Today is Holocaust Memorial Day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the infamous former Nazi concentration and death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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Education Maintenance Allowance: More students in Wales able to get £40 a week
More students at colleges and sixth forms in Wales can apply for the Education Maintenance Allowance when the household income threshold is raised later this year.
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Estyn inspectors praise ‘outstanding provision for pupil and family well-being’ at Cwmbran schools
Estyn inspectors have commended the high standards at Blenheim Road Community and Coed Eva primary schools in Cwmbran.
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Caerphilly may not remain part of Gwent’s Education Achievement Service
THERE is uncertainty over whether one Gwent council will remain a member of partnership to support schools across the region.
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Cwmbran’s new Lidl store to open next week
Lidl’s Cwmbran store on Woodside Road will close on Wednesday 5 February and reopen in its new larger location on St David’s Road the next day (Thursday 6 February).
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Paddleboarder’s 35-mile litter pick on the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
A woman is about to complete a 35-mile paddleboard trip along the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal where she has been picking up litter and raising money for a charity that campaigns for cleaner water.
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Senedd debates ‘deeply worrying’ Natural Resources Wales cuts
Senedd members reiterated calls to protect three popular visitor centres, warning of “deeply worrying” cuts at Natural Resources Wales.
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Ministers urged to ‘get a grip’ on teaching workforce crisis
Senedd members accused the Welsh Government of failing to get to grips with a recruitment and retention crisis in the teaching profession.
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Cwmbran High School rugby officer starts new job with ACT Brumbies
The rugby development officer for Cwmbran High School has a new job with top Australian team, the ACT Brumbies.
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‘Urgent need’ for more speech and language therapists
Senedd members warned Wales has fewer speech and language therapists per head of population than any other part of the UK.