Council Leader Cllr Andrew Morgan OBE has revised his Cabinet. These changes will be cost-neutral, with no additional costs, and will for the first time utilise the job sharing arrangements provided by Welsh Government, through the Local Government & Elections Act (Wales) 2021. The new Cabinet is as follows: Council will determine a new Presiding Officer,…
Dear Editor, We were dismayed to see in an email to us from a Director at Caerphilly Council, dismiss genuine public concern over the Bedwas “reclamation” project as so-called “misinformation.” The Director offers reassurances but without any new facts. If any “misinformation” has been shared, then we look forward to clarification from CCBC so residents are…
Lilly, 13, has been reported as missing. She was last seen on Saturday, September 13, sometime between half past midnight and 7am on Church Terrace, Tylorstown. She has black straight shoulder length hair which is pink underneath. Anyone who may have seen Lilly, or who has information which will help us find her, is asked…
Today, at First Minister’s Questions, the leader of the opposition raised with the First Minister a series of Welsh Conservative Freedom of Information requests revealing that since the May 2021 Senedd election, where Labour formed yet another Welsh Government with the support of Plaid Cymru, 38,374 patients had died while waiting for NHS treatment. The Labour Health…
The latest labour market statistics for Wales, covering July 2025, revealed that Wales’ employment rate is now the lowest in the whole UK, at 70.8%. Economic inactivity in Wales remains the highest in Britain, at 25.6% and unemployment has risen to 4.7%. Welsh Conservatives lay blame at the Welsh Labour Government which controls Wales’ economic…
The Welsh Ambulance Service is preparing to host its bi-monthly Trust Board meeting. Members of the public can join on Microsoft Teams to hear Board members discuss further changes to the way 999 calls are triaged which are due to be introduced over winter. New ‘orange: time sensitive’ and ‘yellow: assess and respond’ categories –…
This month, the 2025/2026 Project Search training interns started their training programmes with Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. Project SEARCH is a renowned partnership programme dedicated to empowering individuals with learning difficulties and/or autism through education and employment. The project is run in partnership with Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, Elite Supported Employment, Bridgend College and The…
Plans to convert a former library into Monmouthshire’s first mosque could be under threat after the county council received a pre-action protocol letter from a group of councillors who oppose the decision. The Monmouthshire Muslim Community Association (MMCA) acquired a 30-year lease of Carnegie Library in Abergavenny in June after setting out proposals to use…
The Coed Dyffryn and Tir Founder Fields housing estate in Aberdare, developed by Persimmon Homes starting in 2010, remains incomplete over a decade later. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04108747/officers The housebuilder behind the Carn y Cefn development in Ebbw Vale and a local housing association have marked their agreement to deliver more affordable homes on the site. Persimmon Homes East Wales…
Allan Blackburn completed his final shift after 23 years as a Rhondda PCSO, the day before his 70th birthday. It brings an end to 32 years of total service, having spent ten years as a special constable with South Wales Police before he became one of the very first PCSOs to be recruited back in…
