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The safety and wellbeing of vulnerable children and adults in Mid and West Wales is the focus of a new website launched this week. The website can be accessed via two addresses - www.cysur.wales and www.cwmpas.wales It has been developed by the regional safeguarding boards for children and adults, CYSUR and CWMPAS. The purpose is to provide an information-sharing hub accessible to members of the public and professional agencies across the whole region – encompassing Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Powys. It also supports the safeguarding boards’ vision of professional agencies working together to promote safety and wellbeing, says Julie Breckon, manager of CYSUR and CWMPAS. “The website can be used by parents and carers, children and young people, adults at risk of harm, teachers, health professionals, police officers, probation officers, youth workers, voluntary agencies, and community members,” she said. “It will provide up to date safeguarding news, information ...

Aberystwyth University will welcome more than 1200 school pupils from 25 schools in Ceredigion, Powys and Gwynedd this week (18-20th March) for a Science Fair. The three day Fair, which is organised every year by Aberystwyth University’s Centre for Widening Participation and Social Inclusion (CWPSI), forms part of the 2014 National Science and Engineering Week 14-23 March. The Science Fair takes place at the Sports Cage at Aberystwyth University’s Penglais Campus and will be open to schools between 9.30am and 3pm for the three days. Wednesday’s session (19 March) has been extended to 6pm with a specific invitation to members of the public to visit the Festival. National Science and Engineering Week is Wales’ and the UK's widest grassroots celebration of all things science and engineering. Event organiser Roger Morel from the University’s Centre for Widening Participation and Social Inclusion said: “This event aims to shine the spotlight on how The University and many local agencies...

This month sees the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, known also as the October Crisis and the Caribbean Crisis, which was a 13-day confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States over the presence of missile sites in Cuba. To mark the anniversary, the Centre for Intelligence and International Security Studies at Aberystwyth University and the Cambridge Intelligence Group at the University of Cambridge are hosting a major international conference at Gregynog Hall near Newtown from 25-27 October. Professor Len Scott, from the Department of International Politics, explains, “The discovery of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba was one of the dramatic periods of the Cold War, and possibly the most dangerous moment in human history. “The conference will seek to address the legacies and lessons of the Cuban Missile Crisis by means of a number of papers and round-table discussions. It will include contributions from a number of the most eminent international scholars of ...

Bank Holiday opening times for Public Enquiry Offices in Powys | Dyfed Powys Police | Heddlu Dyfed Powys Over the Bank Holiday period the front desk enquiry service at the following Police Stations will be opened as follows: Powys Division Monday 4th of June 2012 Brecon - CLOSED Llandrindod Wells - CLOSED Newtown - CLOSED Welshpool - CLOSED Ystradgynlais - CLOSED Tuesday  5th of June 2012 Brecon - CLOSED Llandrindod Wells - CLOSED Newtown - CLOSED Welshpool - CLOSED Ystradgynlais - CLOSED

Road traffic collision between Forden and Montgomery | Dyfed Powys Police | Heddlu Dyfed Powys At about 2.15pm on Monday 27th February 2012 a serious injury road traffic collision occurred on the B4388 Montgomery to Forden road at the Marton to Caerhowell junction.

Fatal RTC on A40 in Powys - police appeal for witnesses | Dyfed Powys Police | Heddlu Dyfed Powys At 11.50am Sunday 26th February police attended following a report of a two vehicle road traffic collision at a junction on the A40 between Sennybridge and Trecastle. This involved a motorcycle and a Subaru vehicle. “The rider of the bike and the driver of the car were both taken to hospital but unfortunately the rider later died from his injuries,” said roads policing Inspector Dyfed Bolton. “The driver of the car is still critical at Morriston Hospital."

Powys NPT box clever with funding | Dyfed Powys Police | Heddlu Dyfed Powys Thanks to some sterling partnership work between Brecon Police (special mention to PC 828 Sara Meredith) and Wales and West Housing Association (WWHA) , Brecon Amateur Boxing Club recently received a cheque for £495 to purchase new equipment.

Professionals targeted in ongoing computer internet scam. | Dyfed Powys Police | Heddlu Dyfed Powys Dyfed Powys Police are warning people in Powys to be aware of a sophisticated telephone scam where fraudsters claim to be calling from Microsoft or the victims broadband provider and offer to remove viruses and “speed up” their computer. The fraudsters direct their victim to a website where they unwittingly give the fraudster permission to access the victims’ computer remotely.

Holiday home fuel theft | Dyfed Powys Police | Heddlu Dyfed Powys Around £200 of heating oil has been stolen from an oil tank at a holiday home in Pontrobert village near Llanfyllin, Powys.

Road Traffic Collision Trecynnon Powys 19.01.12 | Dyfed Powys Police | Heddlu Dyfed Powys Mid Wales Roads Policing Unit are investigating a serious road traffic collision that occurred on the B4389 Newtown to Tregynon road at the crossroads with the road from Bwlch-y-Ffridd to Bettws Cedewain in Powys.

Man who died at Llanymynech Quarry is named. | Dyfed Powys Police | Heddlu Dyfed Powys The man who died at Llanymynech Quarry near Llansantffraid in Powys has been named as 57 year old Graham Bebb from Oswestry.

Nine people have been arrested by Dyfed Powys Police following a fraud conspiracy investigation in Powys. Officers have scrutinized over a 100 transactions in bank accounts linked with the suspects. The nine will return to Newtown police station on Friday 23rd December 2011 by which time police will have consulted with the Crown Prosecution Service regarding charges. Detective Inspector Diane Davies confirmed that Operation Seashell, moved into arrest phase on Thursday 15th December. She said, “This is a time of year where family finances can be pushed to the limit, it’s never a good time to be victim of a crime but the impact at this time is particularly hard hitting.”