A WELSH care agency is hosting its first ever #ChangeLives week (May, 2019) to raise awareness of what it is like to work in the care industry and how rewarding it can be. Abacare wants to change people’s preconceived ideas about the industry and is hosting the week on social media from May 20…
During yesterday's First Minister's Questions, Mr Drakeford announced that speed limits of 20mph could be introduced in all residential areas in Wales. Explaining the Welsh Government’s position, he continued, "Local authorities have to have the discretion to retain 30mph zones on key arterial routes, but outside that, and in residential areas, we know that 20mph…
Commenting on the news that the Welsh Government has appointed the former Head of Safeguarding for Cwm Taf University Health Board as Chair of the new National Independent Safeguarding Board and that two of the Board’s six members have a history of activism for the Labour Party, acting Welsh Conservative Health spokesperson, Darren Millar AM,…
Councillor Robert W Smith, one of Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s Elected Members for the Rhondda Ward, sadly passed away over the Bank Holiday weekend. Councillor Smith, a staunch and loyal Labour Party member, also served as Mayor of the County Borough in 2009-2010. Leading the many tributes to Councillor Smith is Rhondda Cynon Taf’s current…
Major names in the world of entertainment are once again heading to Rhondda Cynon Taf this summer as part of the 2019 Rhondda Arts Festival (RAFT). Rhondda Cynon Taf Council is once again working with the organisers and supporting the month long event, which last year, in its inaugural season, attracted thousands of visitors to…
Fifty-five year old Jayne Pritchard, lives with husband Alan and their 15 year old foster child in Hengoed. Jayne was diagnosed with heart failure in November 2018 after being diagnosed by a doctor while on holiday in Spain a few weeks earlier that she had a chest infection. Jayne and her husband Alan were on…
