Huw and colleagues joined WWF Cymru representatives at the Senedd to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of WWF-Cymru Earth Hour. The event also included a special ‘Message in a Bottle’ campaign, demonstrating the strength of feeling across Wales for climate change action. Earth Hour takes place at 8:30pm on Saturday 25 March, and will see[…]
At a recent groundbreaking ceremony in Ynysawdre, works began to build two new Extra Care Schemes in Ynysawdre and Maesteg that will provide state of the art units for elderly and vulnerable people living in the Bridgend County Borough. A joint development, via Bridgend County Borough Council, Welsh Government and Linc-Cymru, hoping to[…]
The Paul Popham Fund Renal Support Wales – a charity set up in memory of Paul Popham who lived over half his life with kidney disease – aims to support Kidney Patients in leading a better quality of life. The Charity offers a Befriending Service to help give advice and support to Kidney Patients that[…]
Dedicated staff at the Spar and Post Office Llanharry have worked hard raising funds to acquire two defibrillators for the village of Llanharry. Ogmore representatives Irranca-Davies AM and Chris Elmore MP visited the store with the local Councillor Barry Stephens to meet with the staff and praise their efforts. Huw commented: “It’s great to see Llanharry[…]
It was a surprise meeting of three Maestegians in Milford Haven this week when Huw Irranca-Davies visited a fisheries enforcement vessel in Milford Haven harbour as part of a Welsh Assembly committee enquiry. His committee were investigating marine and fisheries issues off West Wales, and as part of the enquiry were meeting the Welsh Government’s[…]
Over the last five years there have been 2000 reported road incidents in the UK involving horses. Most – over 1500 – involved vehicles passing the horse too closely; over 180 resulted in the death of a horse, and 36 caused the death of the rider. Huw recently met with the British Horse Society, South Wales[…]
The Superfast Business Wales Service, backed by the Welsh Government and European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) provides Welsh SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises) with comprehensive free, ICT advice and guidance and has helped over 1000 businesses in its first year. To date, 1081 businesses have received a telephone consultation with an online business advisor,[…]
CLICK ON PICTURE TO PLAY VIDEO Both Chris Elmore MP and I are seeking an urgent meeting with Fords UK management and unions to discuss the future of Fords Bridgend, and to seek assurances on the long-term commitment and investment plans of Ford UK. I raised an Urgent Question in the Senedd on the matter[…]
A Cross Party letter signed by 43 Assembly Members urges the UK Prime Minister to help make Wales and the UK a ‘global leader’ in renewable energy by backing plans for a £1.3 billion tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay. Assembly Members united to strongly support the recommendations of the Hendry Review (Charles Hendry, former UK[…]
Fel rhan o fenter ‘Ysgol Aeaf’ Prifysgol Caerdydd, fe wnaeth disgyblion Coleg Cymunedol y Dderwen gyfarfod aelodau o’r Cynulliad Cenedlaethol ac academyddion Prifysgol Caerdydd er mwyn cael cipolwg ar fyd gwleidyddiaeth a’r broses ddeddfu yma yng Nghymru. Nod yr ymweliad, a drefnwyd fel rhan o ‘Ysgol Aeaf’ breswyl am dridiau i ddisgyblion 14 ac 15[…]