Gemma Baker and Layton Jones, who run Salvaged Creations Wales, I-Make, CIC, organised the collection at ASDA, Blackwood.
Football club at heart of community asks local primary school to design changing room mural
Trethomas Bluebirds Football Club asked pupils from Tyn y Wern Primary School to design a mural to be painted onto its clubhouse.
Calls for ‘full and frank debate’ on changing council election voting system
Blackwood councillor Kevin Etheridge has proposed abolishing the traditional voting system for local government elections.
Wales’s Pisa school test results have declined – but it’s not a true reflection of an education system
Alma Harris, who is a professor of leadership in education at Cardiff Metropolitan University, discusses Wales’ latest Pisa results.
Finance minister scrutinised over draft budget
Finance minister Rebecca Evans appeared before the Senedd’s finance committee to give evidence on Welsh ministers’ 2024/25 spending plans.
Warning sounded over underage vaping after several children become unwell
The director for public health in Gwent has written to schools after several children became “unwell and collapsed” after vaping.
‘Disappointing’ local government settlement is one of lowest rises in Wales
Caerphilly will receive one of the lowest increases in council funding from the Welsh Government next year.
Senior Welsh doctors to vote next month on strike action in pay dispute
Senior doctors in Wales will hold a vote on strike action next month in a dispute over pay.
Defending cup champions Trethomas Bluebirds draw league opponents in round six
Trethomas Bluebirds have been handed a home tie in the FAW Amateur Trophy sixth round.
New initiative to tackle illegal off-roading
The project funds two police officers, a Land Rover, a quad bike and a drone to help stop illegal off-roading.