Forty of Britain’s biggest – and smallest – arts organisations will join a flagship £1 million scheme to help employ more graduates from lower income backgrounds. Literature Wales, Sherman Theatre, Sage Gateshead, Turner Contemporary, Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival and Touchstones Rochdale Art Gallery are amongst 40 arts organisations taking part in the Weston…
Cabinet Members will discuss an investment of £650,000 to provide new all-weather 3G sports pitches at two secondary schools in the County Borough. A report to Cabinet on October 26 sets out the Council’s position with regard to one-off resources available following a review of earmarked reserves. It recommends Cabinet agrees to a further investment…
WELSH WATER is increasing poverty in Wales. Nearly 400,000 low-income customers are being failed. They have lost more than £80 million since the not-for-profit company ended its “customer dividend” in 2010. The company is also secretly adding an extra £4.90 to their bills this year. This is to help pay for the company’s range of “social tariffs”. A Rebecca investigation…
Doctors have backed a bill to tackle the rising tide of assaults on emergency workers. The private members' bill, Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences), has been put forward by Labour MP for Rhondda Chris Bryant and received its second reading in Commons last week. It proposes tougher prison sentences for people who attack emergency-service workers…
RHONDDA CYNON TAFF COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL (CARDIFF ROAD, MOUNTAIN ASH) (TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE) ORDER 2017 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council intends, not less than 7 days from the date of this Notice, to make an Order under Section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as…
Plans to introduce a minimum price for alcohol have been unveiled in Wales to help crack down on excessive drinking. The new law would aim to tackle harmful drinking by reducing access to cheap, strong alcohol. It would allow ministers to specify a minimum price per unit of alcohol, and give councils the power to…
NHS employees who are tempted to look at patient records without a valid legal reason should consider the potential implications for both themselves and the health service. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued the warning after an NHS administrator was fined for repeatedly accessing a patient’s medical records without a valid legal reason. Nicola Wren…
Upfront charges for overseas visitors using NHS services have come into force, despite doctors being unclear how the new regime will work. From today trusts in England will be required to determine whether patients are eligible to free, non-urgent forms of care, and ensure that charges are applied to international patients who do not qualify….
Army veteran Christopher Dorrington served in seven tours in Northern Ireland and in conflicts and trouble spots around the world. But his 41 years in the military, in the Parachute Regiment, Royal Engineers and later a Reservist, left him suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, symptoms of which are persistent nightmares and flashbacks. His physical…
RHONDDA CYNON TAFF COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 SECTION 257 PUBLIC PATH DIVERSION ORDER FOOTPATH 2 CWM CLYDACH Notice in effect from 23 October 2017 until 29 October 2017 The above order was made on 17 October 2017. The effect of the order will be to divert the public footpath as…
