Summer packed with activities across Caerphilly
Families are being encouraged to make the most of the summer holidays with an exciting programme of activities taking place across Caerphilly County Borough, delivered by the Sport and Leisure Service. Whether it’s making a splash in the pool, learning a new sport, taking on an outdoor adventure or enjoying free play in the local…
Urgent action required after damning mental health inspection
The Welsh Conservatives have called on the Welsh Government to take urgent action after a Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) inspection identified serious patient safety concerns in mental health services at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital. The inspection uncovered unresolved safety risks, infection control concerns, maintenance backlogs and poor staff training compliance. HIW said many of these…
Site works in Treorchy and Pentre to inform flood alleviation investment
Residents in Treorchy and Pentre may notice ground investigations starting in their communities next week, as the latest work to inform significant, future flood alleviation investments is progressed. The Council continues to develop multi-million pound projects to alleviate flood risk for residents and businesses across the two areas, which have been impacted by flooding in…
Audit watchdog calls for greater clarity on funding of Welsh councils
The Auditor General for Wales, Adrian Crompton, has called on the Welsh Government to make sure its approach to funding councils is timely, based on accurate information and gives councils “more clarity” over the funding they are likely to get in the future. The Funding Councils report looked at how the Welsh Government funds the 22 principal…
Intervention into South Wales Fire and Rescue Service to continue, says Welsh Government
The Welsh Government’s intervention into South Wales Fire and Rescue Service is to continue until after next year’s local elections, after commissioners concluded that, although progress has been made, their task is not finished. The Welsh Government intervened in the service in February 2024, following a highly critical report by 39 Essex Chambers barrister Fenella Morris…
Heatwaves start to take toll on the environment
After a series of record-breaking heatwaves and extended periods of hot and dry weather this spring/summer, the environment is starting to show signs of strain, according to Natural Resources Wales (NRW). NRW has confirmed today (16 July 2026) that the worst affected areas – in north and south east Wales – will move from ‘normal’…
Women in her 80’s defrauded out of £20,000
Cleonest Massera defrauded a woman in her 80s out of £20k by pretending to be a police officer. He is now in jail following an investigation by South Wales Police. Massera, 21, from Pentwyn, Cardiff, contacted the women in November 2025 claiming she had been a victim of a scam, He offered to look after…
Welsh Conservatives criticise plans for a shadow broadcasting authority
Commenting on the Welsh Government’s plan to establish a Shadow Broadcasting and Communications Authority for Wales, Paul Davies MS, Shadow Minister for the Welsh Language, Culture, Tourism and Sport, said: “The Welsh Government is wasting time and taxpayers’ money on setting up a shadow authority in an area that isn’t even devolved, while the issues people…
Gwent arrests demonstrate need for grooming gangs inquiry
Commenting on the statement from Gwent Police that eight British nationals have been charged with more than 30 offences as part of an investigation into group-based child sexual exploitation, Darren Millar MS, Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, said: “These are horrific allegations representing an unforgivable betrayal of children who should have been protected by the care…
Dry Weather Dŵr Cymru Hosepipe Ban
It is likely that a ‘hosepipe ban’ will be introduced this weekend (18th/19th July) across Mid and South Ceredigion, together with parts of North Pembrokeshire and North Carmarthenshire, unless exceptionally high water demand reduces. The period of prolonged hot, dry weather has driven demand for drinking water to unprecedented levels, with around one billion litres of…