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A NURSING home in Pontypool was delighted to win a prize at a health and care award ceremony. Ty Ceirios nursing home won the award for the Care Home of the year, sponsored by the University of South Wales at the South Wales Health and Care Awards 2024 were held on Wednesday December 4, 2024. The awards … Read more
A PETITIONER has claimed clear opposition to plans for new housing, a hotel and care home on the “only clear green field” approaching Chepstow. The plans for 146 homes at fields at Mounton Road and which also include a potential 80 bed hotel with a care home with the same number of bedrooms are included … Read more
Extra money for Newport’s public services is “positive news” but the city council still faces “significant cost pressures”, its leader says. The Welsh Government will give councils an average funding increase of 4.3 per cent in the next financial year, according to provisional figures published this week. Newport’s estimated increase will be 5.6 per cent, the … Read more
RESIDENTS who live on a street where a large sinkhole opened up are being told they will likely be able to return to their homes next week. It has been almost two weeks since the large sinkhole opened up on a street in Nant Morlais, Merthyr Tydfil. Residents had to be evacuated and are now being … Read more
A couple who caused the death of their three-year-old son by following an “extreme” vegan diet and then buried his body in their garden have both been handed lengthy jail terms. Tai and Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah, aged 42 and 43, showed no obvious emotion in the dock as a judge said they had both “played a … Read more
A shopkeeper tracked down a woman who stole Jellycat toys from his garden center and gave the details to police. Charlie Groves said he handed over “clear” CCTV of the incident, which shows the shoplifter putting the items in a pram carrying her child, and the number plate of her vehicle. However, police have not … Read more
Concerns were raised about Sara Sharif’s care within a week of her birth in 2013, with her parents known to social services as early as 2010, it can now be reported. Details from previous family court proceedings can now be published after the guilty verdicts in the criminal trial over the 10-year-old’s death, according to … Read more
A “serious” crash on the M25 near Romford is causing severe delays with congestion leading to the Dartford Crossing. The M25 anti-clockwise between J29 and J28 near Brentwood has been closed since around 12pm today (December 12). Essex Police and National Highways are at the scene as the incident is being dealt with. AA Maps has reported … Read more
A campaign has been launched to save the world’s first YMCA club building, which is due to close after serving the London community for decades. The Central YMCA club in the heart of London on Great Russell Street is scheduled to shut in February 2025 following the recent sale of the site, reportedly linked to … Read more
An 18-year-old British man, who was sentenced to a year in prison in Dubai for having sex with a 17-year-old British girl, has urged the emirate’s ruler “to let me go home”. Marcus Fakana, from north London, had a holiday romance in September with a girl, now aged 18, also from London. But the girl’s … Read more