The Welsh Conservatives have tabled a motion of no confidence in First Minister Vaughan Gething. Gething’s first months in the job have been marred by scandal and controversy, with the new First Minister facing questions over his campaign donations, his deletion of COVID messages and the shock sacking of a Minister from the Welsh Government….
Commenting on Labour’s promise to have patients seen within 18 weeks in five years, Sam Rowlands MS, Welsh Conservative Shadow Health Minister said: “Labour’s record in Wales, where they run the NHS, stands as a stark warning as to what a Labour Government would look like. “In Wales, we have the longest waits for treatment…
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is calling for people with an interest in the health of Wales’s water environment to participate in the first of a series of consultations about future plans to protect and improve water across Wales. River Basin Management Plans are updated every six years, and set the direction for how NRW will…
A man who tried to murder a woman has been jailed for 17 years and four months for attempted murder and stalking. Daniel Mihai Popescu, 29, of no fixed abode, was sentenced today to 17 years and four months in prison for the savage attack in Aberfan last December. He launched the assault on his…
A mobile MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) unit recently set up at Llantrisant Health Park to reduce waiting times sees 410 patients in the first 28 days of operation. Patients across the Cwm Taf Morgannwg region have started to attend a new mobile MRI unit which opened its doors for the first time last month. The…
The Council has recently completed a significant investment programme that has delivered improvements across more than 100 local bus stops throughout the Cynon Valley, using Taxpayers funding secured by the Welsh Government. Support from the Local Transport Fund in 2023/24 secured around £200,000 funding for the programme, focusing on improving bus stops in Aberdare and…
The public are being asked to report off road vehicles which are damaging safety measures put in place across tips in Rhondda Cynon Taf and users of off-road vehicles are urged to reconsider riding on the tips due to the dangers that the damage poses to local communities. The Council are working with South Wales…
The Aberdare Festival took place on Saturday it was a lovely day as one councillor described it on social media “Lovely to see hundreds of visitors enjoying the sunshine at today’s Festival at Aberdare Park” but then others went on social media and described the state of the park explaining, “There’s no place to lay…
David Smith A valleys drug dealer is behind bars after a raid at a shipping container owned by him led officers to vast quantities of drugs, firearms, cash and stolen vehicles. Officers executed a warrant at a container in Tonypandy owned by David Smith, 35, in January this year. There they uncovered quantities of amphetamine…
Responding to the release of Labour’s final report on the 20mph review, Natasha Asghar MS, Shadow Transport Minister, said: “This report is nothing more than a Welsh Government smoke screen designed to strengthen their own position on 20mph. “The fact that only 27 respondents were included from organisations such as Cycling UK and Sustrans tells…
