Councillor Andrew Morgan, Leader of Rhondda Cynon Taf Council and Cabinet Member with responsibility for Highways, said: “Cabinet has recently received a report outlining progress updates on a number of major transportation schemes ongoing across the County Borough. These are vital projects which the Council has previously made commitments to deliver in the future, and…
Ms Claire Rowlands, from Cwmbach you fly-tipped, twice and walked away with a fine for £1037.72! Fly-tip in RCT and you will get caught – this is the warning being issued by Rhondda Cynon Taf Council as another offender has found out! A Cwmbach woman has been handed a fine for over £1000 for fly-tipping…
The Council’s new spectator stand at the newly-opened £3M Ron Jones Stadium in Aberdare is to be officially named in memory of a local sporting hero this weekend. The late Danny Evans, of Hirwaun, dedicated over 50 years to football through all ages in the Cynon Valley and further afield. He administered the Aberdare Valley…
The last beam is being placed on a new palliative care unit being built by Cwm Taf and Macmillan – a year to the date since the turf was cut by the Health Secretary. Today will see the topping out ceremony for the Y Bwthyn NGS Macmillan Specialist Palliative Care Unit, which is being…
Introduction From Samuel, Chairperson: “I’m Samuel, I’m 16 and I’m from Blaenau Gwent. I have been on the board since it was first formed in 2016 and I was appointed Chair in the September of that year. I’m also Youth Mayor of Blaenau Gwent. I really enjoy working on the board as it is an…
Welsh ministers and the quango Careers Wales did not act unreasonably when they decided not to reassess the educational and training needs of a young man with a learning disability, a High Court judge has ruled. DJ challenged the decision by the Welsh ministers in June 2018 not to reassess his needs for an additional…
Cwm Taf University Health Board is delighted to have received funding for fluoroscopy equipment at Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil, as part of an £11m investment by the Welsh Government across Wales to improve scanning equipment. John Palmer, Chief Operating Officer at the health board, said: “We are really grateful for this significant investment in…
A man has appeared in court charged with two burglaries.Gary William Jones, aged 30, of Church Village, Rhondda Cynon Taf, appeared before magistrates in Merthyr last week. The charges relate to burglaries at the Post Office in Peterstone Super Ely in the Vale of Glamorgan on September 20 and Mountain Ash Motors in Mountain Ash on…
An Aberdare licensee has been fined after one of his staff members sold lager to a 13-year-old volunteer. Gosmitsing Kapoor, 26, is the Premise License Holder and Designated Premises Supervisor at Best One in Canon Street, Aberdare and the person responsible for the business. As part of their ongoing proactive work to ensure staff and…
The Welsh Government has been slated for delivering a ‘smoke and mirrors’ budget breakdown that fails to deliver for the people of Wales. Speaking following the announcement of the budget breakdown, Nick Ramsay AM – the Shadow Secretary for Finance – argued that the Welsh Government’s continual changes to the Budget lines mean that there…
