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  • 1 day ago | herald.wales | Nicholas Thomas |Twm Owen

    COUNCILS could face a hefty bill to move social care data to a new case management system in 2026. The existing system, WCCIS (Welsh Community Care Information System), has been in use since 2018 but will become defunct next January. It holds essential data and information on people who have contact with social services and, in some cases, health services.

  • 5 days ago | southwalesargus.co.uk | Twm Owen

    3 1/3 A SCHOOL’S success on the football field has been praised as helping to encourage boys to attend school. Cwmbran High School’s year nine football team are due to play in the Welsh Cup final this Saturday, May 10 when they will take on northern rivals Flint High School at Park Hall, in Oswestry, the home ground of Cymru Premier league champions TNS.

  • 5 days ago | southwalesargus.co.uk | Twm Owen

    Andrew Powles, director of education for Torfaen Borough Council, said an increase in children being educated at home is placing a strain on its education welfare service. But he also claimed parents are opting for home education to avoid prosecution, that he referred to as a “formal process”, for failing to ensure their children attend school.

  • 6 days ago | southwalesargus.co.uk | Twm Owen

    Gary Bulmer, the owner of the Castell Y Bwch Inn applied in February 2023 for planning permission to build two blocks, of eight and five bedrooms, in the grounds of the pub that is on a lane in Henllys, leading from Cwmbran to Risca and Bettws, in Newport.

  • 6 days ago | herald.wales | Twm Owen

    A HOMEOWNER extended their garden along a riverbank and replaced a gate providing access to flood defences with a wall. Alex Dawson appealed after being refused retrospective planning permission for the work and claimed a violation of his human rights when he was served with an enforcement notice. That required the removal of the wall and for him to lower the level of the built up ground and return it to its  original condition and no longer use the area as part of the garden.

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