March 2020

Castle Dairies, the Caerphilly based butter experts, are one of the most celebrated and well-known butter producers in Wales. Castle Dairies is a family run business and has been churning Welsh cream for over 50 years.

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Please find general advice piece below, aimed at those coping with young children at home, it might be of interest to Aberdare Online readers.

The Council is re-launching its Your Neighbours Need You campaign to provide advice and encouragement that will help residents look after one another during the Coronavirus health emergency. 

RCTC is aware that some members of the public and organisations are being targeted with emails, texts, telephone calls and WhatsApp messages offering advice and treatment for the Coronavirus (COVID-19). 

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic please note that from 09.00am on Monday 30th March 2020 the Royal Glamorgan Hospital Diabetes Centre will be temporarily relocated to the opposite end of the hospital where the Antenatal outpatient department was located.

WELSH home care providers have put out another urgent plea for more carers to come forward to help their frontline staff amid the ever-deepening Coronavirus crisis this month (March 2020).

It currently takes up to 45 minutes to clean ambulances once they have transported someone with suspected coronavirus.

All drivers must have access to welfare facilities in the premises they visit as part of their work.

Wales has a strong tradition of people helping one another out, and we’ve really seen this in action over the past few weeks. From picking up the phone, to delivering supplies to people who are self-isolating, to helping our public services, there are lots of things that can be done.

A message to our communities from Chief Constable Matt Jukes:

"The majority of people are already making real sacrifices to save lives and we urge everyone to follow the advice that is designed to keep us all safe.

A state-of-the-art Macmillan and the National Garden Scheme palliative care unit has been shortlisted for a social impact building award.

New emergency childcare arrangements for essential workers will come into effect from Monday, March 30 – and Rhondda Cynon Taf residents and employees must re-apply by Friday to take advantage of it. 

Tonight the country is being encouraged to take part in a huge round of applause to show our appreciation of all those working in the NHS, and across all frontline services, at such a difficult time.

This week our crews have attended a number of grass and refuse fires across South Wales, which we suspect may have been deliberately started.

Some have required the attendance of multiple appliances, use of critical equipment and the movement of resources.

Council leaders are urging residents to obey strict government curbs on our daily lives in response to the increasing Coronavirus pandemic.

Due to the unfolding COVID-19 situation, cars and vans and motorcycles due their MOT from 30 March 2020 will have their MOT extended by 6 months.

The Campaign to Save Royal Glamorgan Hospital A&E (SRGAE) urgently calls on the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board to stop ALL work on considering downgrades to A&E provision at the Royal Glamorgan Hospi

In response to the latest public health instructions, the Council will scale back service delivery in a number of areas to focus resources on essential services.

Please note that you must not visit if you are feeling unwell, especially if you have a high temperature or new persistent cough.

We have free Wifi across our sites and family and friends of patients are encouraged to keep in contact during this difficult time using online technology.

ANYONE in Wales who is fit and well and has been made redundant from hospitality or retail or whose business has closed due to the Coronavirus is being urged to become a carer (March 2020).

The UK and Welsh Governments have closed caravan parks, campsites, tourist hotspots and popular beauty spots to visitors.

In support of this, NRW has closed all visitor centres, car parks, play areas and toilets on the reserves, woods and forests that they manage.

We are aware of a growing number of social media posts from non-credible sources that appear to give advice on Coronavirus/ COVID19.

Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board will be held in public on Thursday, 26 March 2020 at 10am.

To enable staff to deliver the very best level of care for patients and our communities, frontline health care staff at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board are set to receive testing via drive-through Coronavirus Testing Units (CTU).

We are aware that some members of the public and organisations are being targeted with emails, texts, telephone calls and WhatsApp messages offering advice and treatment for the Coronavirus (COVID-19). 

THE RECRUITMENT lead of a Welsh care company has taken to its Facebook pages to put out a plea for more people to come forward and work as carers in the wake of the Coronavirus (March, 2020).

Find guidance about coronavirus (COVID-19) for health professionals and other organisations.

As an employer, you have the same health and safety responsibilities for home workers as for any other workers.

When someone is working from home temporarily, as an employer you should consider:

Commenting on the latest set of hospital waiting time stats, specifically, A & E waiting times, released today (March 19), the Shadow Health Minister Angela Burns said:

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board’s Maternity Services have been making extensive preparations regarding Coronavirus in pregnancy.

As the National Health Emergency caused by the coronavirus continues to develop across the UK and in Wales, Rhondda Cynon Taf Council are making an appeal to all former social care workers to consider coming back to work and to get in touch with the Council.

Due to the ongoing developments with the coronavirus outbreak in Wales and RCT, the Council is announcing that the following locations and services are to close to the public at 6pm today (Wednesday, March 18), for the forseeable future.

We’d like to reassure you that the safety and wellbeing of all our customers and staff are our top priority during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak throughout the UK.

South Wales Police are appealing on behalf of the Coroner to identify the next of kin for Mark Leslie Turner, who sadly passed away recently in non-suspicious circumstances.Mark was 54 years-old and lived in Wind Street, Aberdare.We know that he was born in Salford, near Manchester, and then live

NOTE: Advice about Coronavirus (COVID-19), including what to do if you have symptoms, and what action you need to take to prevent its spread, has changed.  We are updating our website.  For the latest information visit the 

Coronavirus Crisis may be being used as an excuse to fleece motorists at the pumps

15 pence per litre of Wholesale falls being held back from drivers despite 50% drop in the Oil Price.Since Christmas to March 13th:

The pub in High Street will be serving a selection of beers during the festival, which runs fromWednesday, March 25 until Sunday, April 5 inclusive.

The overseas brewers are from Canada, Italy, New Zealand, Australia and the USA.

We are taking action to ensure the welfare and education of our pupils in very challenging and unique circumstances at this time. 

We have made some adjustments within the school to facilitate this over the coming days and weeks. 

Lawyers in Local Government (LLG) and the Association of Democratic Services Officers (ADSO) have issued a joint statement on local authority decision-making and the democratic process in light of the coronavirus outbreak.

From Friday 13 March, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board will have a Coronavirus Testing Unit (CTU) in the Bridgend area.  

Dr Kelechi Nnoaham, Director of Public Health for Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board said: 

This week’s short debate was on the economic prospects of the coalfields, led by Vikki Howells AM (Lab, Cynon Valley).

35 years since the end of the miners’ strike

The Chief Medical Officer for Wales, Dr Frank Atherton, has confirmed that 9 further patients in Wales have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID -19).

2 of the patients have recently returned together from northern Italy, and are resident in the Carmarthenshire local authority area.

The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued two reprimands, or legal warnings, to schools for wrongly disclosing the personal data of children.

Volkswagen and Tesco have partnered to provide the largest retail electric vehicle charging network in the UK – powered by Pod Point, giving EV drivers a place to charge their cars while doing their shopping.Tesco stores in Aberdare, Abertillery, Merthyr Tydfil and Pontypridd have now been fitted

Today (March 10) in First Minister’s Questions, the Leader of the Opposition – Paul Davies AM/AC – reminded Members that there are six confirmed cases in Wales, adding the caveat that this figure is expected to rise.

Commenting on calls to stop the building of homes on flood plains in Wales, the Shadow Minister for Environment, Andrew RT Davies AM, said:

“Welsh Conservatives would stop the irresponsible practice and utter nonsense that is the building of homes on flood plains across Wales.

The party of tax and spend is at it again, as Labour mulls a stealth Motorist Tax

RHONDDA CYNON TAFF COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL

(ABERNANT ROAD, ABERDARE) (TEMPORARY CLOSURE) ORDER 2020

Businesses flooded in Rhondda Cynon Taf will receive further support from the Council, through immediate relief from payment of business rates (Non domestic rates) for a period of three months. 

The Council has now begun a process in which members of the Mountain Ash community, including local schools and groups, are invited to submit their suggestions for the official name of the new Cross Valley Link Bridge. 

THE RHONDDA CYNON TAF COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL

(RHOS SQUARE)

COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER 2019

The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and the Acquisition of Land Act 1981

To persons occupying or having an interest in the land.

The Cwmdare community has come together to celebrate St. David’s Day in the village’s flourishing garden.

A rapid assessment carried out by the Improvement and Assurance Board set up at Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council has highlighted a situation where the authority’s monitoring officer is also its sole qualified childcare lawyer and has additional responsibilities as an example of why it has si

Health and Care on your doorstep say Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board So Why do they intend closing the A&E Department at the Royal Glamorgan

Commenting on the news today (March 2), that the Welsh Labour Government is considering a further loan of £6.8 million for Cardiff Airport, Shadow Transport Minister Russell George AM/AC said:

“This is good money after bad.

RHONDDA CYNON TAFF COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL

(CROSS STREET, PENRHIWCEIBER) (TEMPORARY CLOSURE) ORDER 2020

If you value the Accident and Emergency Department at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital and you haven’t thought about it closing down and the alternatives if your children get ill, perhaps you should start now not when you have to travel from Cynon Valley to Bridgend when Prince Charl