Officers from South Wales Police are continuing to investigate the unexplained deaths of two people, a 47-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman, whose bodies were discovered at an address on Hirwaun High Street around 5.45pm on Friday, February 21. The postmortems will take place tomorrow, Wednesday February 26, where the cause of death will be…
Commenting on the latest Welsh Government statistics on school absenteeism, Natasha Asghar MS, Welsh Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education, expressed her concern over the Labour Government’s continued failure to make significant progress in tackling absenteeism. While attendance has increased marginally compared to last year, Natasha criticised the slow pace of progress and underscored the…
Our general secretary, Kate Ashbrook, considers the implications of the government’s apparent obsession with growth. Support The Open Spaces Society from £3/month We deal with almost 1000 cases a year assisting communities, groups and individuals in protecting their local spaces and paths in all parts of England and Wales. Can you help us by joining…
Following the recent poor weather, repair work to the road surface is required on the A4061 Rhigos Mountain Road, near the Treherbert end. Temporary traffic lights have been put in place at the pictured location as a necessary safety measure. Mitigation work will begin tomorrow (Wednesday, February 26), with initial repairs carried out under traffic…
Tourism flags at half mast and attraction closures will mark StDavids day in Wales this year.Last December the Welsh Association of Visitor Attractions(WAVA) held a one day strike, and closed their attractions inprotest at the anti-tourism policies being pursued by the WelshGovernment (W.G.)March 1 st will mark the next stage in the WAVA campaign tomake…
A community centre with an 80-year legacy supporting children and young people has been awarded £385,000 in funding. Hirwaun YMCA, in Aberdare, received a grant from the Pen y Cymoedd Community Fund with the capital to be used to transform its main hall into a modern, flexible-use space with high-end audio equipment, and a climbing…
12 months on from the publication of “Worried and Waiting”, a Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) report highlighting the grave state of Welsh waiting times for young people, waiting times have increased by a further 22%. The number of children waiting over a year for an outpatient appointment also increased by 32%….
The Wales Millennium Centre, a publicly funded arts venue and national theatre, has come under fire for allowing performers at a transgender performance of the Nutcracker, last Christmas, to distribute political leaflets to its audience. The leaflets urged attendees to contact their MPs and MSs to express opposition to the UK Conservative Government’s decision to…
The recent heavy rainfall in Rhondda Cynon Taf has once again exposed the consequences of poor planning and years of inaction. While the council boasts that “all 100+ schemes upgraded since Storm Dennis had no flooding,” the real question is why these upgrades weren’t done years ago—before countless residents faced devastating floods, rising insurance premiums,…
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council has announced a £6.8 million budget gap for the next financial year—yet, at the same time, it has spent almost £9 million on a tea garden in Pontypridd, right next to a public park that already offers seating and refreshments. Meanwhile, our roads are crumbling with potholes, waste services have been…
