October 2019

The Aberdare pub has won acclaim for the quality and standards of its toilets – in the Loo of the Year Awards 2019.

Yr Ieuan Ap Iago in High Street has been awarded a platinum rating by inspectors.

With celebrations for Halloween and Bonfire Night upon us, the Council is once again joining forces with partners to promote Operation Bang, helping to ensure a safe and enjoyable time for everyone. 

Our guidance on how we categorise vehicle defects in roadside checks and vehicle tests has been updated today.

This guide outlines the actions to take when roadworthiness defects are found during vehicle inspections.

The Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee of the National Assembly for Wales is currently conducting an inquiry into the scale and impacts of fuel poverty in Wales.

Literature Wales announces a

New Children & Young People’s Category

and Ceremony Location

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is asking farmers and land owners to be aware of requests to store waste on their land.

It follows recent incidents where farmers across Wales have accepted waste for temporary storage.

This is a growing problem driven by criminal gangs.

Playful Childhoods launches Project Play Autumn in response to a vital need for children to get playing outside and away from screens during the colder months. 

Due to factors beyond our control, there is a requirement to postpone the school flu immunisation sessions planned for the first two weeks after half term.

To celebrate 25 years of National Lottery funding, Wales Millennium Centre – which was part funded by the National Lottery – has released an image showing how Cardiff Bay’s skyline would look if the Centre didn’t exist.

As Scouts, here in Aberdare, we make a promise to help other people.

We’re the doers and the give-it-a-goers. We’re the change-makers. We’re not afraid to take a deep breath and speak up.

A new Memorial Garden for the Armed Forces community is set to open in Rhondda Cynon Taf this coming weekend, in time for this year’s Armistice commemorations. 

Over 60 writers from Wales and beyond
to share their expertise at the National Writing Centre of Wales

Freshly returned from supporting Wales’ Rugby World Cup squad in Japan performing its new rugby-themed work, National Dance Company Wales prepares to score its next winning goal; to ensure that its work can be enjoyed by all people, in all of Wales, so that everyone across the nation can feel wel

Rhondda Cynon Taf Council has launched a training café for adults with learning disabilities to help them gain new skills and employment experience.

The Council will begin a scheme to replace the large wall at Abercwmboi Rugby Club, requiring temporary traffic lights at Cardiff Road – scheduled over the upcoming school half term break to minimise disruption. 

“Our family life has been shattered by the passing of our amazing daughter Brooke. No words can express the sadness, grief and loss we currently feel.

Brain tumour patients in South East Wales can now access vital specialist help thanks to a new partnership between Macmillan Cancer Support and Brain Tumour Support.

A public notice put out by Rhondda Cynon Taf Council yesterday that I posted on AberdareOnline caused a bit of a stir on social media with a few getting the fact wrong, unlike AberdareOnline.

The Council has announced details of 32 public events throughout November 2019, where residents can ‘drop in’ to popular community locations and receive help in renewing their Concessionary Bus Passes. 

Children in Wales have been carrying out an Annual Child & Family Poverty Survey for the last 4 years, which helps us to understand levels and trends of child poverty in Wales.

Please could you help us by completing our short Online Survey.

You can find the survey at:

Nappy and Incontinence recycling (purple bag) customers will shortly be able to enjoy a more eff

RHONDDA CYNON TAFF COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL NOTICE UNDER SECTION 123(1) (2A) OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972

Inspired by her own sense of disappearance after a battle with cancer abruptly ended her successful media career, Swansea born TV producer and director Ailsa Jenkins felt determined to tell a story that all too many women will relate to in The Invisible Woman.

Hi there

I am hoping you can help.

I am contacting from the BBC hoping to make contact with anyone who may have featured in the BBC documentary ‘Starstruck in Aberdare’ which was broadcast back in 1993.

Visitors and businesses in Aberdare have become the first town centre to benefit from the Council’s free public-access Wi-Fi scheme, which delivers on a commitment to provide further support to seven town centres across the County Borough.

RHONDDA CYNON TAFF COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL

(CRAIG EVAN LEYSHON COMMON ROAD, ABERCYNON)

(TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE) ORDER 2019

This week, staff, Patients and Velindre Cancer Center Volunteers to tea and wine are celebrating Sunday night's BAFTA Cymru at ceremony After picking up the award for best factual series 'Hospital of Hope'.

We would like to invite women and families who have used our maternity services to give their views on what’s important to them and share their stories and experiences at a number of conversation cafes which we are hosting.

This is a week of celebration for staff, patients and volunteers VCC having won an award for best fiction series about hospital of Hope 'is a Welsh BAFTA ceremony Sunday night.

Police in Merthyr Tydfil are continuing their search for missing woman Brooke Morris.

If you are an artist and the idea of winning a cash prize appeals to you or you would like to see your artworks on display in an art gallery and seen by hundreds of visitors then this might be of interest.

RHONDDA CYNON TAFF COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL

(NATIONAL CYCLE ROUTE 47 (INCLUDING FOOTPATH 8 PONTYPRIDD AND FOOTPATH 29 ABERCYNON)

(TEMPORARY CLOSURE) ORDER 2019

Cabinet will receive an update on the ongoing scrutiny and consultation of the Council’s draft Corporate Plan 2020-2024 (‘Making a Difference’), which provides a vision for Rhondda Cynon Taf over the next four years. 

The Council has completed a public consultation over proposed highway improvements across Abercynon – with valuable feedback received from 136 residents in a public exhibition and 61 people who took part separately. 

RHONDDA CYNON TAFF COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL

(CYNON TRAIL (NCN 478, HIRWAUN))

(TEMPORARY CLOSURE) ORDER 2019

Davis Homes Ltd has appealed to the Planning Inspectorate because on the 24th July 2019 Rhondda Cynon Taf Council refused development on the former Blaengwawr Comprehensive School site.

A WELSH care provider is calling for more carers to join it as it enters its busiest period of the year with a target to take on 100 new employees by November 1, 2019.

South Wales Police is now in a position to name the 38 year-old woman who died following an incident at an address in Llys Graig Ty Wion, Pontypridd, on Sunday morning (6 October).

Greg Dix, Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Patient Care, said: “We welcome today’s statement from the Minister and the first formal report from the Independent Maternity Services Oversight Panel.

Lots of events are planned across Rhondda Cynon Taf this week to celebrate Libraries Week (October 7-12). 

The aim of Libraries Week is to highlight the different ways that libraries can help people of all ages through digital support, services and activities. 

Despite having rights in law, implemented in 2016, many unpaid carers are failing to receive the help and support they need to care

for loved ones.

The Council will shortly host a series of dedicated sessions across all of its Libraries, where staff will be able to help residents renew their concessionary bus passes using the Transport for Wales website. 

A man from Mountain Ash has been jailed for more than four years for possessing heroin with intent to supply.

Officers are appealing for help in identifying the male who supplied the tablet...