The
website also features the charity's general election manifesto, which sets out
priorities for the next Government to improve conditions for Service Personnel
and their families, the bereaved, veterans and dependents.
Mr
Davies said: "As an ex-member of the TA, I am delighted to support The Royal
British Legion. They have a hugely important role to play in highlighting the
needs of the whole Armed Forces family.
"I
have pledged to do my bit and would encourage everyone to visit the website to
find out how they can get involved in the campaign".
Kevin
Shinkwin, the Legion's Head of Public Affairs, added: "We're extremely grateful
to David Davies for pledging to do his bit. The entire Armed Forces family
needs the support of politicians from all parties and our manifesto outlines
practical ways the next Government can help".
BOILER SCHEME FINALLY ANNOUNCED
NATIONAL Assembly Member for Monmouth, Nick Ramsay, has welcomed
this week's announcement on the introduction of a Welsh boiler scrappage
scheme.
Earlier this year Nick spoke out after it emerged that the UK
Government's much-publicised scheme would not benefit a single household in
Wales.
Mr Ramsay wrote to the Minister who
oversees energy policy in Wales, Jane Davidson AM, to express his concern after
he was contacted by a number of
constituents, from right across Monmouthshire, expressing their anger
after discovering they would not be able to access the scheme.
Speaking today, Nick said: "After much lobbying, it
is welcome news that the boiler scrappage scheme is to be introduced in Wales,
albeit three months after households in England were able to benefit from a
similar initiative.
Diabetes
UK Cymru asks schools to have a PE Day for Diabetes!
Diabetes UK Cymru is asking schools to skip,
jump and hula-hoop their way to raising money for the charity with a sponsored
PE Day for Diabetes.
The charity has written to every primary school
in Wales
asking them to hold a PE Day for Diabetes on Friday 28 May to raise vital funds
for the charity.
It is also a chance for schools to emphasise
the importance of keeping active to pupils.
Schools can choose whatever activity they like
for the sponsored PE day from skipping to running to hula-hooping.
The charity is running a poster competition as
part of the event, with a prize for the winning entry. There will be another
prize for the biggest fundraiser.
Usk student reaches the regional
finals of the first Welsh libraries competition
A student at Usk Community Education Centre is a winner in
the regional stage of the first Welsh libraries competition - Express Yourself!
Anna Hitch is currently enrolled on a creative writing
course and her work entitled, "The Librarian" has won her a place in the
national finals.
Organisations and individuals from around Wales participated
in the competition, resulting in over 1600 entries. 18 finalists were chosen,
including Anna, to go forward to the national finals.
More than 120 emergency hospital admissions a
year for children with diabetes
More than 120
children in Wales were admitted to accident and emergency departments in a year
with a potentially fatal diabetic complication, leading health charity Diabetes
UK Cymru warns today.
One hundred and twenty one children out of
the 1,419 children and young people diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in Wales
were admitted to hospital with potentially life-threatening diabetic
ketoacidosis (DKA), according to the latest available figures.
DKA happens when
blood glucose levels are high (hyperglycaemia) and causes nausea, vomiting,
stomach pain, rapid breathing and, if left untreated, may lead to coma and
death. It requires urgent hospital treatment.
The Town Council's Community Affairs Committee would like to
remind readers that its work to reinstate some kind of Jobcentre here, in
Monmouth has not stopped. We are mystified by the Web Poll in the Beacon last
week, which claims that 80% of voters say the present arrangement is ‘fine'.
Ever since the
closure of the Jobcentre we have collated and forwarded the complaints and anxieties
of jobseekers who find themselves compulsorily travelling to Abergavenny. We have achieved an agreement that Ross or
Coleford Jobcentres may be used instead,
but this, we understood, is not much of a concession as transport is still such
a problem.
Members of the Border Counties
Vintage Club have confirmed that their annual Steam and Vintage Show at
Vauxhall Fields Monmouth, will run for two days again this year, on Saturday 1st
and Sunday 2nd May with a collectable auction taking place on the Saturday.
"This year, we are particularly
excited to announce a fly past by an authentic spitfire aeroplane on Sunday to
celebrate Monmouth's Henry Rolls and the Festival of Air" explained Show
organiser, Ian Harper. "We will also have a large number of vintage vehicles on
display from all over the country, including steam engines, military vehicles,
cars, lorries and motorbikes. The Belgian fair organs, Locomotion and Victory
will be playing a concert in the evening and we will have a number of
interesting trade stands."
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