Detectives urge awareness of sextortion – to help take power away from criminals behind the cruel scam

Detectives in South Wales Police are warning about a spate of cases of so-called sextortion – where victims are blackmailed with the threat of explicit images of themselves being shared, unless they pay money – that have been reported in recent weeks. Sextortion is a form of online blackmail. The criminals behind it use a number of…

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Eisteddfod Chair and Crown Unveiled

Both the Rhondda Cynon Taf National Eisteddfod’s Crown and Chair are presented to the festival’s Executive Committee, at a special ceremony in the Guildhall, Llantrisant.  The Crown and the financial prize of £750 are donated by Ysgol Garth Olwg, which continues to nurture proud Welsh speakers in the Pontypridd area. The Crown was designed by…

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Test purchasing operations have been carried out this week in both the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda areas.

Test purchasing operations have been carried out this week in both the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda areas. Carried out alongside licensing officers from the respective local authorities, and assisted by our Police Youth Volunteers (PYV), the operations aim to ensure off-licenses and other premises are complying with their licence conditions in terms of age-restricted products….

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