Disability Wales has been awarded a funding package by Welsh Government totaling £600,000 over the next three years, which means that it is no longer at risk of closure this March as feared following the news before Christmas that it lost its core grant due to changes in Welsh Government grant making arrangements. Disability Wales…
Speaking to business leaders in Cardiff today, the Chancellor will offer UK government support for a city deal in Cardiff that will transform the area as much as bay regeneration did a generation ago. Welsh Conservatives have welcomed Mr Osborne’s challenge to “get on with it”, describing the news as a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to transform…
Macmillan Cancer Support, was doing something for charity one of your resolutions for 2016? If so, can I encourage your readers to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support to help people in Wales affected by cancer. Today in Wales more than 130,000 people are living with and beyond cancer. Macmillan is here to help…
Businesses of all sizes and backgrounds still have time to get their entries in for the 10th Rhondda Cynon Taf Business Club Awards, in partnership with the launch sponsors Coleg Y Cymoedd. Entries for all categories need to be submitted by January 22, in time for the prestigious awards evening on March 11 2016. This…
The Welsh Liberal Democrats have challenged the Secretary of State for Wales to commit to campaigning for staying in the European Union during the upcoming referendum, following doubts regarding his position on the matter. Prime Minister David Cameron is set to announce that Ministers will be allowed to campaign for either side of the referendum…
Commenting on Plaid Cymru’s announcement of a ‘Cancer Contract, a spokesman for the Welsh Conservatives said: “They say that imitation is the highest form of flattery, but in reality Plaid’s copycat cancer policy is a pale imitation of our Cancer Patients Fund. “It’s also extremely rich for Plaid to say that the Welsh Government has…
It was a year of ‘records’ at the 2015 Nos Galan Road Races – with one race record being broken on the night , one equalled, and the most competitors ever registered to take part. Around 12,500 spectators, the largest crowd ever, packed into Mountain Ash town centre, as well as the Brynfynnon Hotel and…
Local Youth Group move towards sustainability NAB Youth group based at St Fagans Community Hall in Trecynon are moving towards financial and environmental sustainability thanks to support from The Coalfields Regeneration Trust and Renew Wales. “The group were looking for innovative ways to raise funds that would give them some financial security moving forward –…
Police in Aberdare are continuing to appeal for information following an assault which occurred in the town centre shortly after 4.00am on Sunday 1st November 2015 as Hallowe’en events drew to a close. A 24 year old local man was the approached in the Victoria Square area and struck by an unknown man, he fell…
South Wales Police are appealing for witnesses in relation to a serious road traffic collision on the A470 Northbound near to Abercynon. We were called shortly after 6.35pm yesterday evening, Monday 4th January, after receiving a report of a road traffic collision on the A470 prior to the Abercynon west bound off slip on the North…
