Author: Rhys Gregory

Savills Cardiff has announced the acquisition of a 2.75 acre site at Plasdwr by family-run operator, Lewis Homes. Part of Cardiff’s Garden City development, to the north west of the Welsh capital, Lewis Homes will deliver a scheme of 56 new homes and apartments. The scheme, known as Dol Werdd, will form one of five distinct neighbourhoods within Plasdwr, each with its own individual identity. Lewis Homes has now secured reserved matters approval a mix of two and three story homes. The new homes will take a contemporary design and will be arranged over intimate streets and around high quality…

A careless driver who ploughed in to a cyclist before driving off and leaving him with life-changing injuries is today starting an eight-month jail term. Keaton Richards was driving his black Seat Leon over the bridge on Wood Street in Cardiff city centre at around 11.20pm on August 22, when he was in collision with a cyclist. Panicking, the 23-year-old and his passenger left the scene, abandoning the car on Sevenoaks Road, before returning home and reporting the car stolen. When interviewed by police Richards denied being the driver of the car at the time of the collision, insisting the…

When you’re searching for a new car, there’s a lot of factors you’ll want to consider. It is one of the biggest investments you’re going to make so you need to ensure you get it right. It’s important to think about buying a car as a future investment. After all, it’s going to be with you for at least the next three years. Here, you’ll discover a brief guide to buying a car as an investment for the future. Always research your options There are so many options when it comes to buying a car. Are you going to buy…

One of Wales’ leading medical supply company Hospital Innovations has been generously assisted by Sony to securely store thousands of safety gowns at its UK Technology Centre in Pencoed. Hospital Innovations recently secured a significant deal to supply 100,000 disposable medical gowns to one of the UK’s largest private hospital groups. To fulfil the contract, the Talbot Green-based distributor took an immediate shipment of 40,000 non-sterile, waterproof gowns from its European manufacturing facility, and liaised with Sony to safely store the excess gowns before they are distributed to recipients. https://twitter.com/HospInnovations/status/1257327160920084486 Hospital Innovations specialises in delivering innovative solutions to hospitals and…

The winners of Wales’s national St David Awards 2020 were announced last night by First Minister Mark Drakeford. This year’s awards were originally scheduled to be held in March but were postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. In a message to all the St David Awards recipients, the First Minister said he hoped the “everyday but extraordinary” winners will find comfort in their recognition. The award categories are: Bravery, Humanitarian, Community Spirit, Young Person, Innovation, Science and Technology, Business, Culture, Sport and the First Minister’s Special Award. This year’s special award winner is former international rugby player Gareth Thomas, who…

The Welsh Government Duty of Care campaign to encourage people to help tackle fly-tipping relaunches today. To remind householders in Wales that they must always use a registered waste carrier to remove unwanted household items and excess rubbish from their homes. With over 70% of fly-tipping incidents in Wales containing household rubbish, The campaign, in partnership with Fly Tipping Action Wales, calls on people to take responsibility for their excess rubbish, keep their local area clean and avoid fines and prosecution by using their duty of care to ensure they know where their waste is going and not put it…

An investment of £450,000 is being made from the Welsh Government’s North Wales metro funding to provide electric buses and charging infrastructure for two Flintshire routes, Transport and North Wales Minister Ken Skates has announced. The investment will fund two electric bus vehicles which will serve routes to Buckley and Treuddyn, as well as the charging infrastructure to maintain them. The routes are part of Flintshire’s aim to link rural routes to main hubs in the county. The vehicles will be housed at the council’s facility in Buckley which includes a solar farm allowing the buses to be charged using…

From this Saturday, the household waste recycling centre in Newport will be open for longer on weekends. Residents can now book a slot at the centre on weekends between 8am and 6pm, where previously opening hours were between 9.30am and 4pm. Since the centre reopened a few weeks ago, Newport residents have helped ensure the new processes in place for booking slots and visiting have worked well. This combined with an increase in staffing numbers has enabled Newport Council to extend the opening times on weekends, in order to deliver greater flexibility to residents looking to visit the site. To…

Caerphilly county borough council will make local town centres a safe space for shoppers as Wales prepares to get back to business over the coming weeks. The authority is also encouraging residents to ‘shop local’ by temporarily waiving charges at town centre Pay and Display car parks until the end of the year. “We anticipate that the First Minister is likely to signal the reopening of some shops and business premises and we want to make sure that our town centres are prepared to welcome back shoppers in a safer and more sustainable manner,” said Cllr Philippa Marsden, Leader of…

Caerphilly County Borough Council has received a number a number of reports of the same telephone trick – relating to the NHS “track and trace” strategy – being attempted. If you get a call that fits the following description, please hang up immediately.  The caller begins by saying they are from the NHS track and trace service, adding: “According to our system, you are likely to have been in close proximity to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. This means that you now need to self-isolate for seven days and take a COVID-19 test.” They are then told that…