Richard Youle

2 weeks ago | cambrian-news.co.uk | Richard Youle

County Hall the home of Carmarthenshire County Council (Pic: Richard Youle)THE number of people aged 85 and over is forecast to rise by 41 per cent in the next decade in Carmarthenshire and social care spending would need go up by tens of millions of pounds, a report said. The growing number of elderly people came at a time, it said, when the county’s working age population was forecast to fall by just under two per cent.

2 weeks ago | herald.wales | Richard Youle

A LACK of play areas in Swansea’s SA1 – branded a “disgrace” by one councillor – is being addressed. Two new parks are to be created at the former docklands area off Langdon Road. Between them they’ll include a pump track for BMX and scooter riders, a basketball area, play equipment, green space, benches and seats, trees, hedgerows and wildflowers. Swansea Council said they’ll be built in the coming months and that some preparatory work had started.

3 weeks ago | tenby-today.co.uk | Richard Youle

Irresponsible dog owners have made shrubbery by a popular riverside walk resemble a ‘Christmas tree’ with poo bag decorations, a Carmarthenshire councillor has bemoaned. Unfortunately the decorations between Pontamman and Brynamman were dog poo bags tossed over the fence by the River Amman, said Cllr Colin Evans. He was speaking at a council scrutiny meeting about a proposed three-year extension of a public space protection order relating to dogs.

3 weeks ago | walesonline.co.uk | Richard Youle

A local council has said he doesn't understand the mentality of some dog walkersIrresponsible dog owners have made shrubbery by a popular riverside walk resemble a Christmas tree with decorations, a Carmarthenshire councillor said. The decorations between Pontamman and Brynamman were dog poo bags tossed over the fence by the River Amman, councillr Colin Evans told a meeting of colleagues.

3 weeks ago | walesonline.co.uk | Richard Youle

A councillor claimed money had been set aside for new parks years ago, but nothing had happened. Now it seems things are finally movingA lack of play areas in Swansea's SA1 - described as a "disgrace" by one councillor - is being addressed. Two new parks are to be created at the former docklands area off Langdon Road. Between them they'll include a pump track for BMX and scooter riders, a basketball area, play equipment, green space, benches and seats, trees, hedgerows and wildflowers.