Emily Price

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News 09 Jun 2025 Emily Price The UK Government has rearranged the only in-person consultation in Wales on proposed cuts to disability benefits after the first event was called off at short notice. Last week, the Mercure Cardiff North Hotel cancelled an event arranged by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to hear the voices and views of Welsh people on its new Green Paper.

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News 09 Jun 2025 The owner of a neglected dog found collapsed with 70 per cent fur loss and inflamed skin has been disqualified from keeping animals for life. Chris Lee Bufton of Fernhill, Mountain Ash, appeared at Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 4 June. He pleaded guilty to two offences under the Animal Welfare Act that concerned his eight-year-old Dachshund cross bull breed dog, Shiloh.

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News 09 Jun 2025 More than 100 platform shelters in south east Wales have either been replaced or refurbished as part of a £2 million, 18-month long Transport for Wales station project. The work, which has predominantly covered the Core Valley Lines, was described as a “targeted improvement for customers”. Several different designs of shelter have been installed including barrel roof, green roof and Voyager.

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News 09 Jun 2025 Some nine million pensioners in England and Wales will receive the winter fuel payment this winter, the Chancellor has announced. The payment, worth up to £300, will be restored to the vast majority of pensioners who previously received it because anyone with an income of under £35,000 a year will now get the payment automatically. Those with an income above this threshold will also receive the payment, but it will then be reclaimed from them in tax.

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News 09 Jun 2025 Cardiff is gearing up for one of its biggest live music summers to date and the city’s castle is set to be at the heart of it. With no less than 19 headline shows taking place in the grounds of the historic venue final preparations are now well under way for TK Maxx presents Depot Live at Cardiff Castle which kicks off this Thursday (June 12) with rock pioneers Snow Patrol followed by music icons Elbow on Friday (June 13).