Author: Rhys Gregory

The Welsh Government has announced a further £11.2 million in funding to support local authorities and help them recover from the devastating storms that struck communities across Wales in recent years. £10.2 million will be allocated in 2026-27 to Carmarthenshire and Monmouthshire councils to support their recovery from flooding in November 2025. Additional funding of almost £1 million will be provided this financial year to Merthyr Tydfil Council to meet the ongoing costs of remediating the sinkhole caused by Storm Bert. The announcement builds on the £2.5 million already made available to affected communities in Monmouthshire following Storm Claudia in November 2025. Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government,…

Wales is lining up for a summer of footballing history, as its new national football museum offered a first glimpse inside this week. Wales’ new national football museum has moved a significant step closer to opening its doors this week with a never-before-seen, behind-the-scenes preview of its nearly completed galleries and exhibits. The Football Museum of Wales, which is due to open to the public in summer 2026, represents a landmark cultural investment. The new museum sits just half a mile from the Cae Ras, home of Wrexham AFC and the Wynnstay Arms Hotel where the Football Association of Wales…

Procurement arrangements to deliver major fire safety and energy efficiency improvement works at two more of the council’s high rise blocks of flats will be considered this week. Beech House and Sycamore House, on the Hollybush Estate in Whitchurch, are the next buildings in the council’s programme of recladding and improvement works, which aims to improve fire safety and bring homes up to current Welsh Housing Quality Standard (WHQS) requirements. Cladding was removed from five council high rise blocks in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. While the retro fitted external cladding on the council’s buildings was not the…

The National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth will benefit from part of the €5 million funding for 12 projects announced under the UK-Ireland Cultural Co-Operation Programme. The approved projects, which will take place between 2026 and 2030, include a first of its kind collaborative exhibition and events programme between the four national libraries – National Library of Wales, National Library of Ireland, National Library of Scotland and the British Library. The “Across these islands – shared histories and shared futures” project, which will involve other partners and communities, will receive €750,000. The project will explore two themes of engagement with…

The Radyr and Morganstown Association (RMA) has celebrated a major fundraising milestone having collected £6,000 in support of St John Ambulance Cymru, the first aid charity for Wales. The total was presented to volunteers from the Radyr Division of St John Ambulance Cymru following a year of community events, marking a successful continuation of the partnership first announced when the association named the charity as its official cause for 2025. Throughout the year, residents came together at popular local events, including the Radyr and Morganstown Festival and community celebrations, helping to raise funds that will directly support lifesaving services across…

Rhondda Cynon Taf Council has confirmed that cheaper bus travel will return for the Easter holidays, with single journeys capped at £1.50 for two weeks. The subsidised fares will run from Saturday, March 28, to Sunday, April 12, 2026, and will apply across all bus operators for journeys that start and end within the Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough boundary. The initiative marks the ninth time since summer 2023 that the council has introduced reduced bus fares, using funding from the UK Government’s Shared Prosperity Fund to support the scheme. The council says the offer is aimed at helping residents…

A 142-acre livestock farm situated in the picturesque Wye Valley in Mid Wales is up for sale by informal tender with a guide price of £950,000. Dernol Farm, Llangurig, near Llanidloes is being sold by agents Halls for brothers Glyn and Gerald Price who are retiring from active farming. The family is retaining residential dwellings and the main farmyard and will continue to occupy these. On offer are 74.18 acres of lowland pastureland, 67.88 acres productive hill grazing land, two modern livestock and fodder storage buildings and a concrete yard. The farm has been run as a sheep enterprise for…

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