Two Government departments have issued guidance for local authorities on fly-tipping and the penalties they can charge. The guidance from the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Department for Communities and Local Government covers: Councils’ responsibilities: assessing the incident; fly-tipping on land; fly-tipping in water; Investigations, penalties and prosecution: preliminary investigations;…
It’s the end of an era with one of the most important voices in British politics resigning as UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader. I am extremely sad to see Nigel Farage leave. He is a close friend and a true inspiration. We now as a party need to build on his hard work and demonstrate…
Members of the school worship council attended St. Elvan's yesterday and participated in a service to commemorate the 100th Centenary of the Battle of the Somme. Pupils read a series of prayers, poems, Bible readings and war stories to the congregation and relived some of the horrors of warfare, which has been described as the…
Mountain Ash Comprehensive School PTA will be holding a car boot sale at the school on Saturday 9th July. The cost per car/table is £5. Gates open for cars at 8am and selling starts at 9am. Our school has the fantastic opportunity, with National Book Tokens, of winning a much needed £5,000 worth of books…
Construction officially underway on Aberdare's new £22m Coleg y Cymoedd campus and First Minister Carwyn Jones is grinning like a Cheshire cat at a photo opportunity but this was before Brexit brought him down to earth. http://i4.walesonline.co.uk/incoming/article10979773.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/JS84030278.jpg After the demise of The Aberdare High Level Railway Station for railway passenger services on both the High…
Leading local re-use charity toogoodtowaste are extending the opening hours at their Aberdare branch and will be open on Saturday’s 9am – 5pm. During July there will be special offers in store, every Saturday. They are extending their hours to help even more people in need and through opening on Saturday’s they are hoping that…
Please support our SCREENING FOR LIFE by helping us spread the word. Screening for Life is our national campaign to raise the awareness of the importance of screening. YOU CAN HELP US! On the 1st July we would like to see everyone on Facebook and Twitter posting about our campaign at the same time and…
Date: Saturday June 18th. Location: Snowdon, Cadair Idris, Pen-Y-Fan. The Event: ‘Ty Hafan – Welsh Three Peaks Challenge’ (to walk a distance of 20.3 miles and a total ascent of 9,397 feet or 2,864 metres). Thirty-six members of staff (teaching and non-teaching) from Mountain Ash Comprehensive School (organised into eight teams of four walkers and…
Natural Resources Wales is asking people not to use fireworks or start bonfires, especially in places like nature reserves, as they can threaten the wildlife that lives there. This follows a number of isolated incidents at several nature reserves across Wales recently. Two bags of used and discarded fireworks were collected from the Dyfi…
