Major emergency works for the culvert on Troed-yr-Rhiw Road, Mountain Ash, will begin on 3rd February and take place over 8 weeks. The work will be completed over two phases, taking approximately 4 weeks each. The culvert at Troed-yr-Rhiw Road was significantly damaged as a result of Storm Bert. While urgent repairs were undertaken at the time so the…
Ambulance The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) Farmhouse Breakfast Week has helped raiseover £13,500 for the Wales Air Ambulance.Around two thousand people attended events hosted at twenty-four venues acrossthe country, serving breakfast using produce from local farms, as the union marks its70 th anniversary.The FUW’s President Ian Rickman named the lifesaving service as his chosenCharity…
Since Sir Keir Starmer entered Number 10, unemployment in Wales has increased by nearly 50%. The latest labour market statistics for Wales, published by the Office for National Statistics, were a damning indictment on the Welsh Labour Government. In Labour-run Wales, unemployment has increased for the seventh consecutive month, and is the highest in the…
A Welsh Conservative investigation has revealed that the Labour Welsh Government spent £3,140.28 to send officials from the Welsh Government to CBD COP16 in Colombia. Whilst no Ministers attended the event, all attendees had the option to participate remotely, an option that would have reduced the conference’s carbon footprint. Commenting, Welsh Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary…
Water Rates were included in our council tax a few years ago are we just being ripped off? welsh Water are joint fourth, so our bills are not the highest in the UK. Household water bills in Wales will increase to become the fourth highest in England and Wales over the next five years. Welsh…
They caused thousands of pounds in damage as they tried to flee undercover officers.On Sunday, October 8 (2024), Luker Lawson and Kian Parmee – both in a silver Vauxhall Corsa – were penned-in by officers on a narrow valleys street.Officers had been looking out for Parmee’s Corsa after finding messages from him offering cocaine on…
A Rhondda Valleys woman completed the ultimate challenge of running 5k every day for a month inmemory of her much-loved uncle.To help cope with the grief of losing her uncle Malcolm, Jenna Ford, 36, wanted to give somethingback to the Wales Air Ambulance medics who tried to save Malcolm’s life.In October, Malcolm collapsed on the…
How is The Labour government doing as Cardiff University confirms plans to cut 400 jobs? At First Minister’s Questions (FMQs) today, the Leader of the Welsh Conservatives put to the First Minister the latest labour market statistics for Wales. Unemployment has risen from 3.8% in June 2024 to 5.6% (a 47% increase). The Welsh Conservatives…
Signs to tell people how to report suspected river pollution have been placed across Vale of Glamorgan and Bridgend. The number of pollution incidents reported to Natural Resources Wales (NRW) over the last five years has increased, partially due to heightened public awareness and concern about the impact of pollution on the environment. NRW relies…
The next meeting of the Health Board will take place on Thursday 30 January 2025 at 09:00am at the Hub, Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantrisant. Meetings of the Health Board will be held in public and therefore members of the public are welcome to attend in person and observe the meeting. The Board meeting will also…
