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Sentencing, Judge Daniel Williams, told Allison of Lilian Grove, Ebbw Vale, he had put his "status and putting swagger in your step, above the safety of anyone else". XL bully ban a 'huge burden ...
On 30 July 1998, he was created a life peer with the title Baron Brookman, of Ebbw Vale in the County of Gwent [1] and sits for Labour. In May 2019 it was revealed that Brookman claimed over £50,000 in expenses, covering a 12-month period, during which he never once spoke or submitted written questions and never took part in a single debate. [2]
During the first three weeks of October 1966 there were 6.5 inches (170 mm) of rainfall, nearly half of which was in the third week. [21] During the night of 20–21 October the peak of Tip 7 subsided by 9–10 feet (2.7–3.0 m) and the rails on which the spoil was transported to the top of the tip fell into the resulting hole.
Aberfan consisted of two cottages and an inn frequented by local farmers and bargemen until 23 August 1869, when John Nixon and his partners started the Merthyr Vale Colliery. [ 2 ] : 7 Between 1952 and 1965, with mountains denuded there was severe flooding in the Pantglas area of Aberfan on at least 11 occasions.
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (SWFRS; Welsh: Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub De Cymru) is the fire and rescue service covering the ten Welsh principal areas of Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Newport, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Torfaen and Vale of Glamorgan.
Ebbw Vale South is also an electoral ward, coterminous with the community, [2] which elects two councillors to Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council. A few days after being elected as an Independent councillor for the ward at the 2022 local election, Carl Bainton caused some controversy by changing his allegiance to Labour. [3]
Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY Updated January 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM A tourist has died after being trampled by an elephant while visiting Kruger National Park in South Africa, officials say.
Ebbw Vale (/ ˈ ɛ b uː v eɪ l /; Welsh: Glynebwy) is a town at the head of the valley formed by the Ebbw Fawr tributary of the Ebbw River in Wales. It is the largest town and the administrative centre of Blaenau Gwent county borough .