Disability Sport Wales will for the 12th Year be holding the Arriva Trains Wales Wheelchair Sports Spectacular on the 11th and 12th September at Cardiff Met University, National Indoor Athletics Centre (NIAC) in Cyncoed. This event attracts annually over 500 disabled people of all ages and ability levels to try over 20 sports with a range of adapted…
RCT's Labour Cabinet agreed to changes to the home to school transport provision following a consultation exercise which began in May. The changes bring them in line with the legal requirement to only provide free transport for pupils living two miles from a primary school or three miles from a secondary school – they currently…
Following an 8 week public consultation, Cabinet today agreed amendments to the Council’s Home to School Transport arrangements. In response to public feedback a number of significant changes were agreed to the original proposal consulted upon. One of the significant changes was to adopt the same approach as to the provision of Home to School…
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…
