“Are you driving? Do you want a drink?” I’m kicking myself for not accepting the kind offer of a beer from Wales’ oldest man.
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Sign up to Torfaen’s free ‘For Dads By Dads’ parenting programme
Are you a dad? Are you about to become a dad? Torfaen Council’s next For Dads, By Dads programme is open for registration.
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Croesyceiliog and Llanyrafon Community Council gives £35,000 of grants to local groups
Seventy groups, organisations, clubs and charities were given grants last week at Croesyceiliog and Llanyrafon Community Council’s awards evening.
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Trystan Hughes from Cwmbran releases first album
A Cwmbran singer/ songwriter has released his first album after getting back into music following a break in his teenage years.
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Cwmbran schools celebrate success in walking and wheeling campaign
Pupils at two Cwmbran schools have been congratulated for the increase in the number of them walking or wheeling to school.
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Welsh minister ‘concerned’ by proposed jury trial restrictions
Wales’ top lawyer has vowed to challenge Ministry of Justice proposals to limit appeal rights and scrap jury trials for crimes with a likely sentence of three years or less.
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Education budget uplift ‘much lower’ than £326m windfall, minister warns
Wales’ education secretary has defended her “constrained” spending plans, suggesting the Welsh Government has diverted about £280m away from education towards other priorities.
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Patients treated in store cupboards as corridor care ‘normalised’
Patients are being treated in store cupboards, break rooms and toilets as so-called corridor care becomes the norm in Welsh hospitals, the Senedd has heard.
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Private equity firms accused of ‘feeding frenzy’ taking over independent vets
Private equity firms have been accused of collaring the market in a corporate “feeding frenzy” that has seen local, independent vets gobbled up by global giants.
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‘Living in darkness’: Senedd shines light on Wales’ ‘invisible’ ME crisis
Thousands of people in Wales are “invisible” to society and living behind blackout blinds – unable to bear light, sound or touch – the Welsh Parliament has heard.