Changes in Road Tax for Electric v Petrol Cars arise as the United Kingdom is actively promoting the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) through a combination of taxation policies and incentives, these changes to road tax structures for both EVs and petrol cars might have been missed in the recent budget with advance payments now […]
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Students satisfaction on the rise at Welsh universities
Students in Wales are increasingly satisfied with their university experience, according to new research. The Open University, the nation’s biggest provider of part-time higher education, has retained its place at the top of the National Student Survey (NSS) in Wales. The NSS found 91% of OU learners were satisfied with the quality of their course, […]
Dogs, Locked car, Hot days and the Law
Locked car on a hot day with a dogs in. Its a terrible quandary to be in – it’s a roasting hot day and you spot a distressed dog stuck inside a car can you legally break in? What can you do? According to Dogs Trust, 20 minutes trapped inside a vehicle in hot sunshine […]
Aberfan Disaster Facts
Aberfan disaster, in season 3 of The Crown, viewers witness a harrowing re-creation of the 1966 Aberfan disaster—a catastrophic landslide that killed 144 residents (most of whom were children) in a small village in South Wales. Though it seemed at first to have been an unforeseeable geological accident, the world soon discovered that there was […]
Tell-tale signs of stress when your pet dog or cat is terrified by a thunderstorm
Tell-tale signs of stress can range from uncontrollable trembling, pinned back ears, panting, pacing, howling, hiding and inappropriate toileting or destructive behaviours. Thunderbolts and lightning can be extremely frightening for pets, especially dogs who can be terrified by the volatile weather conditions. With the UK braced for says of stormy weather, Zoe Costigan, resident vet […]
Covid in Wales: New lockdowns loom as more areas are monitored
Covid in Wales, hundreds of thousands of people will have new local lockdowns imposed later, with a warning that more areas are being monitored. Bridgend, Blaenau Gwent, Merthyr Tydfil and Newport will face new restrictions from 18:00 BST as cases rise. Dr Giri Shankar, of Public Health Wales, said Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan, Carmarthenshire, […]
A woman goes surfing with cats
A woman goes surfing with cats, Maui and Star aren’t like most moggies. Because these Bengal cats love nothing more than riding the crest of a wave on a paddleboard. When the curious cats are not at the beach with their owner, wellbeing coach Rebecca Darracott, 42, and her scaffolder partner Rex Rimene, 36,they like […]
Toilet cleaning, Proven limescale removal from your toilet.
Search the internet for toilet cleaning, descaling your toilet, toilet cleaning or limescale removal and methods using lemon juice, distilled vinegar, borax, coca cola and combinations of vinegar and bicarbonate of soda are all mentioned. Having tried the following to various degrees of success we thought you might like to know about how we resolved […]
The serious damage caused by flushing wet wipes down the toilet
Wet wipes might appear to be a convenient cleaning product but they could be costing us all millions of pounds every year. Across the UK, wet wipes wrongly-labelled “flushable” are thought to be responsible for about 93% of sewage blockages in the UK. Welsh Water alone estimates it tackles about 2,000 blockages every month, at […]
Living by a Welsh park improves value 48%
Living near a Welsh park like Roath Park in Cardiff or Cwmdonkin Park in Swansea you probably know about the benefits of having two of the most beautiful parks in Wales on your doorstep. But did you know recent research claims that it can add up to 48% to the value of your house if […]