An outdoors social enterprise boosting health and wellbeing in the Cynon Valley is joining forces with Cardiff University scientists to see whether nature really is the best medicine! Cynon Valley Organic Adventures has partnered with researchers to create a nature trail to explore the benefits of green ‘social prescribing’ on health, wellbeing and quality of life….
Labour plan to hit Welsh workers with a £1,084 tax bombshell if they hold onto power after May’s Senedd election. Proposals to hike income tax and council tax for Welsh workers, plus new taxes on drivers parking at work and using trunk roads, would hammer the incomes of hardworking people and do nothing to help…
The company Samatrix Pumping Solutions who have had a contract with Rhondda Cynon Taf Council from November 2014 Samatrix limited was incorporated on 24 January 2001, but the company in its literature claim to having over 40+ years in the wastewater market Samatrix can offer you a turnkey solution to all your pumping needs. Samatrix…
The Welsh Conservatives have unveiled their ambitious plan to level-up and modernise hospitals and primary care facilities in Wales. The £1-billion NHS Hospitals and Buildings Recovery Fund would usher in a new era for the NHS by ensuring hospitals have state of the art facilities to deliver world class care. The fund would deliver five…
THE death knell has finally sounded for an award-winning Cynon Valley youth centre. Chequers at Aberdare has closed its doors despite desperate attempts to secure funding. In a statement, Rhondda Cynon Taf Council said:“ We can confirm that we have secured the lease of Chequers in order to ensure the premises continue to be available…
The Open Spaces Society’s call to candidates in the Senedd election, 6 May 2021. The pandemic has shown the importance of public paths and open spaces for recreation and relaxation, now is the time to invest in them for the health and well-being of the people of Wales. The Open Spaces Society[1] calls on candidates for…
Police are appealing for information after a rogue traders are believed to have conned an elderly couple in Tonypandy on Wednesday, 7th October, 2020. Two men charged nearly £2,000 to cut a tree down in their garden. The men provided quotes for the work but kept adding costs until the total amounted to £1,900 –…
Reacting to a news documentary that water companies have been illegally dumping untreated sewage into rivers in Wales and England, the Welsh Conservative spokesperson for the environment, Janet Finch-Saunders, said: “Reports that Welsh Water’s Aberbaiden plant illegally dumped untreated sewage into the River Usk – a Site of Special Scientific Interest – on 12 consecutive…
The old Parish Road that runs from Rhigos, Rhondda Cynon Taff, to Cwmgwrach, Neath Port Talbot, the question is why has this road not been reinstated as this was a condition of granting development consent from Rhondda Cynon Taf Development Control Committee at a meeting held on 3 October 2013. At the time the Development…
Cardiff-headquartered top 100 UK law firm, Hugh James, has pledged to work with 12 other law firms to support a new campaign, #ActionMeso, which aims to raise awareness of the dangers of asbestos and the cancer called mesothelioma, which is caused by exposure to asbestos. The UK has the world’s highest incidence of mesothelioma with around 2,700…
