A HOUSING association could have avoided months of uncertainty by considering transferring ownership of a care home earlier, a top councilllor has said.
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Torfaen’s education service removed from special measures
IMPROVEMENTS by Torfaen council in supporting schools could be highlighted as examples of best practice nearly three years after it was found to be failing.
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Police target shoplifters in Cwmbran
Police in Torfaen are warning shoplifters about a campaign they’re running in Cwmbran town centre.
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Opencast mine restoration work ‘woefully short of promises’
Opencast mine developers have repeatedly “cut and run”, breaking promises on restoration and costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of pounds, a Senedd committee warned.
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Plan to ban lying politicians from Senedd ‘wholly unrealistic’
A proposal to disqualify dishonest politicians from the Senedd is wholly unrealistic and could see the courts inundated with complaints, barristers warned.
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Viewpoint: The new Lidl store, traffic and the Morrisons roundabout
I love local democracy, politics, all those things. The social media comments in response to the new Lidl being built in our town have been prettry scathing with fears over the impact on traffic at the Morrisons roundabout.
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Welsh ministers to introduce fire safety bill eight years after Grenfell
Wales’ housing secretary confirmed plans to bring forward a building safety bill in 2025, eight years after 72 people died in the Grenfell Tower tragedy in London.
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Disabled children ‘denied rights to education’
Disabled children and young people in Wales are being fundamentally let down and denied their right to education, Senedd members warned.
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Award-winning female entrepreneurs sharing business stories
Two successful businesswomen, Debbie Gliniany and Vicki Spencer-Francis, shared their experiences at the Women in Business event held last Thursday at the Parkway Hotel in Cwmbran.
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‘Dysfunctional’ community councils ‘signing blank cheques’
View Post Financial management at some town and community councils is dysfunctional, with members signing blank cheques and accounts five years overdue, auditors warned.