Spoil heap management Below is taken from THE COAL AUTHORITY ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2014 –15 “Resolving the impacts of mining To monitor how climate change could impact on our spoil heaps we have installed weather and telemetry flow monitoring at strategic locations in South Wales. Analysis of this data will inform us of…
The Council’s award-winning Vision Products has renewed its membership with Secured by Design, the official police security initiative. Secured by Design (SBD) is owned by the UK Police Service with the specific aim of reducing crime and increasing safety for businesses and individuals. SBD seeks to improve the physical security of buildings and the surrounding…
Lee Scarfe, 34, of Clos Meddlyn was arrested on December 16 after officers suspected him of dealing drugs in Pontypridd. Earlier that day, officers spotted Scarfe in a blue Audi carrying out what they suspected to be a drug deal with the driver of a white BMW. They managed to stop and search the driver…
Significant upgrades to existing culverts at A4061 Rhigos Road, near the Tower Colliery site, will be delivered thanks to Welsh Government Resilient Roads funding – secured to tackle the issue of flooding at this location. The upcoming work will replace culverts at two positions close together on the A4061, on the section of road between…
Following a favourable Local Government Settlement from Welsh Government, Cabinet will consider a Draft Budget Strategy for the Council for 2022/23 – including an extra £11.2m for the schools’ budget, the lowest-ever Council Tax increase for the County Borough and increasing the pay for our staff and commissioned social care providers to a level above…
THE Welsh Ambulance Service will host its bi-monthly Trust Board meeting next week. The Trust’s Executive and Non-Executive Directors will convene next Thursday 27 January in a virtual event held on the Zoom platform. Proceedings will be broadcast live with members of the public invited to attend and submit questions in advance which will be…
The Labour-run NHS in Wales entered the winter in a calamitous state, as the record-long treatment waiting list increased again, A&E waits were their second lowest ever, and ambulance response times remain sky-high. Latest Welsh NHS data for November showed the highest ever number of patients waiting for treatment with 682,279 on patient pathways –…
Insights Wales – Cipolwg Cymru, 26th January 14.30-15.30 Colliery spoil, Brownfields, bees and beetles: Liam Olds Liam Olds is an entomologist and founder of the ‘Colliery Biodiversity Spoil Initative’, an imitative that aims to raise awareness of the ecological importance of colliery spoil tips in the South Wales valleys. Liam has been actively surveying…
Labour’s Economy Minister has been accused of “living in cloud-cuckoo-land” after claiming COVID passports had not had a major impact on hospitality businesses. Vaughan Gething told the Senedd today that there is “no evidence to date it has had a significant impact on the profitability of businesses where they have been introduced.” This is despite…
