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AMs issue “Get Involved in Enterprise Week” call |
Local businesses, schools and voluntary organisations across Bridgend are being urged to take part in next week’s Enterprise week, which aims to encourage and celebrate all aspects of enterprise i...
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Bridgend AM concerned at latest news from Ford plant |
Bridgend Labour Assembly Member Carwyn Jones has today expressed his concern at the announcement that 800 workers working at the Ford plant are going to be laid off or put on short time. He sai...
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Bridgend AM welcomes massive Ford investment |
Bridgend Labour AM Carwyn Jones has today welcomed the announcement of a £70 million investment at the town’s Ford plant. The investment, which included £13.4 million from the Welsh Assembly Gover...
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Carwyn welcomes Canadian guests to Senedd |
Carwyn Jones, Assembly Member for Bridgend, has extended the hand of international friendship to two Canadian visitors who had been given tickets won in a charity raffle for a special tour and lunch...
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Bridgend AM welcomes Wildmill Over-50s Group |
Bridgend Assembly Member Carwyn Jones has welcomed Wildmill over-50s group for a visit to the Assembly. The group were invited to visit the heart of Welsh democracy by Mr Jones who is supportiv...
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AM praises local “Supermum of the Year” |
Bridgend AM Carwyn Jones has visited Cefn Cribbwr Supermum award winner Elaine Davies and presented her with a bouquet of flowers. Mr Jones made the surprise visit to congratulate Elaine in ...
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Local AMs welcome tough new action on hospital cleanliness |
Local Labour AMs Carwyn Jones and Janice Gregory today hailed a raft of tough new measures to improve hospital cleanliness, improve conditions for patients and give nurses greater power on hospit...
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Bridgend AM visits Bridgend Fibromyalgia Group |
Bridgend Assembly Member Carwyn Jones has been to visit Bridgend Fibromyalgia group at their monthly meeting at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend. During the informative meeting...
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Pensioners and children to get free Cadw access |
Pensioners and children across Bridgend will soon be able to visit historical attractions for free, thanks to Welsh Labour. Local Labour AMs Carwyn Jones and Janice Gregory have welcomed the ...
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Skills boost for Bridgend as new Modern Apprenticeships scheme
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More people in Bridgend could soon get the chance to gain new skills, thanks to a major new push by the Labour-led Assembly Government to boost the number of modern apprenticeships in Wales’ most di...
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Bridgend community projects congratulated on funding boost |
Three Bridgend community projects aimed at improving young people’s awareness of environmental projects and providing activities at disadvantaged children have been congratulated by local ...
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Framework aims to improve school performance |
A new initiative to boost school performance by putting the needs of children and young people at the heart of the education system today received the backing of local Labour AMs Carwy...
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Help for loan shark victims welcomed |
Local AMs Carwyn Jones and Janice Gregory today welcomed the launch of a new all-Wales confidential hotline to help victims of illegal loan sharks. The new hotline - 0300 12...
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Carwyn Jones AM pays tribute to local historian |
Bridgend Assembly Member Carwyn Jones has paid tribute to the life of local Historian and JP and CBE Ted Davies, whose death was announced on the weekend. Ted, who lived in ...
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Minister opens new £2m extension at Maes Yr Haul Primary School |
Education Minister Jane Hutt has today [Tuesday 26 Feb] officially opened Maes yr Haul Primary School’s new extension which has been built with the aid of £2m from the Welsh Assembly Governmen...
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Funding increase for benefit take-up schemes |
Labour efforts to increase family incomes in Bridgend and Ogmore have taken a step forward with the announcement of £3million of Assembly funding to extend local schemes aimed at impr...
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AM welcomes draft suicide strategy |
Bridgend Assembly Member Carwyn Jones has welcomed the news that a suicide prevention strategy for Bridgend is to be launched. The Local Health Board, NHS Trust, Police, Local Authority...
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Carwyn condemns Cruel Council for slashing Meals on wheels service |
Bridgend Labour Assembly Member Carwyn Jones has slammed Bridgend County Borough Council’s Cabinet for proposing the abolition of meals on wheels services in Bridgend. Mr ...
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Bridgend AM dismayed at despicable ambulance theft |
Bridgend Labour Assembly Member Carwyn Jones has expressed his disgust over a thief who stole an ambulance attending a 999 call in Cefn Glas Bridgend. The Ambulance which was later found abandoned on...
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Carwyn Jones AM Joins the Fight Against Muscle Disease |
Local Assembly Member Carwyn Jones AM was joined last week by campaigners, clinicians and families from across Wales lobbying the Welsh Assembly Government to improve services for people livi...
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