The wait is over – online registration has opened for this year’s world-famous Nos Galan Road Races in Mountain Ash. This year marks the 57th anniversary of the New Year’s Eve event – and entering is now easier than ever before, as more and more people are using the online registration form. Rhondda Cynon Taf…
Three business men who charged two Cynon Valley residents for home damp proofing work that never took place have been prosecuted following an investigation by Rhondda Cynon Taf Council Trading Standards. Officers stepped in on behalf of the community following complaints from two residents in Aberdare, who claimed they had paid Valley Damp Proofing and…
Were you at The Pickled Pepper pub in Aberdare on the evening of Sunday 14th June? Did you see an altercation between two men around 11pm? Officers in Merthyr are investigating after a 38 year old man sustained facial injuries as a result of the incident at the pub on Commercial Street. The victim required…
A Treorchy woman, who has rejuvenated her career at the age of 53 thanks to a Higher Apprenticeship in Leadership and Management, is in contention to win a major award at the Apprenticeship Awards Cymru 2015. Janet Bevan, a principal occupational therapist for Cwm Taf University Health Board in Llantrisant, Is one of three…
Two local authorities have secured places alongside 17 law firms on the National Procurement Service for Wales’ £60m legal services panels. Staffordshire County Council has been appointed to six different lots for the North Wales panel on the framework: adult social services law; children’s social services law; civil litigation; employment; major IT & commercial contracts;…
RNIB Cymru invites people to take part in new fun run with a difference RNIB Cymru (Royal National Institute of Blind People) is hosting a Glow Neon 3k Fun Run on Saturday 24 October at Cardiff International Sports Stadium. Taking place after dark, the run is inspired by the colourful full moon parties…
James Donovan is exhibiting forty new paintings at Cardiff’s Kooywood Gallery from Thursday September 10th. The Aberdare artist’s new paintings are a return to what he calls the ‘new, old Wales’, where old habits die hard and stereotypes live on through a cast of comical yet poignant characters that reflect personal and universal views…
Dear Sir/Madame, My name is Carys Boulton, I am a young business woman from Aberdare. Two years ago I moved to The Midlands where I decided to set up my own company delivering Drama/Literacy Workshops for primary school pupils….
An environmental permit has been issued for an exploratory oil and gas borehole in St. Nicholas, Vale of Glamorgan, and to make sure that all waste generated by the work is managed properly. The permit, issued by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) to Coastal Oil and Gas Limited to drill in a field 400m along an…
We are appealing for information following a serious road traffic collision on Penrhiwceiber Road, Mountain Ash this morning. An 11 year old boy was taken to hospital by air ambulance following the incident. The incident happened around 8.45am this morning. Police and emergency services attended and the Wales Air Ambulance took the boy to the…
