Calls to save Gwynedd fire stations facing axe
Plaid Cymru MPs and Members of the Senedd representing Gwynedd have urged North Wales Fire Authority to extend a public consultation to allow local people sufficient time to have their say on plans to reform the North Wales Fire & Rescue Service, which could see the closure of 5 stations in northwest Wales.
The North Wales Fire and Rescue Authority is currently running a public consultation on three options for the service, one of which would see the closure of two fire stations in Gwynedd, namely Llanberis and Abersoch, and the loss of 74 fulltime and retained fire fighters across northwest Wales.
Two in three Betsi eye patients waiting beyond target time for treatment
Plaid Cymru Senedd Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd and party spokesperson on Health, Mabon ap Gwynfor has warned that patients awaiting ophthalmology treatment in Dwyfor Meirionnydd are at very serious risk of irreversible sight loss.
Welsh government figures reveal 61.9% of ophthalmology patients under the care of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board were waiting beyond the target time for treatment, that’s 24,508 patients.
Welsh Government deal on Porthmadog land preventing local firms from expanding
Plaid Cymru Senedd Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd, Mabon ap Gwynfor has accused the Welsh Government of facilitating the land-banking of a prime development site in Porthmadog, at the expense of local firms seeking land for expansion.
The land, situated on the Penamser Industrial Estate has lain empty for nearly 10 years with local businesses barred from applying to develop the site given the Welsh government’s open agreement with Widnes-based developer, Morbaine Ltd.