Cwm Taf University Health Board is the first in Wales to offer full body mapping for earlier diagnosis of skin cancer!

Consultant Dermatologist Dr Christian Aldridge has worked with Melanoma UK skin cancer charity in securing a specialist piece of equipment for the health board that provides full body mapping which detects skin cancer earlier. The equipment called ‘FotoFinder BodyStudio ATBM’ accurately monitors mole changes in those patients with hundreds of moles. This is a significant…

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More than 12,000 jobs now supported in Enterprise Zones across Wales. But how many in Cynon Valley?

Economy Secretary Ken Skates has welcomed figures showing that the Welsh Government’s Enterprise Zone programme supported 1550 jobs in 2017/18, bringing the total number of jobs supported to more than 12,250 jobs since 2012.     The figures are taken from a comprehensive report which has been published by the Welsh Government showing progress in…

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Nos Galan 2018 Registration News

Online registration for the 2018 Nos Galan Road Races opens at 10am on Monday, September 10 – and it’s going to be a very special night on New Year’s Eve.  This year marks the 60th anniversary of the event, which began on December 31, 1958, going on to become a world-renowned, award-winning annual occasion.  Race registration…

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Wales Book of the Year Award:

The 2019 Award Ceremony to be held in Aberystwyth After a number of successful years held at Galeri Caernarfon, The Redhouse in Merthyr Tydfil and Tramshed in Cardiff, the Wales Book of the Year Award Ceremony has found a new home for 2019, and Literature Wales is delighted to announce that the 2019 Award Ceremony…

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Free cancer support and sun safety advice coming to the Big Welsh Bite

Macmillan’s Welsh mobile information and support team will be on hand to provide sun safety advice and information about cancer at the Big Welsh Bite in Ynysangharad War Memorial Park, Pontypridd this weekend. Based in the wellbeing zone, Macmillan Information and Support Specialist, Karen Ball, will be available from 11am to 5pm on Saturday 4 August and Sunday 5 August for…

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TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS A4059 ABERDARE COMMERCIAL STREET ROUNDABOUT TO DEPOT ROAD ROUNDABOUT AND HARRIET STREET ROUNDABOUT TO HIRWAUN ROAD

RHONDDA CYNON TAFF COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL (A4059 ABERDARE – COMMERCIAL STREET ROUNDABOUT TO DEPOT ROAD ROUNDABOUT AND HARRIET STREET ROUNDABOUT TO HIRWAUN ROAD) (TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS) ORDER 2018   NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council have made an Order under Section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984,…

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