Rhondda Cynon Taf Council is facing criticism from parents and campaigners across the Cynon Valley over its school transport policies—policies that some are calling short-sighted, unfair, and harmful to children’s health and well-being. In a controversial move, Labour councillors have scrapped school bus services for children living up to 3 miles from the school, leaving…
Laura Anne Jones MS, Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Local Government, has raised concerns about the inflated salaries of council Chief Executives across Wales. The Chief Executive of Rhondda Cynon Taf Council takes home nearly £200,000 a year, while Torfaen Council’s chief executive takes home £164,000, with Cardiff City Council’s chief executive taking home more than…
A Mountain Ash man has been caught red-handed fly-tipping bags and other items, including building rubble, in a lane off ‘Caradog Street’! Residents Frustrated with Removal of Wheelie Bins and a Black Bag System Imposed by Rhondda Cynon Taf Councillors Fly-tipping won’t be tolerated in RCT, we ALWAYS investigate, and we will do everything in…
Natural Resources Wales is not working to restore and protect the Cwmbach Wetlands you have to ask the question, why it is a natural floodplain. Can you spot the difference in the photographs? https://elflaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Wetlands-day-2025.pdf A river habitat restoration scheme has been completed on the River Usk to renaturalise the river and reconnect it to its…
Anti-20 mph groups across Wales “When I started the petition, I believed the Welsh Government would listen. But after being ignored by my own MS and watching the Senedd dismiss the voices of nearly half a million people, I see that hope was misplaced.Our services are crumbling – while money is wasted on vanity projects…
Rhondda Cynon Taf Labour councillors voted to cut school transport, which is typical of Labour in RCT. This is another vote loser for Labour, along with taking our bins away. The Labour councillors had a choice: to do the right thing for the kids or to follow the party line, as they always do. Wales’ First…
Residents and businesses can now find out more and have their say on the exciting redevelopment proposals for the Rock Grounds site in Aberdare – to help refine the latest plans ahead of the final planning submission. The previous milestone for the scheme was in September 2024, when the Council’s Cabinet Members progressed the development…
The photograph above shows a section of the Cwmbach Community Wetlands, where tons of construction road waste were dumped into a natural depression. Following Storm Babet, the waste was pushed further into the wetland ecosystem. Although a fence has now been erected, the hole remains exposed and vulnerable to future weather events, with the next…
To whom it may concern, Going about my daily duties today, 24 April 2025, I dropped off cat food at Bryn Pica refuse site for the feral cats who live there. This is something that I, and fellow cat lovers, do on a regular basis. Today I was told by the manager, who was very…
The Future Generations Commissioner for Wales’ has today published its new Future Generations Report 2025, challenging decision-makers across Wales to think differently on how they will deliver on the Well-being of Future Generations Act to protect the next generation. Ceri Davies, Interim Chief Executive of Natural Resources Wales said: “As we mark 10 years of…
