Join Lee Anderson MP in Caerphilly – Help Llyr Powell Win!
We’re delighted to announce that Lee Anderson MP will be joining us on the campaign trail here in Caerphilly tomorrow, Sunday 28th September, and we want you to be part of it. Location: Gelligaer, Caerphilly, CF82 8EX Time: From 2:00pm This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact on the ground and show…
Four charged in connection with Rhydyfelin murder investigation.
Four men have been charged in connection with the death of 22-year-old Liam Woolford in Rhydyfelin on September 23. Jake Staples, aged 24, of Porth, has been charged with murder, attempted murder, wounding with intent, conspiracy to wound another, and possession of bladed article. Ethan Ross, aged 23, of Rhydyfelin, has been charged with attempted…
South Wales Police are continuing to investigate the murder of 22-year-old Liam Woolford from Porth.
Two men, a 30-year-old man from Rhydyfelin arrested on suspicion of murder and attempt murder, and a 22-year-old man from Tonteg arrested on suspicion of murder, remain in custody. Two men who were previously in hospital, a 23-year-old from Rhydyfelin and a 24-year-old from Porth, are now also in police custody having been arrested on…
Scanners for weapon-carrying children in “lawless” Welsh schools
Handheld scanners will be used to search children suspected of having a weapon in Cardiff schools under new guidance. The guidelines are the first of their kind in Wales. Reports of physical assaults on teachers and knife-related incidents are at their highest recorded levels. The Welsh Conservatives have heavily criticised Labour and Plaid Cymru Senedd…
Wales encouraged to learn CPR and become a nation of lifesavers with Restart a Heart Live 2025
Save a Life Cymru is calling on people across Wales to take part in Restart a Heart Live 2025, a free, online CPR training event on Wednesday 1 October, designed to empower the public with the confidence and skills to save a life if a cardiac emergency happens. The event will be live streamed on YouTube and…
World Rivers Day 2025: river restoration in action
River Cynon (Afon Cynon) restoration is an ongoing effort by the South East Wales Rivers Trust (SEWRT) focused on improving biodiversity in the post-industrial valley, using volunteer training, citizen science (SmartRivers), and community engagement through education and events. Key achievements include the return of otters, increased community involvement with over 1,000 primary school children engaged, and the training of…
New Surgicube unit at Ophthalmic Centre of Excellence
A new ‘Surgicube’ unit installed at Princess of Wales Hospital is cutting waiting times for eye surgeries by enabling procedures, such as cataract removal, to take place outside of a full operating theatre. The Surgicube is a special unit, at the Hospital’s Ophthalmic Centre of Excellence, is designed to create a very clean environment for performing…
Welsh Conservatives bring forward debate to fix our Welsh economy by creating more jobs and boosting growth
The latest Labour Market Overview, published by the Office for National Statistics, has shown that Wales’s unemployment rate and economic inactivity rate has increased, whist our employment rate has decreased. In fact, Wales has the lowest employment rate in the United Kingdom, and the highest economic inactivity rate in Great Britain. Under 26 years of…
Plaid, Labour & Lib Dems fail to vote for Welsh Conservative plans to reduce waiting lists and fix our NHS
A series of Freedom of Information requests by the Welsh Conservatives revealed that since the May 2021 Senedd election, where Labour formed yet another Welsh Government with the support of Plaid Cymru, 38,374 patients have died while waiting for NHS treatment. The Labour Health Minister, now First Minister, Eluned Morgan promised to eliminate two-year waits for treatment…
Have your say on the Llanharan Sustainable Transport Corridor
Council Boasts of Road Achievements – But Where’s the Real Progress? Council Leader Andrew Morgan has praised schemes like the Mountain Ash Cross Valley Link as successes in tackling traffic congestion. But residents know the reality: all it added was another set of traffic lights on the A4065, doing little to ease peak-time gridlock. Worse…