Author: Rhys Gregory

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In today’s business world, companies are increasingly relying on efficient systems to manage their digital assets. Whether you’re dealing with images, videos, or documents, digital content plays a crucial role in maintaining an effective business operation. Digital Asset Management (DAM) systems are designed to help businesses streamline the organisation, storage, and sharing of digital content, ensuring assets are easy to find and safely protected. Want to optimise your digital asset management? Continue reading to explore how a DAM system can transform your workflow today! What is Digital Asset Management? Digital Asset Management (DAM) refers to software that helps businesses store,…

The family of a 47-year-old woman who sadly died following a collision in Wrexham, have paid tribute to her. Lydia La Polla, from Wrexham, died in hospital on Wednesday, 26 March, following the incident in Hightown shortly after 9.30pm on Monday, 24 March. The collision happened between Belgrave Road and Percey Road, as a silver Mercedes car made off from police and collided with a Toyota car that Lydia was travelling in. Her family say she had a “true heart of gold” and was “devoted to her family”. They wrote: “We are truly devastated and heartbroken following the death of…

Pembrokeshire County Council has signed a lease with a local aviation company for the operation of Haverfordwest Airport, securing the future of the important facility. Haverfordwest Airport provides emergency services with an operating base locally, promotes economic opportunities for the area and allows commercial and private operators to fly in and out of the County. Pembrokeshire County Council has operated the airport since the 1950s. However, in the current financial climate the continued cost of operating the Airport could not be justified by the Council and alternative arrangements were sought. Last year Cabinet backed a recommendation to lease the airport…

The Council Leader and Cabinet Member for Health and Social Care have visited the construction site in Porth, where work to provide our new extra care housing development continues. They saw for themselves the good progress being made to deliver the state-of-the-art development with Linc Cymru (Linc). Last year, project contractor Intelle Construction started its activity at the former Dan y Mynydd Care Home site, to bring the area back into use with a first-class development made up of 60 extra care apartments in a four-storey building. Other amenities in the modern building will include a dining area, hair salon,…

Work has started this week on improving the pedestrian crossing by the entrance to Newport railway station on Queensway. The crossing point is being upgraded and widened to meet active travel standards. The central islands will be removed, a new cycle crossing point will be installed, and there will also be improvements made to the drainage around the crossing. Removal of the central islands will make the crossing point safer to use, with crossers no longer having to navigate three separate bits of the road, or wait at either of the islands. The upgrades are part of our work on…

Recycle Right is an innovate digital tool that provides residents with easy access to accurate, real-time guidance on how and what to recycle. Designed to operate like Google search, the new digital tool allows users to enter an item or material and in return, you receive clear instructions on how to dispose of it within the borough. Recycle Right provides tailored, step-by-step guidance on the best disposal options available, ensuring that materials are either repaired, reused, recycled or disposed of in the most sustainable way possible. The new digital tool is part of the Council’s Waste and Recycling Strategy to…

Work to strengthen education services and improve outcomes for the county’s learners is being led by an internal Accelerated Improvement Board, it has been announced. The Accelerated Improvement Board has been established by Chief Executive Emma Palmer, following consultation with the council’s Leader and Deputy Leader. The priorities for the new board, which will drive and accelerate council-led improvement in education in Powys, include: Support the development of strong and purposeful leadership and performance management of education improvement including a whole council approach to excellent education in Powys Provide robust review and input into the direction of educational improvements Problem-solve…

A new deal between the NHS and the public is at the heart of a plan to continue to drive down the longest waiting times this year. Health Secretary Jeremy Miles is set to unveil the ambitious strategy to reduce the waiting list by 200,000, eliminate two-year waiting times for planned treatment and restore a maximum eight-week wait for tests by March 2026. He will also set out a new “patient deal” to help people track their place on the waiting list and to crack down on the 700,000 outpatient appointments which are missed or cancelled every year. It is…

The Welsh-medium capacity building grant gives secondary schools the opportunity to find innovative ways to tackle short-term staffing problems, increasing numbers of Welsh-speaking teachers and teaching assistants. Open this week for applications, schools can apply for the grant, for use from September 2025, with £900,000 available for the next academic year. Ysgol Rhydywaun in Aberdare received the grant in 2024 to train teachers already teaching at the school, to teach subjects outside of their usual specialism. This enabled the school to teach two extra A Level subjects, Psychology and Criminology, meaning students were able to continue their studies in Welsh…