Confusion reigns over Labour’s implementation of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in Wales and farmers are ‘mired in never-ending uncertainty’. That was the message from the Welsh Conservative Leader today, as he questioned Labour’s First Minister in the Senedd. Andrew RT Davies called for clarification on part payments due to be made by…
A Welsh council has been hit with an enforcement notice requiring it to improve its data protection practices. The Information Commissioner’s Office said Anglesey County Council had repeatedly failed to address security and privacy issues. The ICO issued Anglesey with undertakings in January 2011 and December 2012 to ensure remedial action was taken following two…
Stark warning to litter-louts, fly tippers and dirty dog owners as 38 offenders walk away with a combined fine of £14,245 – that’s an average fine of £374! Rhondda Cynon Taf Council is taking firm action against anyone found littering, fly tipping or allowing their dog to foul in a public place and failing to…
On Saturday 26th September, St Johns CIW High School took part in a recording of Songs of Praise at St. German’s Church, Roath in Cardiff. The Choir, and staff, who took part, had a wonderful time singing for the recording and had a chance to meet Tim Rhys Evans MBE, the famous Welsh musician and…
Download (opens in new window) PDF[1.75MB] This Annual Improvement Report (AIR) summarises the audit work undertaken at Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council (the Council) since the last such report was published in July 2014. The report concludes that the Council has generally robust financial management arrangements and is strengthening its data quality arrangements…
PCSO Coleen Jones recently attended a Macmillan Coffee Morning at St Winifred’s Church in Penywaun. PCSO Jones said: “It was a great opportunity to meet with members of the local community from local youths to more elderly members of the area whilst raising money for a great cause. “Putting older people first and extending a…
A dedicated care home administrator who provides a personal shopping service and acts as Mother Christmas for residents is in the running for a major award. Mother of two Hannah Edwards-Clatworthy will be a shortlisted finalist at the prestigious Wales Care Awards, known as the social care Oscars. Hannah, who has helped to run the…
Roald Dahl is loved by millions of people, young and old, around the world. However not many people know that the world’s number one storyteller was actually Welsh. Literature Wales, the national company for the development of literature, is on a mission to change that, and to bring Roald Dahl firmly back to Wales. 2016…
The Nightmare Before Christmas creator Tim Burton is backing Diabetes UK’s new mass-participation event, Dress Diabolical, calling on people to dress up for Halloween on Friday 30 October, to raise vital funds for the charity. Tim Burton, the director of Beetlejuice, Batman and Edward Scissorhands said: “The strange picture of ghosts, goblins, pirates and vampires walking the streets of the…
