Equipment deployed to protect a stretch of Pembrokeshire shoreline from pollution will remain in place while the scale of last week’s oil spill is evaluated, the Welsh Government has announced.
On 3 January, an oil leak from a fuel pipe occurred at the Valero refinery. An estimated 7 to 10 cubic meters of heavy fuel was released into the Milford Haven waterway, threatening an environmentally-sensitive saltmarsh and seabed.Read more
Assembly member Joyce Watson has raised concerns about the number of intensive poultry units in Powys with First Minister Mark Drakeford.
In his first question and answer session as government leader (8 January), Mr Drakeford assured the Mid and West Wales Labour AM that a new working group, including Powys County Council, intends to publish special guidance on the issue for planning authorities by the end of 2019.Read more
More needs to be done to keep women like Hollie Kerrell, from Knighton, safe from domestic abuse, according to a Mid and West Wales AM.
Joyce Watson has called for an end to the “cycle of violence” after speaking about unrecorded crimes in the Dyfed-Powys Police force area, during a debate in the National Assembly.
Assembly member Joyce Watson has welcomed an increase in the amount of money people in residential care in Wales can keep.
At the last Assembly election (2016) Welsh Labour pledged to increase the capital limit from £24,000 to £50,000. From April 2019 the amount will increase from £40,000 to £50,000, fulfilling the manifesto commitment.Read more
