A man who attacked a woman with a hammer and strangled her has been jailed for life, following a South Wales Police investigation. Following guilty pleas, Connor Probert, aged 26, of Penygraig, was sentenced to life with a minimum of two years and 283 days for Grievous Bodily Harm with intent on July 11 at…
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published new guidance for social care commissioners in Wales on compliance with the Public Sector Equality Duty, after evidence provided by the watchdog’s Wales Committee showed “alarming patterns” of inequality affecting those who need care and those who provide it. The Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) is…
Only two weeks left to share your views of school food in the Welsh Government Healthy Eating Consultation Have your chance to make a difference to children’s lives by helping create healthy school meals. We want your views on proposals related to food and drink in maintained primary schools in Wales. We are also calling…
At First Minister’s Questions today, the opposition Leader Darren Millar MS challenged the First Minister on Labour’s updated Sustainable Farming Scheme. Mr. Millar accused the Labour Government of turning its back on Welsh farmers, after it emerged that food security is not mentioned once in the latest Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) document. Additionally, the core…
We’re reviewing our Disabled Persons Parking Bay (DPPB) Scheme, and we want to hear from you! Have you applied for a bay before – successfully or not? Your feedback is vital to help us improve the scheme and make it clearer and more accessible to residents. The consultation opens on July 14 The consultation closes…
More than 500 police officers in South Wales and Gwent are now trained to use a mobile phone app which allows them to confirm the identity of an unknown person with the touch of a button. They are the first in the UK to use technology to identify individuals in near real time through a…
We’re excited to launch a new feedback process for patients receiving care from our District Nursing Service. This initiative is designed to: As part of this process, patients will receive a leaflet explaining what the District Nursing Service offers, how they will be supported, and how they can share their feedback. The leaflet is designed…
Calls for a dedicated community facility in Aberaman have once again been dismissed by Rhondda Cynon Taf Council, leaving residents frustrated and questioning why their area remains overlooked compared to neighbouring communities. Despite being one of the largest wards in the Cynon Valley, Aberaman has no council-recognised community centre, hub, or hall. Decades after the…
Mountain Ash, Cynon Valley. The controversial junction on the A4059 in Newtown, Mountain Ash continues to be a flashpoint for road safety concerns, with local residents and road users calling for urgent changes to the current traffic light and lane layout. As it emerges that there was another accident at this junction on Saturday The…
The Council has made a legal order to update the Definitive Map and Statement, which is the official record of public rights of way in the Cynon Valley area. This update adds three public footpaths in Aberdare—Footpaths 69, 70, and 71—to the official map. These are now legally recognized public paths, and their routes, lengths,…
