Natural Resources Wales’s (NRW) Forest Operations and Land Management teams will be turning back the clock to use traditional forestry skills to thin an area of sensitive woodland in Fforest Fawr near Tongwynlais, on the outskirts of Cardiff. Horse logging is an ancient sustainable forest management technique that uses horses to pull timber from felling…
The family of Jordan Tristan Williams who died following a road traffic collision at 3.00pm on Friday 22nd December on Aberdare Road, Mountain Ash has paid the following tribute to him. Mum Sian, her partner Steve and their three daughters, Jasmine-Leigh, Lucy-Jo, and Chardonnay pay tribute saying: “We are so grateful to have spent these 26…
Road users will notice works activity on the A4058 between Trealaw and Dinas from next week, as part of a Resilient Roads drainage improvement scheme. The work will start at the pictured location (opposite Pinetree Car Sales) from Monday, January 8, lasting around five weeks. Two-way traffic flow will be maintained during the scheme, with temporary speed…
Bring attention to the deteriorating road conditions in our area, particularly the escalating issue of potholes resulting from adverse weather conditions. The impact is not limited to residential roads; it has now extended to our vital A and B roads, as well as trunk roads, demanding immediate attention and repair. Historically, residential roads have struggled…
Responding to comments made by the director of Cymorth Cymru, Janet Finch-Saunders MS, Shadow Housing Minister, said: “The homelessness crisis in Wales is a blight on our nation. “After years of failing to prioritise funding, the Welsh Government has overseen record numbers of residents sleeping rough and in temporary accommodation. “Labour should overturn their legislation…
The Council will shortly begin work to deliver improved pedestrian facilities at several locations across the village of Hirwaun, having secured grant support from Welsh Government’s Safe Routes in Communities funding. Safe Routes schemes contain measures to improve accessibility and safety in communities, with particular focus around schools. The Welsh Government investment aims to encourage…
The Labour-controlled RCT Council together with the Welsh Labour Government has lots of money to spend on flood defences all this funding is on new flood defences If the funding had been spent on the outdated flood defences before the 2020 storms then the majority of residents’ homes might not have been flooded. https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/plaid2016/pages/10646/attachments/original/1607292139/Rhondda_Flooding_Report_ENGLISH.pdf?1607292139 For…
New parents can now claim Child Benefit online for the first time since it was launched 47years ago, helping millions of families with the cost of raising their children, HM Revenueand Customs (HMRC) has announced. Since 1977, families claiming Child Benefit had to fill out a paper form, post it, and wait aslong as 16…
Responding to comments made by Welsh NHS Head Judith Paget that there will be significant disruption when junior doctors strike later in January, Russell George MS, Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister for Health, said: “The Welsh NHS and Welsh patients cannot afford another round of strikes. “The Conservative UK Government has put forward a more generous…
Responding to comments made by the head of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in Wales, Helen Whyley that the current situation in Wales was “completely unacceptable”, Russell George MS, Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister for Health, said: “Our Welsh NHS is on the brink of a disastrous 2024, with excessive waiting lists, strikes and staffing pressures. “The…
