Picture: WAS THE Welsh Ambulance Service has re-enlisted the support of the military as it contends with a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. More than 90 soldiers will once again assist the Trust’s Covid-19 effort by driving ambulance vehicles from tomorrow. Among them will be soldiers from 9 Regiment Royal Logistics Corps. On Sunday, chief executive Jason Killens visited their headquarters in Chippenham, where soldiers were undergoing training ahead of deployment. “The extreme pressure on our ambulance service in the last couple of weeks has been well documented, and it’s why we’ve taken the decision to re-enlist the military, who did a superb job of assisting us earlier in the year, he said.
HEAVY rain is predicted to batter Wales today with flooding expected. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is advising people to be vigilant and to know their flood risk as heavy rain is predicted to cause flooding today (Friday 18 December) and into Saturday, with parts of South Wales set to feel the worst effects. An amber weather warning has been issued by the Met Office for heavy rain expected between 9am on Friday and midnight, extending across the South Wales Valleys and includes Neath, Pontypool, Caerphilly, Merthyr Tydfil, Ebbw Vale and Cwmbran. A yellow weather warning for rain is also in place for an extensive area of South and Mid Wales covering large parts of Powys, Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire.