The Council will shortly host a series of dedicated sessions across all of its Libraries, where staff will be able to help residents renew their concessionary bus passes using the Transport for Wales website. Transport for Wales is working with Welsh Government to roll out a ‘new-style’ Concessionary Travel Card across Wales by December 31, 2019….
A man from Mountain Ash has been jailed for more than four years for possessing heroin with intent to supply.Stephen Locke, 54, of Fernhill Road, Mountain Ash, was stopped and searched by police who followed his car into a patrol garage on Cardiff Road, Mountain Ash, on 27th September, 2018.Officers carried out a search and…
Officers are appealing for help in identifying the male who supplied the tablet… Local Policing Inspector Stephen Daley is issuing a warning about the dangers of illegal drugs such as ecstasy following a recent incident involving a teenage girl in Talbot Green (Saturday, 21 September, 2019).Police have now launched an investigation into the incident which…
Please stop the development of our wonderful country park. https://tinyurl.com/y6fovk6v Land at Cwm Farm, Aberdare Background This pre-application consultation relates to the Trustees of Cwm Farm Estate’s intention to submit an Application for Outline Planning Permission for residential development at Land at Cwm Farm, Aberdare. An outline planning application has been prepared and will be submitted to…
Members of the public will soon be able to have their say on specific options for the Council’s future residential care provision – with an extensive, 12-week consultation period about to begin. In November 2018, Cabinet agreed to consult on transformational options for the Local Authority’s future care provision – and Officers put forward options…
The Council’s contractors for the Mountain Ash Cross Valley Link made excellent progress on the weekend, lifting large beams into place over the river and railway line – despite the wet and windy weather. The multi-million pound highways scheme will see a road bridge built from Cwm Cynon Industrial Estate to Miskin Road, providing a…
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council is giving its residents another great reason to recycle as it launches its BAGSY for Life competition this Recycle Week (23rd-29th September). In summer 2018 the Council reduced the amount of black bags that households could place out for collection in a bid to increase recycling rates and avoid significant Welsh Government fines if…
A state-of-the-art Macmillan palliative care unit is opening its doors at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital offering a warm, welcoming environment to people who need specialist palliative care. The £7.25m Y Bwthyn NGS Macmillan Specialist Palliative Care Unit is opening its doors to offer inpatient, outpatient and day palliative care to people in the Rhondda…
#Her100Cerdd is back to celebrate National Poetry Day Literature Wales is proud to announce that Her 100 Cerdd will return this October for the seventh year in a row. Four poets have been challenged to compose a total of 100 original poems in just 24 hours as part of the National Poetry Day celebrations….
The Wetherspoon pub in High Street, will be serving a range of beers during the festival, which runs from Wednesday 9 October to Sunday 20 October inclusive. The festival celebrates Wetherspoon's 40th anniversary and the pub will offer a selection of beers brewed specially for the occasion. The beers brewed to mark the…
