A Ceredigion man has been successfully prosecuted by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) for allowing 3,122 tonnes of waste to be dumped on his land without an environmental permit. John Bray was ordered to pay £8,700 after pleading guilty to allowing construction and demolition waste, amongst other types of environmentally sensitive waste to be dumped on…
There are around 100,000 strokes in England, Scotland and Wales every year. Stroke is the fourth single leading cause of death in the UK and the single largest cause of complex disability. In Wales, stroke affects around 1,600 people in the South-Central Wales area each year, with 3,200 seeking hospital care for suspected strokes. A…
It seems that the persistent problem of flooding along footpath 160, which is a Public Right of Way (PROW), remains a troubling thorn in the side of the local community. Despite the repeated highlighting of this issue on social media, the local authority, Rhondda Cynon Taf Council, has shown little inclination to address the matter…
Commenting on the news that an increase in the number of children’s services contacts in Wales is resulting in stress and pressure on social care workers, Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister for Social Care, Gareth Davies MS said: “While the onus is on some councils with large usable reserves to put that money to use to…
Commenting following his exchange with Mark Drakeford today at First Minister’s Questions, Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, Andrew RT Davies MS said: “This time last year, I questioned the First Minister on the record low response times of Welsh ambulances, his response was his notorious outburst that reverberated through the media at the time. “A…
Officers from South Wales Police’s area have arrested 31 people and safeguarded 58 vulnerable people during a week of targeted action to disrupt county lines. County lines is the name given to drug dealing where organised criminal groups (OCGs) move and supply drugs, usually from cities into smaller towns and rural areas. The activity has…
A review of electoral polling districts, polling places and polling stations used for UK Parliamentary elections across the County Borough is being carried out by Rhondda Cynon Taf Council. A six-week public consultation process in relation to the review starts on Monday 9th October. The review, which is required to be carried out by law, takes…
Commenting on the news that an ambulance spent 28 hours outside a hospital after an “extraordinary incident” was declared due to delays at Morriston Hospital in Swansea, Welsh Conservative Shadow Health Minister, Russell George MS said: “This atrocious example of life-threatening delay is a symptom of wider Labour failure to run our Welsh NHS properly….
Over £12bn of local government pensions are invested in the fossil fuel industry, environmental campaigners have revealed. Friends of the Earth and Platform London have warned that investments in oil and gas by the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) are turning ‘public savings into fossil fuel playthings.’ Freedom of information requests sent by the campaign…
Just imagine if South Wales had the volume of rain Scotland has had in the last few days when are Rhondda Cynon Taf Council going to publish a comprehensive list of where the dangerous tips are why did Rhondda Cynon Taf Council appeal a decision made by The Information Commissioners Office to publish this information?…
