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1 day ago · During the 16 days the line is closed, Network Rail engineers will be completing a range of work, including track renewals between Dovey Junction, Machynlleth and Caersws; maintenance between Caersws and Shrewsbury; embankment strengthening near Talerddig; bridge renewal at Glantwymyn and clearning vegetation.

1 day ago · Progress on reaching a target of no more than five per cent of households in Wales living in fuel poverty by 2035 has been far too slow, a committee has warned. Jenny Rathbone, who chairs the Senedd’s equality committee, pointed to evidence that 45 per cent of households were living in fuel ...

2 days ago · Announcing its decision to remove courses from Lampeter, UWTSD said: “On 11 November 2024 it was proposed that, given the diminishing numbers of students studying full-time at the Lampeter campus, the university should relocate current and future Humanities teaching and learning to its Carmarthen campus from September 2025.

3 days ago · The Welsh Government has been taken to task over changes to the Cambrian Line timetable which has seen services cut, causing misery for commuters and local residents. Dwyfor Meirionnydd MS, Mabon ap Gwynfor, who has been campaigning against the downgrading of services on the Cambrian Coast Line ...

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Jan 31, 2025 · Responding to rumours that the building has been condemned, Gwynedd Council said: “Whilst the structural assessment of the Corbett Arms Hotel building is ongoing, the council’s Building Control Service has taken immediate action following concerns reported by the public that the condition of the building had deteriorated and that it may pose a danger to the public.

"I was originally told the new stock would be coming online towards the end of 2023; that was delayed until winter 2024, and I have now been told that, because of delays with the supply of the carriages to TfW, the new stock will not be available until the latter part of this year.

Jan Chaudhry van der Velde, chief operating officer for TfW, said: “The railways in Wales have a very good safety record, so when serious incidents like this happen, we at TfW, together with our partners at Network Rail, are determined to get to the bottom of what caused it.

Rent for thousands of council house tenants in Carmarthenshire is expected to rise by an average of 2.7%, or £2.85 per week. It is one of the lowest increases in the past 20 years and most people living in the council’s 9,400-odd homes would only pay 2.62% more, councillors were told. The ...