff Bus said…

Thousands of people have been supported by Swansea’s foodbanks in recent weeks. More than 4,200 families and individuals have received emergency food parcels from the food bank and services network which has stepped up its work during the pandemic. Additionally, more than 9,000 hot meals have been supplied by the Swansea Together initiative, the Swansea Muslim Community Service and the Sameera Foundation. The data has been gathered by Swansea Council community, partnership and destination staff who run four food distribution centres in community centres across the city. These support foodbanks with supplies to ensure they are able to cope with…

South Wales Police have made four arrests in connection with an assault which occurred in the Adamsdown area of Cardiff at approximately 7.40pm on Friday evening (5 June, 2020). The four men, aged 42, 27, 25 and 23, are currently in police custody. Officers were called to Longcross Street following reports of a stabbing at an address. A 40 year-old local woman was admitted to hospital with a non-life threatening injury to her leg. It is understood that those believed to be involved are known to one another. Anybody who may have witnessed the incident or who has information should…

Almost 14,000 plants, seeds and growing kits are being distributed during lockdown as part of a city-wide campaign to encourage people to grow their own vegetables. A team of 70 volunteers across 16 projects will reach over 3,000 households with seeds or plants, with more than 100 people joining online growing classes. The coronavirus outbreak has exacerbated food insecurity and disrupted normal food and growing supply chains. In response, projects which help more people to grow their own food and increase the amount of food grown locally are collaborating to reach a greater number of people in need. Food Cardiff…

The UK governments plans for 14 days self-quarantining of arrivals, will spell disaster for the Welsh aviation industry – says GMB. GMB, the union for aviation staff, has described the UK government’s plans to introduce self-quarantine for UK arrivals as ‘ill thought out’. From today (Monday 08 June) arrivals to the UK will be expected to quarantine for 14 day save for a list of exempted professions. GMB believes the move lacks scientific evidence and will be disastrous for the aviation industry and the economy across Wales The union has launched the Save Our Airports campaign with six key demands which include extending the 80% furlough scheme for another…

A landmark scheme to provide frontline workers in Cardiff with free use of the city’s nextbike scheme has been extended for another month thanks to support from Cardiff University. Nextbike and Cardiff University have match-funded the continuation of the scheme to enable NHS workers and those offering critical support during the coronavirus pandemic to use the bikes for free in June. It follows similar rollouts in Glasgow, Stirling and Hillingdon in London, where free memberships have been offered to key workers who are still having to travel to and from work during the pandemic. Nextbike MD Krysia Solheim thanked the…

WELSH rugby international Ellis Jenkins has come up with a challenge that will raise funds for a Cardiff charity, providing fun and fitness to the sporting public whilst possibly driving them nuts! The Cardiff Blues flanker is an ambassador for City Hospice, the only provider of home-based specialist palliative care in the capital. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, all of the charity’s fundraising events have been cancelled, leading Ellis to come up with the idea of the 2020 Keep Up Challenge. Whereas almost everyone has tried doing keepie-uppies with a football, few have ever tried doing it with a rugby…

Employers who intend to furlough an employee for the first time must have done so by 10 June. At the end of May, the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak introduced improved flexibility to bring furloughed employees back part time in July. The Chancellor also set out more details on how the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) will continue to support jobs and business as people return to work, following the announcement of an extension of the scheme on 12 May. So far, the CJRS has helped 1 million employers across the UK furlough 8.4 million jobs, protecting people’s livelihoods. From 1 July 2020, businesses will…

“To help reduce the spread of coronavirus, since March we have scaled-back normal NHS dentistry services to help protect the public, dental teams and our local communities. “Many dental procedures, such as fillings or scaling, use high-speed drills and other tools which are “aerosol generating” – this means they create spray. This, in the current pandemic, could risk spreading the virus and that’s why we’ve asked dentists to stop routine activity for the time being. “However, dentists in Wales have remained open for urgent care throughout the lockdown. They have seen 10,000 people in practices and provided 125,000 consultations remotely,…

Creating one-way walking systems to safeguard the public, setting up welcome points to explain how moving round the city centre will work and opening up Cardiff Castle’s grounds to create a ‘new’ public square for local businesses to use are just some of the schemes Cardiff Council is considering as it prepares to exit lockdown. A detailed plan of action has been published by the council which outlines a raft of innovative measures with the aim of making Cardiff one of the ‘safest’ cities in the UK as life begins its return to ‘normal’. The plan has been developed with…