The Council’s contractor for its £1.9m education investment in Cymmer Primary School has held a series of engagement events with local pupils about opportunities in the construction industry. Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s huge £85m education investment in Rhondda and Tonyrefail schools, jointly funded by the Welsh Government’s 21st Century Schools and Education Programme, will soon see…
The Labour-run Welsh NHS is set to record its biggest single-year deficit ever according to latest figures. Four Welsh health boards will have overspent by a combined total of almost £163m at the end of this financial year. Hywel Dda Health Board in West Wales has racked up more than 40% of the…
A group of students from Ysgol Gyfun Rhydywaun competed in the Tomorrow’s Engineers EEP Robotics Challenge, where they undertook a new challenge this year commemorating the 100th anniversary of the RAF. The 10 students that competed were Nia Davies, Lloyd Jones, Lexie Williams, Tayleigh Rees, Emyr Lloyd, Joel Lewis, Eleri Griffiths, Alys Watkins, Eleanor Hope and…
Wicipedia Cymraeg, the Welsh language version of Wikipedia, has reached 100,000 articles. Welsh Wikipedians have been working hard over the past year to reach this target, which is a big achievement for a minority language Wikipedia and means there are more articles in Welsh than in Swahili, Cantonese, Irish Yoruba and Pubjabi. Wikimedia UK is…
Macmillan’s mobile cancer information and support service in Wales have reached 37,252 people across Wales, which is enough to fill half the Principality Stadium. The service operates as a bus unit, called Bronwen, that travels around the country, visiting towns and cities along with her team of cancer information and support specialists. 85%¹ of people…
Councils will be allowed to double the rate of council tax on long-term empty properties under new legislation announced today. Under the new legislation, councils will be allowed to levy additional charges on homes standing empty for two years or more. Local government minister, Rishi Sunak, said: ‘This new power will equip councils with the…
