Age Connects Morgannwg (ACM) is celebrating 42 years as an independent local charity which provides advice and support to older people who need it the most. Celebrations took place in Cynon Linc – an intergenerational community hub in Aberdare – where guests were invited to eat cake and have photos with members of the ACM…
Angela Burns AM met with the team behind the Royal National Institute for the Blind this afternoon at the National Assembly for Wales, before the visitors gathered in the public gallery to watch an RNIB-backed Welsh Conservative debate in the Chamber. Mrs Burns led the debate today to call on the Welsh Government to do…
Police made arrests and seized cash, crack cocaine and heroin worth tens of thousands of pounds during a police operation on Tuesday (2 July).Officers from South Wales Police’s priority policing team raided two addresses in the Barry area simultaneously, as part of an operation to tackle the supply of drugs to the south Wales valleys.Approximately…
A Welsh Conservative debate this afternoon will give the Assembly a chance to scrutinise the Government’s language pledge of 2016. Concerns are expected to be raised that more could be done to reach the cross-party-backed goal of one million Welsh speakers by 2050. Suzy Davies AM, Shadow Minister for Education and Welsh Language, will begin…
Construction work will soon begin on a new footbridge for Pontypridd Town Centre, which will create a pedestrian link from the Llys Cadwyn development into Ynysangharad War Memorial Park. The Council has appointed Knights Brown as the contractor with responsibility for delivering the major scheme, and works will begin on site from Monday, July 8, with the structure…
RHONDDA CYNON TAFF COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL (A4059, ABERDARE) (TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE) ORDER 2019 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, as amended by the Road Traffic (Temporary Restrictions) Act 1991, which will have a maximum…
RHONDDA CYNON TAFF COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL (VARIOUS STREETS, MOUNTAIN ASH) (TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS) ORDER 2019 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council intends, not less than 7 days from the date of this Notice, to make an Order under Section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as…
The Welsh Government has published Police Recorded Road Casualties, Wales, 2018, which includes information on severity of injury and type of road user. Key points In 2018 police forces in Wales recorded 4,215 road accidents involving personal injury, 333 fewer (7.3% lower) than in 2017. These recorded accidents resulted in 5,759 casualties, 435 fewer than…
Paul Davies AM has used today’s First Minister’s Questions to ask Mark Drakeford about how careful the Welsh Government is being to protect Welsh taxpayers’ money. Mr Davies began by reminding the First Minister of his promise six weeks ago to publish a report looking into the Welsh Government’s failed investment of £1million for Kukd.com. The…
A father and award-winning volunteer has raised £200,000 for Macmillan in memory of his daughter. Wayne Griffiths, from Talbot Green, has raised the incredible amount for Macmillan Cancer Support in memory of his daughter Rhian, who died of cervical cancer in June 2012 aged only 25. Wayne and his family have raised the funds…
