As a result of the Key Officer Delegated Decision made on 30th June 2026, the Council is undertaking a 6-week consultation on its new Empty Homes Strategy, Restoring Empty Homes; Prosperous Lives 2026-2031. The consultation will run from Monday 6th July 2026 and will end on Sunday 16th August 2026. The draft Strategy sets out how, over the next…
Families are being encouraged to make the most of the summer holidays with an exciting programme of activities taking place across Caerphilly County Borough, delivered by the Sport and Leisure Service. Whether it’s making a splash in the pool, learning a new sport, taking on an outdoor adventure or enjoying free play in the local…
The Welsh Conservatives have called on the Welsh Government to take urgent action after a Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) inspection identified serious patient safety concerns in mental health services at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital. The inspection uncovered unresolved safety risks, infection control concerns, maintenance backlogs and poor staff training compliance. HIW said many of these…
Residents in Treorchy and Pentre may notice ground investigations starting in their communities next week, as the latest work to inform significant, future flood alleviation investments is progressed. The Council continues to develop multi-million pound projects to alleviate flood risk for residents and businesses across the two areas, which have been impacted by flooding in…
The Auditor General for Wales, Adrian Crompton, has called on the Welsh Government to make sure its approach to funding councils is timely, based on accurate information and gives councils “more clarity” over the funding they are likely to get in the future. The Funding Councils report looked at how the Welsh Government funds the 22 principal…
The Welsh Government’s intervention into South Wales Fire and Rescue Service is to continue until after next year’s local elections, after commissioners concluded that, although progress has been made, their task is not finished. The Welsh Government intervened in the service in February 2024, following a highly critical report by 39 Essex Chambers barrister Fenella Morris…
After a series of record-breaking heatwaves and extended periods of hot and dry weather this spring/summer, the environment is starting to show signs of strain, according to Natural Resources Wales (NRW). NRW has confirmed today (16 July 2026) that the worst affected areas – in north and south east Wales – will move from ‘normal’…
Cleonest Massera defrauded a woman in her 80s out of £20k by pretending to be a police officer. He is now in jail following an investigation by South Wales Police. Massera, 21, from Pentwyn, Cardiff, contacted the women in November 2025 claiming she had been a victim of a scam, He offered to look after…
Commenting on the Welsh Government’s plan to establish a Shadow Broadcasting and Communications Authority for Wales, Paul Davies MS, Shadow Minister for the Welsh Language, Culture, Tourism and Sport, said: “The Welsh Government is wasting time and taxpayers’ money on setting up a shadow authority in an area that isn’t even devolved, while the issues people…
Commenting on the statement from Gwent Police that eight British nationals have been charged with more than 30 offences as part of an investigation into group-based child sexual exploitation, Darren Millar MS, Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, said: “These are horrific allegations representing an unforgivable betrayal of children who should have been protected by the care…
