The Party of Wales Arfon Standing up for the people of Arfon

Good news was received this week regarding the bus service between Rhosgadfan and Caernarfon with the announcement that an extra journey would be added to the 1F service as of this week. It will now be possible to travel from Caernarfon to Rhosgadfan at 18.30 and then from Rhosgadfan to Caernarfon at 19.46.

Arfon Assembly Member Siân Gwenllian and Cllr Steve Collings, Gwynedd councillor for the Deiniol Ward in Bangor were dismayed to see the devastation left by the fire that raged on parts of Bangor Mountain last week.

Medical students will be able to study all of their degree in the north of Wales for the first time from 2019 onward under new plans announced today by the Welsh government.

In a scathing letter, Plaid Cymru’s Siân Gwenllian has highlighted the unfounded and prejudiced attacks on the Welsh language by the CEO of discount retailer Trago Mills.

Last week at the Senedd in Cardiff the Breast Cancer Care charity met with AMs to promote the work they do with women prior to their cancer treatment. Speaking at the event was Gwyneth Jennings, originally from Y Felinheli near Bangor but now living in Cardiff and Arfon AM for Plaid Cymru, Sian Gwenllian, was in attendance to lend her support. Both women were school friends at Bangor Grammar School for Girls.

Today marks ‘Women In Engineering Day’ and AM for Arfon Sian Gwenllian caught up with one of the Falcon Force Wales Team from Ysgol Brynrefail, Llanrug – a team of schoolgirls who topped the world finals of the Formula 1 For Schools competition in Malaysia last year. Anna Whiteside Thomas, Tesni Calennig Smith, Beca Medi Jones, Eleanor Edwards-Jones and Elin Worth represented Wales and challenged teams from 35 countries finishing among the best in the world having won their UK heats.

The lack of Welsh language provision for GP patients in Wales means that people are getting a second class service, Plaid Cymru have said.

Plaid Cymru Member of Parliament for Arfon Hywel Williams and Assembly Member Siân Gwenllian have welcomed ongoing investment in Aber Falls Distillery during a tour of the facility.

A new planning system needs to be established to ensure that the voices of local communities are heard when development plans are rolled out across Wales according to the Plaid Cymru Assembly Member, Siân Gwenllian, who fears that developers do not consider local needs under the current system. The call comes prior to a public meeting that will be held in Caernarfon at the end of this week to discuss the policy paper presented by Sian Gwenllian AM on local housing and Welsh language needs within the planning system.

Responding to the news from the Welsh Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport, Ken Skates, that the A487 Caernarfon and Bontnewydd Bypass will proceed, Siân Gwenllian AM for Arfon and Hywel Williams MP said