The recently-re-elected First Minister for Wales, Mark Drakeford, will today confirm that the country will move into Alert Level Two as of Monday 17th May, as coronavirus rates stay low and vaccination rates remain the best in the UK. It was also announced earlier this week that, from the same date, indoor hospitality businesses and […]
Climate change, new green jobs and recovery from the pandemic will be at the heart of the new Welsh Labour Government, as First Minister Mark Drakeford reveals his new Cabinet team. Vale of Glamorgan MS Jane Hutt will take up the role of Minster for Social Justice, whilst former Health Minister Vaughan Gething. In a […]
Alun Cairns MP for the Vale of Glamorgan has written to First Minister Mark Drakeford stating that he is “disappointed and frustrated” that none of the recently-announced events open to spectators will be taking place in the Vale of Glamorgan. The MP joins a growing number of people frustrated by the choice of events that […]
The demolition of the old Whitmore High School building has begun, it has been revealed by Morgan Sindall, the construction group in charge of the project. Students moved across to their brand new, state-of-the-art £30.5 million school building last Thursday and now work can begin to raze their former home to the ground. In a […]
A new MS for South Wales Central said she wants an independent enquiry into the 2020 floods in Pontypridd, Sully and Dinas Powys. Plaid Cymru MS Heledd Fychan told Bro Radio she would like to see the Welsh Government “look at what went wrong and why” in order to “better protect homes and businesses in the future”.
Hundreds of petitioners are calling for a new health centre to be built in Llantwit Major in the Vale of Glamorgan. More than 800 local people are urging the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (UHB) to build a health centre on Eagleswell Road, where a former primary school closed in 2015. The disused plot […]
Mark Drakeford has been re-appointed as the First Minister during the first session of the new term of the Senedd. As he is the only nomination, the re-elected Llywydd Elin Jones will recommend to Her Majesty that he be appointed as First Minister. The first minister says Labour will govern by seeking consensus, taking account […]
A number of trees, which were recently planted as part of a scheme to reduce the amount of concrete around the Court Road and Gladstone Road area in Barry have been damaged by vandals. The trees have been planted by contractors over the last month, following the Welsh Government awarding the Vale of Glamorgan Council […]
Interior Designer and television personality Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen has joined forces with Connect to Purpose, a charity providing retreats for disadvantaged families, to restore one of Wales’ oldest homes. One of the finest and most complete early gentry houses in the Vale of Glamorgan, Plas Llanmihangel is currently on the market for £1.3 million. Rather than see […]
In the news that Hockey fans have been waiting for – as Cardiff Devils and the Elite Ice Hockey League has announced key dates for the 2021-2022 season and a return of a full, top flight hockey season in the UK. The 2019 Playoff Champions, Cardiff Devils are expected to start their league games on […]
