GoSafe Wales is funded by Taxpayers primarily through a grant from the Welsh Government and by income generated from driver education courses offered to motorists who have committed certain traffic offences detected by GoSafe enforcement activity. Additional contributions and budget reserves may be managed through the offices of the Police and Crime Commissioners for Wales, and occasional…
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council shut down local schools to build a so-called “superschool,” promising savings. Then they axed the school buses to save more money. Waste collections were cut back for the same reason. Year after year, we’re told these cuts are about saving money, yet council tax keeps rising, while the essential public services…
Below are posts from the Save School Transport FB pages. Backlash Grows as RCT Council’s School Transport Cuts Leave Pupils Stranded and Communities Struggling 1 Another sorry story I heard yesterday. Whilst I was talking to a friend in Talbot Green discussing the school transport situation, two older ladies said “ sorry to interrupt but…
The Council is pleased to have played its part in the recent and successful redevelopment of the old Rates building in Aberdare Town Centre – securing Welsh Government funding to bring the important building back into good use. Morris Property Developments Ltd have been helped by Council officers to apply for significant grant funding, enabling…
Following a Senedd committee’s inquiry into the Welsh Government and local authority responses to winter storms, the Welsh Conservatives have reiterated their concerns that the Labour Welsh Government are underprepared for extreme weather events this winter and have not done enough to support residents following previous winter storms in late 2024. Commenting, Welsh Conservative Shadow…
Every year on September 13, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board joins organisations and individuals around the world to mark World Sepsis Day. What causes Sepsis? Sepsis is caused by your body’s immune system responding abnormally to an infection in the body. It is a life-threatening condition and if not diagnosed early can carry significant…
Caerphilly County Borough Council’s Sport and Leisure Services has been named a finalist in the UKactive Awards 2025, one of the most prestigious accolades in the physical activity sector. The shortlisting, in the Organisational Innovation Award category, recognises the service’s pioneering rollout of Swimtag, making Caerphilly the first leisure provider in Wales to introduce the…
A Victorian vision undermined by unchecked wildfowl pollution Aberdare Park, once a proud jewel of the Cynon Valley, designed during the Victorian era as a place of civic pride, recreation, and public health, is now blighted by a chronic and worsening problem: goose pollution. Originally created as part of the Victorian public health movement, parks…
Nicola Davies and Siôn Tomos Owen are appointed and aboutto embark on a journey to foster creativity, reignite a love ofreading, and empower children to become creative change-makers At Maesteg Library in Bridgend on Wednesday 10 September, Literature Walesannounced that Nicola Davies and Siôn Tomos Owen are the writers about toundertake the two national roles,…
Ten members of an organised crime group have been sentenced following a proactive investigation led by Tarian, the Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU) for southern Wales. Tarian, working in collaboration with UK Border Force, the Royal Mail, and international partners, established Operation Flueggea to dismantle a sophisticated organised crime group operating in the Cardiff area….
