Tomos Evans

2 weeks ago | news.sky.com | Tomos Evans

Businesses in Wales will be able to claim grant funding to protect tourists from the rain. The Welsh government has introduced the funding after poor weather was the main reason given for why fewer people holidayed in Wales last summer. The £1m fund will mean eligible businesses can apply for grants of between £5,000 and £20,000 to introduce "weather-proofing measures".

2 weeks ago | news.sky.com | Tomos Evans

People in Wales who need support with their mental health will have access to same-day services as part of a new plan by the Welsh government. Its 10-year mental health and wellbeing strategy, launched on Wednesday, is centred around early intervention and prevention. The Welsh government said that the shift to receiving same-day support without the need for a referral had already begun. The Wales-wide NHS 111 service allows patients to press 2 for urgent mental health care.

2 weeks ago | news.sky.com | Tomos Evans

The frontman of Welsh band The Alarm, Mike Peters, has died aged 66. He had been undergoing treatment for fast-growing lymphoma at the Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester. A spokesperson for Love Hope Strength, the cancer charity he set up with his wife, announced his death on Tuesday. Peters was first diagnosed with the blood cancer chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) more than 30 years ago, when he was 36 years old. Image: Mike Peters.

3 weeks ago | sunshineradio.co.uk | Tomos Evans

Nerys Bethan Lloyd - a former police officer - pleaded guilty last month to four counts of gross negligence manslaughter and one offence under the Health and Safety at Work Act. Paul O'Dwyer, 42, Andrea Powell, 41, Morgan Rogers, 24, and Nicola Wheatley, 40, died after they got into difficulty in the River Cleddau, Pembrokeshire, on 30 October 2021.

3 weeks ago | news.sky.com | Tomos Evans

The families of four people who died during a stand-up paddleboard tour have paid tribute to their loved ones at the sentencing hearing of a woman convicted over their deaths. Andrea Powell, 41, Morgan Rogers, 24, and Nicola Wheatley, 40, died after their paddleboards went over a weir in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, on 30 October 2021. Paul O'Dwyer, 42, one of the tour's instructors, also died after he re-entered the water in an attempt to rescue the others.