Local people are invited to a free Know Your Risk roadshow where they can find out their risk of getting Type 2 diabetes and get valuable information about how to reduce it. Diabetes UK has partnered up with Tesco to deliver a roadshow tour across the country that aims to reach over 27,000 people…
Look after your eyes by going for a regular sight test will be the main message of this year’s National Eye Health Week (21-27 September 2015). Now in its sixth year, National Eye Health Week brings organisations and health professionals from across Wales together to raise awareness of the need for regular sight tests…
Just a week after it opened to the public one of Ponty Lido's three pools has been closed for – the Council say – "planned maintenance". Local Councillor Mike Powell says "The splash pool, intended for the youngest children, is out of action. When I asked why the response was that there was maintenance work…
The wait is over – online registration has opened for this year’s world-famous Nos Galan Road Races in Mountain Ash. This year marks the 57th anniversary of the New Year’s Eve event – and entering is now easier than ever before, as more and more people are using the online registration form. Rhondda Cynon Taf…
Three business men who charged two Cynon Valley residents for home damp proofing work that never took place have been prosecuted following an investigation by Rhondda Cynon Taf Council Trading Standards. Officers stepped in on behalf of the community following complaints from two residents in Aberdare, who claimed they had paid Valley Damp Proofing and…
Were you at The Pickled Pepper pub in Aberdare on the evening of Sunday 14th June? Did you see an altercation between two men around 11pm? Officers in Merthyr are investigating after a 38 year old man sustained facial injuries as a result of the incident at the pub on Commercial Street. The victim required…
A Treorchy woman, who has rejuvenated her career at the age of 53 thanks to a Higher Apprenticeship in Leadership and Management, is in contention to win a major award at the Apprenticeship Awards Cymru 2015. Janet Bevan, a principal occupational therapist for Cwm Taf University Health Board in Llantrisant, Is one of three…
Two local authorities have secured places alongside 17 law firms on the National Procurement Service for Wales’ £60m legal services panels. Staffordshire County Council has been appointed to six different lots for the North Wales panel on the framework: adult social services law; children’s social services law; civil litigation; employment; major IT & commercial contracts;…
RNIB Cymru invites people to take part in new fun run with a difference RNIB Cymru (Royal National Institute of Blind People) is hosting a Glow Neon 3k Fun Run on Saturday 24 October at Cardiff International Sports Stadium. Taking place after dark, the run is inspired by the colourful full moon parties…
James Donovan is exhibiting forty new paintings at Cardiff’s Kooywood Gallery from Thursday September 10th. The Aberdare artist’s new paintings are a return to what he calls the ‘new, old Wales’, where old habits die hard and stereotypes live on through a cast of comical yet poignant characters that reflect personal and universal views…
