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.

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.

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.

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. 

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:

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.

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 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. 

Davies 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.

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...