Author: Rhys Gregory

South Wales Police can now confirm the name of the man who died in a collision in Landore on Friday (May 1). Dean Workman, 46, was the driver of a blue Toyota C-HR when it collided with a stationary white Iveco lorry on Neath Road. He was from the Cymmer area of Port Talbot and is survived by his mother Norma and his three boys, Scott, Tyrese and Adam whom he loved dearly. They have paid the following tribute to him: “Dean worked in the security industry before re-training to be an electrician which took him around the country. As…

Police are investigating following a serious assault in the Canton area of Cardiff on Saturday afternoon (2 May, 2020). Officers were called to Ivy Street just after 3pm following reports of a disturbance involving a group of people. One man, 35, sustained non-life threatening puncture injuries and is in the University Hospital of Wales in a stable condition. Two men, aged 37 and 32, and a 32 year-old woman, have been arrested in connection with the incident and are currently in police custody. A police cordon was set up in Ivy Street and an investigation into the incident is underway.…

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has led to a huge increase in the use of online technology, especially for young people. With digital school lessons, plus more parents and carers working from home, the Welsh Government has issued guidance to staying safe online. During this period, children and young people are likely to spend more time on the internet, for learning, entertainment, or keeping in touch with relatives. Parents and carers will understandably have concerns, about potential safety issues. The Welsh Government has launched its “Online Safety Zone” site to answer questions and allay fears. You can access it here: https://bit.ly/2VQM9QK…

Construction of the new Maesyffynnon Extra Care facility in Aberaman is now complete, and has today been handed over to the Council.  The Club Street building has been delivered via a partnership between Linc Cymru and the Rhondda Cynon Taf Council – creating 40-state-of-the-art apartments for older people on the old Maesyffynnon Residential Care Home site. It has become Rhondda Cynon Taf’s second Extra Care facility after Ty Heulog in Talbot Green, and is the first of five brand new Extra Care buildings being delivered. Additional facilities will open in Treorchy, Mountain Ash, Porth and Pontypridd in the future – with…

An extra £248,000 will be available to local authorities across Wales to help strengthen their cyber resilience in response to the coronavirus crisis, Finance Minister Rebecca Evans has today. To help to maintain high standards of cyber security during this particularly challenging time, the Welsh Government has brought forward its cyber funding plans to support our local authorities. Each local authority in Wales will receive an initial grant of £9,000 to help address their priority needs, with the option to apply for additional money from a £50,000 reserve fund. Finance Minister Rebecca Evans said: “Cyber security is vitally important as…

Property consultancy Knight Frank assisted with the acquisition of the Ferry Road site on behalf of Cardiff Council from vendors National Grid and Wales and West Utilities. The Council intends to deliver a Council-led mixed tenure development of up to 500 new homes on the site as part of its target of delivering 2,000 new homes in Cardiff, 1,000 of which will be completed by 2022. Leah Mullin, associate in Knight Frank’s residential development team, said: “The site is a key strategic acquisition for Cardiff Council.  The site will form part of a wider regeneration being undertaken by Cardiff Council…

All residents and staff in care homes with outbreaks of coronavirus will be tested for the virus, the Welsh Government has announced. The move comes as the latest scientific evidence shows testing should be extended in care homes to manage outbreaks. In the case of care homes, where a number of older people are living closely together, many of whom will have underlying health conditions, if the results of the tests are positive, we will assume – and take actions – as if everyone in the home has tested positive. The Welsh Government is implementing a three-stage testing and rapid…

Police in Bridgend have been targeting people who are attempting to thrown drugs over the wall to inmates at Parc Prison. Five men have been arrested and charged in connection with this type of activity and have all been remanded in custody. On Saturday 18th April officers arrested Kurtis Clancy, 21, from Oldham and Dean Heney, 28, from Manchester.  They were both charged with conspiracy to thrown a prohibited article into prison and with throwing a prohibited article into prison.  Both men have been remanded in custody and are scheduled to appear before Cardiff Crown Court on 1stJune. In the…

The RSPCA is looking to identify a man in connection to an incident where a dog was mishandled and struck in Barry – and have released an image in the hope of finding the individual.  Reports were made to the animal welfare charity after a man was spotted seeming to strike the dog on Robert Street in the Vale of Glamorgan town, on Sunday 19 April. It is alleged a man struck the dog on a few occasions. RSPCA Cymru would like to trace the person pictured in connection to the incidents – and are appealing to the public for…

As five weeks have passed since government restrictions were imposed, South Wales Police is continuing to see a small minority of individuals flouting government-imposed restrictions.   Welsh Government has made it clear that the country is not yet out of the woods so there is still very much a need for everyone to comply with Coronavirus legislation, and complacency will only serve to prolong the pandemic and the restrictions; restrictions which were imposed with the sole aim of slowing the spread of the virus and protecting the NHS. Assistant Chief Constable Andy Valentine, who is leading on the force’s Covid-19 response, and South Wales Police…