Aberdare Town have had a tough start to the new season with the opening weeks of the season seeing almost three quarters of the squad suffering injuries and boss Matt Driscoll has still not been able to field his strongest team. There was an opening day 2-1 defeat at Risca United with Shay Friel scoring…
The Welsh Guards, granted the Freedom of Rhondda Cynon Taf in 2013, are returning to the County Borough to undertake a Freedom Parade. The event takes place in Pontypridd on Thursday, September 14, starting at the Bandstand in Ynysangharad War Memorial Park at 11.30am. The public are invited along to support the troops by lining…
Secondary schools need to ensure that pupils have access to up-to-date impartial information about their options for future learning and careers as well as facilitating regular discussions about pupils’ options, according to a report published today by Estyn. While nearly all schools provide pupils with general information about the routes that are open to them…
Look after your eyes by going for a regular sight test is the message of this year’s National Eye Health Week which runs from 18-24 September 2017. Now in its eighth year, National Eye Health Week brings organisations and health professionals from across Wales together to raise awareness of the need for regular sight…
The expansion of Universal Credit (UC) is a ‘disaster waiting to happen’ because many of its problems have not been solved including the long wait for payments, charity warns. A new report from Citizens Advice analysed over 50,000 cases where it had helped people with their debt problems and found for those on UC 79% had…
Social Care Wales (SCW) has launched its formal consultation on transforming the care sector in Wales and Care Forum Wales is urging members to respond to this by the deadline of October 16. The consultation can be found here. Mary Wimbury, acting chief executive of CFW, said: “While the emphasis is on registration for domiciliary care…
A huge congratulations to Chloe Cooper in Year 13 for winning the 'Best Actress' Award as part of the 'It's My Shout' programme. Chloe was presented with her award last Sunday for her role as Stacey in the film 'Peggy'. The film will be shown on BBC2 on Tuesday night, 19/09/17.
