Vale of Glamorgan

Speaking in the Commons, the Security Minister Dan Jarvis said the campaign, called Be Ready, would run for at least three years.

Our Wales correspondent Thomas Morgan has been talking to shopkeepers and their customers in the Vale of Glamorgan.

Philco's in Llandwit Major's sales are always usually good at this time of year.

But since the advice came for the public to stockpile certain goods, manager Simon has had his work cut out for him.

... of the man whose face was all over our screens.

He was born in the '60s in Glamorgan, Wales.

Do you know what, actually, can you do the pronunciations of all the Welsh things? 'Cause I, I'm like, Galamalan blah.

Like, what is happening?

Yeah.

Anybody out, anybody that doesn't work in the Vale of Glamorgan-

[laughs]

... we're just happy to get shot of to keep us in fucking vol-au-vents and press trips.

Rubbish news.

During 2025, there was a trial of flexible plastic collection in Swansea and the Vale of Glamorgan.

And the results have just been published by WRAP in the last week or so.

And I just thought there were some interesting things to pull out from this.

So by saying this thing is a trial, people go, oh, well, if you're going to take it away in 12 weeks, there's no point in me starting to get used to it.

And actually, there were very different participation rates between the two areas.

So Vale of Glamorgan had a participation rate of 71%.

and Swansea 49%.

No, listen, we go, we go back to, we go back to your childhood.

Ian, you now live in the Vale of Glamorgan, which is a lovely place to live.

Mm-hmm.

But this isn't where you grew up.

Oh, nice.

Because I paint as well, you know, I take massive inspiration from the coastline.

Um, I love, you know, the rocks at Southerndown and Ogmore Beach, uh, which is in the Vale of Glamorgan, and they are just, oh my goodness, they, it's just magical.

You know, I would invest in a different way of living as well.