Julia McWatt outlines the issues facing the NHS in 2016. You would be hard pressed to find anyone who has not come into contact with NHS services at some point in their lives. As a system designed to care for us from cradle to grave, we are all likely to find ourselves needing the support,…
Welsh Conservatives have today dismissed a series of new Welsh Labour election pledges, ahead of polling day on May 5th. Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, Andrew RT Davies, said the pledges would “scarcely paper over the cracks” after a decade and more of disappointment. Mr Davies also questioned why, after seventeen years in power, so…
It's been going on for some time, bit by bit, year after year, services have been steadily moving out of Rhondda Cynon Taff. The closure of Pontypridd Magistrates'' Court is the latest example. The Rhondda and Cynon ones of course closed several years ago with one of the excuses at the time being that it…
Research published today, Friday 12 February 2016, indicates that a cancer drug, bexarotene, could potentially be used to help protect against Alzheimer’s disease. The international team of researchers, from the University of Cambridge, Lund University, and the University of Groningen, used the drug to target the first step in the chain reaction that leads to…
This petition is in response to the letter received titled: Learner Travel Policy, Information and Arrangements for the 2016/17 Academic YearMany parents in the RCT area who have children that rely on the provided bus services have recently received a letter stating that the council intend to change their current policy and implement a charge of…
With almost a year and a half to go before the National Eisteddfod is held on Anglesey, the festival fund has received a great financial boost. The financial prize of £5,000 for the Daniel Owen Memorial Prize will be given by Ann Clwyd, the MP for Cwm Cynon. The prize is donated in memory of…
Dear friends of the Actif Woods Wales project,It’s been a great pleasure working with everyone on the Actif Woods Wales project for the last few years. The input and collaboration you have all had on many levels; from being a partner organisation to attending meetings to assisting on a practical level has been really valued…
It has been confirmed that Pontypridd magistrates is to close as part of a substantial closure programme under the current Conservative government. The proposals were first announced in July 2015 and a consultation announced. The responses – including that from RCT Welsh Liberal Democrats – were almost all against the action, but they have been ignored. Welsh…
Diabetes UK Cymru is looking for people in Rhondda Cynon Taf to take on its Swim22 challenge and swim the distance of the English Channel at their own pace. Swimmers will get three months, from February 22 to May 22, to swim 22 miles in their local pool though they can sign up any time…
Alice Hooker-Stroud explains the reasons behind election talks between the Green Party, Plaid Cymru and Liberal Democrats. Our electoral system in Wales needs a good shake up. Wales will not thrive until people put their heads above the parapet, challenge the status quo and dare to do things differently. Progressive voters regularly have to hold…
