An innovative new sustainability hub concept, complete with zero waste shop and repair café, has launched in Ferndale following the receipt of a grant from a local community fund. Y Siop Fach Sero is a social enterprise, developed to introduce people across Rhondda to a more sustainable reuse, repair and recycle approach to buying their…
Rhondda Cynon Taf Claims:Compensation :Legal Costs:Live Pothole Snapshot:Notes: Older data covering 2017-2021Open Claims:Settled:Total Cost: £45,841.41 https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/number_of_potholes_reported_and_39#incoming-2261591 Pothole-related breakdowns up nearly 40% RAC patrols helped more than 10,000 drivers who had suffered a pothole-related accident in the first three months of the year, new figures reveal. Published by the RAC, the new data shows breakdowns caused…
At the last count, Labour-run Rhondda Cynon Taf Council was sat on over £200 million in usable reserves so how much have they got now after another council tax hike School supply agency spends 22/23 Rhondda Cynon Taf Council has announced that around 15% of its 115 schools are considering cutting teachers, which could affect…
The new vehicles have taken pride of place in the Trust’s Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service, which takes people to and from their routine hospital appointments and discharges people home after a stay in the hospital. The latest features include USB ports, patient call buttons and entertainment systems to improve the experience of those on board. New…
Welsh Government has announced it has allocated over £4.8m to Rhondda Cynon Taf across two key funding programmes for flood alleviation in 2023/24 – complementing the Council’s own significant investment in this area. The Minister for Climate Change, Julie James MS, confirmed on Tuesday (April 25) that Rhondda Cynon Taf will receive around £3.82m over…
Late covid-19 disclosures from Labour Government unacceptable Commenting on the news that the Labour Government were late producing a full disclosure to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, Welsh Conservative Shadow Health Minister, Russell George MS said: “The First Minister, has so far refused to set up an independent Wales-specific Covid Inquiry despite the need for one…
A local school has helped to mark the launch of a trailblazing community-led initiative that aims to recycle, recreate, and retail single-use plastics in the Rhondda Valley. Treorchy Primary School has partnered with social enterprise, Soaring Supersaurus based in Penrhys, but working across the valley, to create a currency for recycled plastic within the local…
The Cardiff Capital Region City Deal is just another tear of government just take this one committee meeting it all comes out of your tax, do all these councillors get extra payment on top of their council salaries plus even more expenses is this another reason that our council tax goes up year on year….
Last week, the TPA published the 16th edition of our Town Hall Rich List, detailing all council employees with total remuneration over £100,000 in 2021-22. Our Rich List has become a massive hit with the media, politicians, and the public alike. It’s the only research of its kind that exposes the princely pay packets collected by council…
Skincare brand ThatCoCoCompany based in Aberdare is among a collection of businesses founded, owned and run by female entrepreneurs, that are booming, following investment from The Pen y Cymoedd Wind Farm Community Fund. Since The Fund launched in 2017, it has invested more than half a million pounds in championing new business ventures across the…
