REFORM MS VISITS HIRWAUN POWER STATION
Reform Wales Shadow Energy Cabinet Minister Jason O’Connell MS has visited Hirwaun Power Station, where he received a briefing from the team on the facility and its role in supporting energy security. The Hirwaun facility is owned and operated by Drax, one of the UK’s largest energy companies. The company has invested in flexible power…
Operation Physalis was established in April 2026
Operation Physalis was established in April 2026 in response to a significant increase in Off-Road Bike (ORB) incidents, anti-social behaviour, and associated criminality throughout the Cynon Valley, particularly within Aberdare Town Centre and Cynon North. The operation was led by the Cynon Neighbourhood Policing Team, with strategic support from Cynon South, and was designed to…
Last week, on Emergency Services Day, PCSO Jenkins visited Bryntirion Infants School to take part in their Reading Café.
Last week, on Emergency Services Day, PCSO Jenkins visited Bryntirion Infants School to take part in their Reading Café. Following the story, the children had the opportunity to get creative and design their very own police badges, which they thoroughly enjoyed! It was fantastic to see so much imagination, creativity and engagement from the pupils….
Stop obsessing about independence, First Minister told.
Commenting ahead of a meeting of the leaders of Plaid Cymru, Sinn Fein and the SNP to discuss breaking up the United Kingdom, Darren Millar MS, Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, said: “Instead of obsessing about independence, the First Minister should be focused on dealing with the crisis engulfing the Welsh NHS and the declining standards…
Breathtaking movement and storytelling told by disabled led dance theatre Company, Humans Move
Wales’s freshest professional inclusive dance theatre Company, Humans Move, will be presenting their powerful and emotive physical dance story, Let Life Dance across Wales this autumn. Let Life Dance captures the high and lows of life’s rich journey, the twists and turns, interference and the chaos, and will be heading on tour again for 2026 to Pontypridd, Abertillery,…
Almost 7 million adults in the dark about their State Pension
HMRC is encouraging people to check their State Pension forecast using the HMRC app during Pension Awareness Week. Almost 7 million adults could be missing out on information to help prepare them for their retirement. This Pension Awareness Week (15 to 18 September 2026), HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is encouraging people of all ages…
Fly Tipping removed from Tower Road
Thank you to Tower Road residents for making us aware of the fly-tipping over the bridge. RCT has been out and removed for us. Just use the tip! If you see flytipping, please report it on the link below https://www.rctcbc.gov.uk/…/FlytippingReportaproblem.aspx
Six-year-old Cullen completes triathlon to raise funds for the Children’s Ward that cared for him
After more than 60 hospital admissions during his early childhood, six-year-old Cullen Roderick has found a unique way to thank the team who has helped him over the years. The young fundraiser has raised an incredible £1,100 for the Children’s Ward at Royal Glamorgan Hospital after completing the Caldicot Kids Triathlon this summer, when he was just…
Welsh environmental watchdog hit by data breach
Environmental regulator Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has reported itself to the Information Commissioner’s Office after a data breach saw personal details of staff made public. NRW said those affected had worked for it between April 2013 and March 2018. A spreadsheet was inadvertently disclosed containing employee information that may have included diversity monitoring data, such…
Welsh children at risk of becoming “unhealthiest generation of children in decades”
Welsh Conservatives have called for urgent action to improve children’s health in Wales following a stark warning from paediatricians that Wales risks creating the “unhealthiest generation of children in decades”. Analysis by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) shows a worrying deterioration across a range of child health indicators, including vaccination uptake, oral…