Jacob for Sketty

Thank you everyone who helped us in the campaign in Sketty, unfortunately it wasn't enough this time round.
Now it's time to rest my feet from walking up and down the hills of Derwen Fawr and Tycoch.

Today is the day! Make your voice about local issues heard!
Polling stations close at 10pm tonight

Vote for your Welsh Cons team to make Sketty an even better place to live, work and study

Swansea Marina social walks resume tomorrow.
The group meets every Thursday at 10.15am for a gentle stroll and then tea and a chat. If interested email: [email protected] or [email protected] or phone 030 330 30132.

You have 18 days left to have a say on the Welsh Gov proposals to make all residential roads 20mph.

Make your voice heard!

Proposal to reduce speed limit to 20mph on residential streets | GOV.WALES We want to change the speed limit to 20mph in our villages, towns and cities.

⛽️ From tomorrow, E10 fuel will be rolled out across the UK as part of the new government policy. E10 contains more ethanol than existing fuel.

95% of petrol vehicles will be able to run on E10, but you can check whether your vehicle is compatible here: https://www.gov.uk/check-vehicle-e10-petrol

If your vehicle can’t run on E10, you’ll need to use a premium fuel (badged as E5).

Did they not scrap the M4 Newport bypass in favour of public transport? Why then hike up the price?

No off peak train fares on Transport for Wales with fewer cheap tickets “Scrapping the crucially important off-peak fares from many trips will hit many people in Wales, and there is no justification for this short-sighted decision"

Do you have or know someone with pictures or videos of the violence in Mayhill? Lets bring the violent few to justice!

violent disorder - Further arrests.

3️⃣ more men aged 18, 21, and 23 have been arrested in connection with violent disorder in on Thursday, May 20.

This bring the total number of arrests to 7️⃣ and further arrests are expected over the coming days.

Of the seven who have been arrested, two - aged 21 and 23 - remain in police custody and 5️⃣ have been released on bail with a number of strict conditions including a night-time curfew.

🚔 There is a continued, enhanced police presence in the area and there have been no further incidents of violence or disorder since Thursday.

Detective Superintendent Gareth Morgan, who is leading the investigation for South Wales Police, said:

💬 I would like to thank the public for their support and reassure them that the bail conditions will be monitored and enforcement taken if breached.

💬 These conditions are in place to allow us to effectively engage with the Crown Prosecution Service and allow them time to consider all the evidence in its entirety so that appropriate charges can be brought against those involved."

Officers are still appealing for information and wish to thank those residents who have already come forward providing witness statements and video footage.

A dedicated team of detectives are carrying out extensive enquiries to identify those involved and are ready to act upon any information received.

Those who want to hand themselves in can do so at Swansea Central Police Station.

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Anyone with any photographs or video footage is asked to submit them here:
https://mipp.police.uk/operation/62SWP20B23-PO2

You can also contact with any other information by the following means, quoting occurrence 2100176569:

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Polling day today!
Vote for Conservatives! A vote for anyone else and we will end up with a Nationalist Labour Government.

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Go Primark! Record sales=more money for the taxpayer

COVID-19: Primark to return £121m in furlough cash as reopening sparks 'record sales' Parent firm ABF is to repay the money as stores become cash generative again following the easing of lockdown restrictions.

Labour-led American company syphoning off NHS Wales primary care contracts?

US health giant set to win extension to all-Wales NHS contract The contract is to allow GPs access to consultants for quick medical advice

Why Swansea is the UK’s ultimate beachside city #hometowns Wales’ second city by the sea still works its magic on former resident Lucy Shrimpton

Don't want your Council Tax increasing every year under Labour? Then Vote!

Residents in Gower have had their council tax increased by Labour, year on year! This isn’t good enough and I want people to keep more of their hard earned money in their own pocket.

🚨To help local families with the cost of living, we will freeze council tax for at least 2 years.

❌ Welsh Labour ignored calls for a council tax freeze.

Senedd election: Tories promise NHS cash and tax freeze The party also pledges a council tax freeze and more roads if they take power in May's election.

Get a postal vote. Guarantee your say.

We need to have a CHOICE

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1402417/bbc-news-tv-licence-fee-subscription-defund-the-bbc-lee-anderson-vn

BBC faces demands to give 'nation a choice' over TV licence fee as Brits 'outraged' THE broadcaster is facing demands to scrap the TV licence fee and become a subscription service by Tory MP Lee Anderson.

1 billion could pay for extra 30,000 nurses and many more healthcare workers to help with the NHS pressures but Welsh Labour Gov doesn't want to spend it.

https://action.conservatives.wales/billion-pounds/

It's remembrance Sunday today, in your moment of silence lets remember our fallen servicemen and women that have given their lives to protect the Great Britain that we know today.

Petition: Allow supermarkets to sell "non-essential" items during lockdown The Welsh Government, as part of its 17 day "firebreak" lockdown, is banning the selling of non-essential goods from shops that are allowed to remain open. We do not agree that this is a prudent or rational measure, and will create more harm than good. We do not agree for example that parents should...

And all "non-essential" items shopping ban is just the silly cherry on top

❌ Labour have voted to stop our efforts to end free movement at every chance

❌ Tonight Labour voted in favour of allowing dangerous foreign criminals to be released on our streets

❌ Labour still can’t be trusted to deliver on the priorities of the British people

♻️📆🟢 It’s a GREEN week collection in Brynmill, Uplands, Sandfields & Mount Pleasant tomorrow (Wed 7th Oct) so here’s a handy reminder of what we can and can’t accept for our student and other residents.

⚠️ Above all remember that paper & card need to be kept in a separate bag to glass & cans. If they’re mixed in one bag we can’t collect them and all your good work goes to waste 🎻😢

🚫 Don’t put any cartons or tissues in your green bags or place any black bags out for collection.

ℹ️ All the essential student recycling info can be found at 👉🏼 www.swansea.gov.uk/getitsorted



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Today marks two years since then Secretary Michael Gove MP announced the Food Waste Fund, a ground-breaking scheme to save surplus food from waste and get it to charities instead.

The idea behind the Food Waste Fund was simple - by covering the small additional costs of harvesting, packaging and transporting surplus food, growers would no longer have to pay more to get their fresh, edible surplus food to charities than they would to plough it back into the fields or send it to recycling.

As a direct result of this scheme FareShare was able to redistribute an additional 4,500 tonnes of food- enough to create 10.5m meals for vulnerable people.

Food poverty in UK should be a thing of the past and the Conservatives are working hard to support the most vulnerable.

Give food | FareShare | Surplus with Purpose Our Food Team can work with you to achieve the most effective solution for dealing with your unsold food, enabling you to use your surplus for social good.

Thanks Boris!

Great to hear that unfair fines from private parking firms will now be illegal

Crackdown on private car parking firms will eliminate unfair fines Unfair private parking tickets will be eliminated through the introduction of new rule for private car parks.

We need more CCTV in the City Centre, Swansea residents should not be subjected to these vile actions.
Uplands councillors are standing up to these crooks by putting new CCTV in place, but I’ve been told that its not cost effective in Castle?

Another night of smashed windscreens and slashed tyres in Swansea Reports of damage to vehicles in Waun Wen follows the smashing of windows and thefts from multiple cars in Mount Pleasant and Uplands

😇 Most people want to recycle as much as they can at home, but unfortunately it's not possible to collect everything for recycling at the kerbside.

🚫 Please make sure none of the items listed below go in any of your recycling bags. If they do your bag may be left uncollected as otherwise you could contaminate the load causing more harm than good.

ℹ️ If these items go in any bag from home it has to be the black. But some of them can still be recycled if you can take them to a collection point:
- Carrier bags ➡ Banks by the till as large supermaket stalls*
- Cartons & paper cups ➡ Banks at all recycling centres
- Crisp packets & food pouches ➡️ Certain TerraCycle UK collection points*

🧐 If you're unsure about an item check the list printed on the side of each bag, or contact us to ask.

💻 Find more information at www.swansea.gov.uk/recycling

* Some collection schemes may be reduced or on hold due to the Coronavirus pandemic

You know what the NHS deserves for its 72nd birthday?

Unprecedented reforms which incorporates the best from healthcare models across Europe. Stripped from layers of unnecessary bureaucracy which complicate workloads & decrease efficiency.

But I guess clapping at 5pm will do...

We need to save our local hospitality businesses so they do not close down for good!
We need free parking.
We need public toilets to be re-opened.
We need to let pubs/restaurants use their outside areas.

The Council needs to stop dragging its feet and support local businesses to re-open safely.

Good idea for Constitution Hill?

Norway’s 450-foot-long ‘bike elevator’ is like a ski lift for cyclists Lazy, ingenious, or both?

Swansea Council and South Wales Police need to get together too to stop our beaches being overrun with rubbish

Extra police patrols on Sunderland beaches and litter fines of up to £2,500 in new crackdown People dropping litter on Sunderland’s beaches could face fines of up to £2,500 as the council has joined forces with Northumbria Police to carry out regular patrols along Seaburn and Roker to tackle anti-social behaviour.

“Authority can be exercised oppressively and tyrannically”
Trump cannot just simply hide behind a Bible.

The Bible and the President A picture of the Bible has flashed all around the world. It’s on every news channel and in every newspaper. As an organisation devoted to distributing and promoting the Bible, we might be expected to be happy about that. But we’re not.

RECYCLING CENTRES:

The recycling centres in Swansea will re-open on Tuesday, 26th May, from 8.30am to 5.00pm, 7 days a week.

Initially, the Council will be only accepting limited materials at each of the sites, to try to keep queues to a minimum and to help with Social distancing at the sites. Please check the website.

So they cannot cater for all recycling streams and maintain Social distancing for the Public and Staff.

The Council have liaised with the Police and will be providing traffic management at each of the locations.

Full details of what is accepted at each of the sites, and much more valuable information is available at the Council website.

www.swansea.gov.uk/recyclingcentres

Swansea - Recycling sites Our 5 household waste recycling centres have facilities to recycle and dispose of household waste free of charge. They are not able to accept trade, commercial, construction or demolition waste.

Labours plan for Covid response in Wales:
Lets wing it!

Labour's corona crash GUY ADAMS: For a moment, imagine you live in a country where Labour won the last General Election and is now masterminding a national response to the coronavirus pandemic.