So, what have the Romans ever done for us? For those remember the Monty Python sketch there was quite a long list, but their latest may be to prevent a solar panel farm in Pontypridd. As reported by Wales Online, an application has been made to put 20,000 solar panels on farm land at Penycoedcae but the recommendation…
Pontypridd MP Owen Smith has admitted to the New Statesman that he wants to be Labour leader. It is the first time that he has publicly admitted this, although it has been obvious for some time that he is far more ambitious for himself than he is for his constituency. He has always put party before the…
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s ongoing investment in Leisure Services continues with the creation of a brand new gym and refurbishment of reception area at Bronwydd Pool. The regeneration works at the popular leisure venue in Porth will see the gym double in size and the introduction of a completely-new range of machines and equipment for…
Investigations by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) are under way into Gwent Police handling of detainees during a number of incidents which occurred in custody suites towards the end of last year. The five investigations involve incidents in September and November 2015 where people detained in police custody attempted to either self harm using…
I will call on Wales First Minister Carwyn Jones to be brave and ‘defy’ the EU if the wants to save the UK’s largest steelworks in Port Talbot in South Wales, and the livelihoods of thousands of men and women in Wales who depend upon it. There are 4,500 jobs at immediate risk as the…
Following AberdareOnline enquiring on Twitter about the demolition of Blaengwawr Comprehensive School Rhondda Cynon Taf Council has released a statement. We at AberdareOnline were first alerted to a planning application Ref: 15/1521/08 for demolition of Blaengwawr Comprehensive School by the Rhondda Cynon Taf Council. The council has made no application for demolition of Aberdare Boys…
RCT's Labour Cabinet are, it seems, determined to move ahead with plans to close several day care nurseries in RCT to the paying public. The plans are to take only Flying Start children at Pontypridd, Aberaman, Tylorstown and Tonyrefail and not, as currently, additional fee paying children. Flying…
No NHS reorganisation, no hospital closures and reopened minor injury units. That’s the pledge today from Welsh Conservatives, four months from a Welsh general election labelled hugely significant for the future management of the NHS in Wales. The Shadow Minister for Health has promised to maintain all existing emergency departments and to re-establish…
The latest consultation on the current round of proposed budget cuts by RCT Council comes to an end on the 18Th January. Residents are invited to give their views on further proposed cuts to the library Service, the youth engagement & participation service and to certain bus routes. The library service has already suffered severe cuts…
Commenting on the Chancellor’s speech to business leaders in Cardiff – and his announcement of a multi million pound innovation centre in Wales, along with his intention to see a ‘Cardiff City Deal’ signed before the March Budget – Welsh Conservative Leader, Andrew RT Davies AM, said: “These historic plans will ensure we remain…
