Lucy Vladev

London

Journalist at BBC

BBC Journalist and science enthusiast. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇧🇬 Can be bribed with pizza.

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Articles

Llanelli special school to be built after Ysgol Heol Goffa U-turn

1 week ago | bbc.com | Lucy Vladev

Special school to be built after 'year of torment'BBCA replacement school was first proposed in 2017 at the former Draka copperworks siteProposals to build a new special needs school have been given the go ahead after a "year of torment". It comes after Carmarthenshire council said last year it was not possible to continue with the original plan in Llanelli due to construction costs.
Special school to be built after 'year of torment'

1 week ago | aol.com | Lucy Vladev

Proposals to build a new special needs school have been given the go ahead after a "year of torment". It comes after Carmarthenshire council said last year it was not possible to continue with the original plan in Llanelli due to construction costs. About 300 campaigners protested in September 2024 claiming the council broke a promise to fund a new building for Ysgol Heol Goffa.
Race Across the World couple say it 'opened their eyes'

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Lucy Vladev

'Being in Race across the World opened our eyes'BBCFin and Sioned returned home months ago but couldn't tell anyone where they had beenRace Across the World contestants Fin Gough and Sioned Cray have said taking part in the programme has inspired them to take on more challenges. The latest series of the BBC One show saw five pairs race a distance of about 8,700 miles (14,000km) between the Great Wall of China, north of Beijing, and Kanyakumari, the southernmost tip of India.
Police staff jailed for passing details to drug dealer boyfriend

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Lucy Vladev

Police staff jailed for passing details to boyfriendSouth Wales PoliceLucy Langmead worked as an administrator for the South Wales PoliceA former police administrator has been jailed for two years and 11 months for passing confidential information to her drug dealer boyfriend. Lucy Langmead, 44, of Tonteg, Rhondda Cynon Taf, was working for South Wales Police when she started accessing the police computer system to obtain information concerning family members and associates.
'I've spent 13 years on the social housing waiting list'

1 month ago | bbc.co.uk | Lucy Vladev

Image caption, Tom Weaver says he lives with uncertainty about his futureAn army veteran who has spent 13 years on a waiting list for social housing has said the uncertainty has had a "big impact" on his mental health. Tom Weaver from Bridgend currently lives in temporary accommodation run by homelessness charity The Wallich but has struggled to find a permanent home due to the adaptations required for him as a wheelchair user.
'I've spent 13 years on the social housing waiting list'

1 month ago | bbc.com | Lucy Vladev

'I've spent 13 years waiting for a permanent home'BBCTom Weaver says he lives with uncertainty about his futureAn army veteran who has spent 13 years on a waiting list for social housing has said the uncertainty has had a "big impact" on his mental health. Tom Weaver from Bridgend currently lives in temporary accommodation run by homelessness charity The Wallich but has struggled to find a permanent home due to the adaptations required for him as a wheelchair user.
Trial set in £5m fraud case

1 month ago | bbc.com | Lucy Vladev

Three in court on £5m elite college fraud chargesGoogleGCSE students pay more than £30,000 per year in fees at Cardiff Sixth Form CollegeThree people have appeared in court charged with fraud and other offences in connection with an alleged £5m theft at a leading sixth form in Wales. Nadeem Sarwar, 48, from Pentwyn, Cardiff, pleaded not guilty to nine fraud and theft offences totalling more than £5m while Yasmin Sarwar, from Cyncoed, Cardiff, pleaded not guilty to all nine charges against her.
Weather-proofing grants offered to tourism businesses in Wales

1 month ago | bbc.com | Lucy Vladev

Cash for tourist firms to shelter visitors from rainGetty ImagesWales has an essentially maritime climate characterised by cloudy, wet and windy weather, the Met Office saysTourist attractions in Wales could claim up to £20,000 of grant funding from the Welsh government to invest in "weather-proofing".
Paddleboard deaths: 'Potential for real danger' hearing told

2 months ago | bbc.co.uk | Lucy Vladev |Maria Cassidy

Image source, Family photoImage caption, Nicola Wheatley, Morgan Rogers, Paul O'Dwyer and Andrea Powell died in the incident in 2021A court has heard there was an "obvious potential for real danger" during the sentencing of a paddleboard tour company owner after the deaths of four people.
Water safety plea from mum after son's reservoir death

2 months ago | bbc.com | Jordan Davies |Lucy Vladev

Mum issues reservoir safety plea after son's deathJordan Davies & Lucy VladevFamily photoIt took three days to find Reuben's body in the reservoir, and that memory still lives with his motherThe mother of a 15-year-old boy who drowned in a reservoir has said the impact on the family has been "indescribable". Maxine Johnson's son Reuben died while swimming with friends in Pontsticill Reservoir in Bannau Brycheiniog in 2006.