Some housing benefit claimants say they’ve struggled to find private rental accommodation because landlords don’t want them. Housing charity Shelter Cymru say it’s a problem that affects a significant number of people across Wales… leaving them with few options. But some landlords say benefit claimants can’t always pay their rent at a fixed date each month.
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Prince of Wales visits Cardiff to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the NHS
A round-up of the week’s news
Catch up with the stories making the headlines this week.
One in seven girls in the UK struggle to afford sanitary products
A lollipop lady in Tredegar has been celebrating her last day after forty years in the job
Facebook Live Interview with Jessica Davies from ITV’s School for Stammerers
Jessica Davies joins us on ITV Wales to talk about her amazing journey to overcoming her stammer and what it was like to take part in ITV’s School for Stammerers.
Cardiff campaigners have been fighting to save the trees in their local park
People living near a park in Cardiff have managed to halt what they call the “senseless destruction” of ancient trees in their area.
The controversial plan which would see around 40 of the trees felled, was needed to protect homes and local businesses, according to Natural Resources Wales.
But, in a dramatic stand off, contractors were forced to suspend the work as residents refused to abandon their protest.
