South Wales Police are appealing for information after an armed robbery at Premier Stores in John Street, Aberdare.Two men wearing balaclavas entered the store between 5.45am and 6am on 25 February armed with weapons and stole a substantial amount of money. If anyone saw anything suspicious or two men in the area at the time of…
Quick thinking members of the public have helped us arrest and charge three teenagers for a string of offences.The members of the public detained a teenager who was seen breaking into a car on February 27 in the Mountain Ash area until officers arrived.CID officers, working with the local neighbourhood policing team, then established a…
Friends of the Earth’s citizen science project to measure air pollution hopes to become biggest of its kind, as survey reveals only 1 in 10 think their air quality is bad. Friends of the Earth has launched an ambitious citizen science project to measure air pollution and help the public find out about the air…
The High Court has granted permission to four lone parent families to challenge the reduced benefit cap. The claimants argue that the lack of an exemption for lone parents of children aged under two is discriminatory and unlawful since other vulnerable groups were recognised in this way. Capping was introduced in 2013 to limit the…
St John's Church – Church in Wales denomination, was built in the latter part of the 12th Century, as a Chapel of Ease for monks from Margam Abbey. Now known as the original Parish Church. Set in an oval churchyard on the western edge of the town centre. Aberdare, Cynnon Valley, South Wales. http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMKFYV_St_John_the_Baptist_Church_in_Wales_Aberdare_Cynnon_Valley_Wales
More than one in ten (11.9%) Welsh school pupils have a below average reading ability, according to results from the National Reading Test – 1.3% higher than in England. The test is age standardised and uses a score of a 100 as a yardstick average. A score lower than 85 suggests that a child is…
HEALTHWISE Wales has the potential to transform the health and wellbeing of the nation, Minister for Social Services and Public Health, Rebecca Evans, has said today. The largest research study of its kind ever to have been undertaken in Wales, HealthWise Wales hopes to recruit 260,000 people aged 16 and older. People who volunteer to take…
To celebrate World Book Day on Thursday 2nd March 2017, and the overwhelming success of the first term’s use of the Accelerated Reader programme, your child will be taking part in a sponsored MACS Reading Marathon, along with all students in years 7, 8 and 9. Throughout the day, in a designated time slot, your…
St John school would like to wish Macey Lane (year 11) all the best for the netball Europe Open Championships which are being held over this weekend in Belfast. The Netball Europe Annual Championships provide a performance environment and opportunity to raise the profile of the game. The championships bring together Europe's larger countries and the developing netball nations. Macey will be representing Wales at U17 level…
Literature Wales has announced an international programme to commemorate the death of Welsh poet Hedd Wyn and other World War One writers such as the Irish poet Francis Ledwidge who, like Hedd Wyn, died on 31 July 1917. The aim of the project is to collaborate with Flanders in organising cultural events to note this…
