Residents in Newport are calling for the council to do more to remove shopping trolleys dumped in the city’s canals and rivers. Councillors are warning the trolleys pose a flood risk – but there’s disagreement over who’s responsible for clearing them.
Research has found that almost a third of us never wear sun cream when we’re in Wales over the summer. Skin cancer is now the fifth most common cancer here – and experts are warning we’re putting ourselves at “serious risk”.
In just under 50 days, voters will head to the polls in a monumental election in Wales. CJS News spoke to 16 and 17-year-olds about how they feel ahead of voting for the first time.
Parents in Newport have told CJS News they are getting increasingly worried for their children's safety after repeated fires involving fly-tipped rubbish near a primary school. General waste, as well as larger items including a lawnmower and a mattress, have been dumped and burnt near Tredegar Park Primary in Duffryn.
More than fifty protesters gathered outside Cardiff County Hall this morning, calling for an end to the investment of billions in council pension funds in companies linked to Israel. The demonstration took place as the Wales Pension Partnership, which manages the funds, met inside to discuss its investment policy.
Residents in Ogmore-by-Sea are scared of using the water after analysis by a local campaign group found that parts of the river may contain E. coli levels more than 100 times higher than the safe limit.
“It’s a nightmare” – people living in the west of Cardiff will be left with almost no banks nearby, after Lloyds announced the closure of seven of its branches across South Wales. Residents in Canton could have to walk more than 40 minutes for face-to-face service.
There is a warning more needs to be done to address falling levels of literacy in Wales as the country became the latest nation to sign up to a reading campaign. It comes after figures show reading levels among pupils in Wales are the lowest in the UK.
A driver in Penarth doesn’t know when he’ll be able to use his truck again after it was hit by a landslide twice in five days. This is the fourth landslip in the area in just over a month.