Politics. I both love it and hate it. Love it because on a good day you feel like you’ve achieved something; improved someone or a society’s lot; you can make a real difference to people’s lives; it’s a vehicle to improve things. There’s also the adrenalin rush during election campaigns, the camaraderie, and above all…
Some of you will have taken an interest in the recent row in Llangennech, near Llanelli, concerning the language status of Ysgol Llangennech. It’s been widely written about, but to get a real taste of the whole thing, visit Cneifiwr’s blog. Well, another, very similar row is brewing up here in north east Wales, which…
Today we heard that the High Court had decided against the workers of Dee Valley Water and allowed the sale of the company to Severn Trent Water to go ahead. The result is potentially a bitter blow to north east Wales. Dee Valley Water employs some 190 people, and contract work out to 80 local…
I’m not big into capitalism nor the procedures that have been designed to allow capitalism to work, so I’ve never witnessed nor experienced a shareholders General Meeting when they decide whether or not to sell or buy a company before. Well following today I can tick that off my bucket list! Dee Valley Water held…
Rwy wedi ysgrifennu ambell i waith erbyn hyn am y diffyg cyfryngau Cymreig a’r effaith y mae hyn yn ei gael ar wleidyddiaeth yng Nghymru. Sefydlwyd ymgyrch Newsnight Cymru i drio mynd i’r afael a rhan o’r broblem yma, oleuaf. Mae’r mater wedi cael sylw dipyn o weithiau erbyn hyn. Diwedd y flwyddyn ddiwethaf cyhoeddwyd…
Campaigners opposed to a new housing estate in Llangollen have reacted with dismay to the news that the development has been given the go ahead. Denbighshire County Council’s Planning Committee today approved the plans by Castlemead Homes to build 95 houses on Vicarage Hill, on the southern side of Llangollen town. Plaid Cymru’s Mabon ap…
The decision to close two day-care centres in Wrexham have been condemned by Plaid Cymru. Wrexham County Borough Council’s Executive Board today agreed that the Plas yn Rhos in Rhosllanerchrugog and Caia Day Care Centres would close. Various Executive Board members referred to the cuts from the Welsh Government as justification for the closures. However…
