Message from our PCSOs: “Residents,We have had reports in for drug dealing in the local area of Hirwaun. Officers are aware and conducting regular patrols, and requesting for anyone who see’s any activity of the sort, or aware of any information, please can we encourage reports to be made (phoning 101 or reporting online to…
HMRC urges taxpayers to act now as the deadline approaches With just over a week until the Self Assessment deadline, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is urging the 3.3 million people who haven’t yet filed their tax return to act now or face penalties. The deadline for submitting your 2024 to 2025 Self Assessment tax…
On Monday the 19th of January our Community Safety Team Officers supported RCT Trading Standards in undertaking a Closure Notice on The Vape Zone premises at Margaret Street, Abercynon. On Wednesday the 21st of January this has been followed up by officers from our Neighbourhood Uplift Teams supported colleagues from RCT Trading Standards in enforcing…
The EIP: 10 Days of the 10 Goals – Goal 5: Waste Goal 5 of the Government’s Environmental Improvement Plan concerns waste. Edward-Arash Abedian looks at the Government’s proposals including in relation to tackling waste crime. New powers to tackle waste crime in Wales Chapter 3 of the Environmental Improvement Plan 2025 (EIP) is all…
Recent reports from Rhondda Cynon Taf highlight the devastating impact of “cowboy builders” who have scammed residents out of hundreds of thousands of pounds through fraud and shoddy workmanship. The Council previously reported that in November OVER £180,000 was unscrupulously taken from residents in just one month! With many of those being left with unsafe…
RCT Council is reversing 20mph limits on 22 roads after public backlash, raising fresh questions over the cost of a policy introduced while essential local services face cuts. The Council is advising residents that a statutory Public Notice, relating to 22 roads being returned to a 30mph speed limit (from 20mph), has now begun. Residents…
The latest NHS statistics for Wales revealed that performance against the 4-hour target, where 95% of new patients should spend less than 4 hours in emergency departments from arrival until admission, transfer or discharge, is the lowest it has been for three years at only 64.3% in December. The target is for no patients at all should wait over…
This week in the Senedd, Gareth Davies MS called for a statement from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, seeking an explanation from the Welsh Government on waiting times in the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board after raising serious concerns about the accuracy and transparency of official waiting time data. Speaking during the…
Taking simple, cost-effective measures now can build resilience and help secure the future of Wales’ most vulnerable species, Natural Resources Wales said today as a new study from the environment body reveals that almost 3,000 species exist in five locations or fewer across Wales. The ‘Species in Peril’ report makes Wales the first country in…
The Welsh Government have published their Final Budget for the 2026-27 financial year, following an agreement with Plaid Cymru to support Labour’s spending plans. Labour has no majority in the Senedd and so needed at least two opposition votes to pass their budget, as has been the case for many previous budgets, Plaid Cymru will…
