3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (363+ words) SAM ROWLANDS MS pleased to support another round of community funding from the Principality Building Society funds Sam Rowlands, Member of the Welsh Parliament for Fflint Wrecsam, has welcomed the launch of further grants for community projects in Wrexham and…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (307+ words) SENIOR officers in Caerphilly have not had any new talks about closing Cefn Fforest Leisure Centre, the council’s chief executive has confirmed. The centre was saved from the axe last year following community opposition to the council’s closure plans, with…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (355+ words) POWYS COUNTY COUNCIL’S first Pothole Pro machine has arrived in the county, marking an important milestone in the council’s wider investment in highway maintenance. The specialist machine forms part of the council’s £2.5 million investment in highways maintenance and will help…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (353+ words) LONG-term plans to build more than 190 new homes on a well-known brownfield site in Maesteg have been given the go-ahead. The £41.8m redevelopment project at Ewenny Road, Maesteg, has been approved in order to bring 192 homes in what developers describe as…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (187+ words) AUDIT WALES finds progress since the Welsh Government’s intervention, but questions remain about how it will fund further improvements and measure their impact. The Authority has developed a wide-ranging improvement programme and made progress in delivering it. However, it has…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1074+ words) SWANSEA AIRPORT’S operator has confirmed that its Civil Aviation Authority licence has been suspended for a month after an unannounced inspection identified shortcomings, mainly involving the airport’s rescue and firefighting service. Swansea Airport Stakeholders’ Alliance (SASA) chairman Bob Oliver MBE…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (759+ words) SOUTH WALES FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE has made significant progress since ministers intervened following revelations of misogyny, harassment and management failures — but it has still not established how it will pay for a transformation programme costing up to £19.4 million. Audit…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (610+ words) AN ABANDONED Victorian South Wales valleys police station complete with impregnable cells could be a steal when it goes up for sale at auction. The impressive two storey police building, inextricably linked to nineteenth century miners’ riots, could now be…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (360+ words) NEW images have emerged of Cardiff Council’s new headquarters in Atlantic Wharf, but not everyone is happy with it. The council’s current headquarters, also in Atlantic Wharf, has been previously described as a high-risk liability for several years due to…...