“We urgently need to unlock the true potential of this corner of Wales. Nick Ramsay, who has represented the constituency in the Senedd as a Conservative since 2007 and is standing as an Independent candidate after being deselected by the party, has also long supported the plan. I have repeatedly made the case for a Chepstow Bypass to ease congestion and pollution in the town, he said. “The reality is of course that at least two thirds of the new road would be across the border in Gloucestershire so we need to see the UK Government commit to this project wholeheartedly.”
Covid: All over-50s in Wales offered vaccine by target date
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image captionAll people in the top nine priority groups have been offered a vaccine, the Welsh government says
All over-50s and at-risk adults with underlying health conditions have been offered a Covid-19 vaccine in Wales, according to the Welsh government.
The government said it had hit its target after First Minister Mark Drakeford said everyone in the top nine priority groups would be offered a first jab by Sunday.
All four UK governments had promised to reach the milestone by mid-April.
The Welsh government said it had achieved its second milestone .
WALES has become the first nation in the UK to offer a first dose of the vaccine to all over-50s and adults with long term health conditions. The milestone, which means everyone in the top nine priority groups has now been offered a vaccine, has been hit 11 days earlier than originally targeted. The aim has been to offer first doses to everyone in these groups, across the UK, by mid-April, and this remains the target elsewhere. The Welsh Government confirmed it had hit the milestone today, and the news has been welcomed by parties across Wales. Plaid Cymru’s health spokesperson, Rhun ap Iorwerth MS said: “This milestone is a testament to the hard-work of our wonderful NHS staff and the army of volunteers who have gone beyond the call of duty to ensure Wales is able to reach this target.
Recent figures show more than 33,000 fly-tipping incidents were recorded in Wales last year, costing councils eye-watering sums to clean up. The costs were highest in Cardiff, where the council spent £309,000 of its budget on clearing illegal waste in 2019-20. Some 70 per cent of what was dumped in Wales last year was household waste, figures show. But there were nearly 200 examples of asbestos being dumped, as well as more than 1,000 fly-tipping incidents each of construction materials, white goods, and green (garden) waste.
Mattresses, bed frames and other household waste dumped illegally in western Newport. Picture: The National The figures also show fly-tipping prosecutions hit a 14-year low in Wales last year.