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Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is urging people across Wales to check their flood risk online, sign up for free flood warnings, and learn what to do if flooding is forecast in their area this winter. The call comes as NRW launches its Be Flood Ready awareness campaign (7-11 October), aimed at providing essential advice about…
The Council has now completed a significant repair scheme to the Gelli Isaf Tramroad Bridge, which is located off the Cynon Trail between Trecynon and Hirwaun. The repairs have been sympathetically delivered across two phases of work, respecting the structure’s Scheduled Monument status. The historic bridge spans the Afon Cynon at a location to the…
In February 2024, Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) Council made the controversial decision to cut back on home-to-school transport. As of September 2025, students in secondary schools and colleges who live just under three miles from their institution will be forced to find alternative transport. In a move that exemplifies Labour’s heartless approach, they now expect…
OVER 50 food businesses in Rhondda Cynon Taf have received a FIVE rating for their ‘Scores On The Doors’ in May and June 2024. The ‘Scores On The Doors’ or to use its official name – the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme helps residents choose where to eat out or shop for food by giving them…
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council Labour councillors just voted against calls to reverse cuts to winter fuel payments, when will the public realise that Labour doesn’t care whether it is pensioners or kids? The Council want to decommission Ferndale House the excuse from the council because it doesn’t meet modern standards, if that is the problem…
Here we go again our cash-strapped council pleading poverty because of a cash-flat settlement from the Welsh Government, a budget gap amounting to £35.7m is forecasted for 2025/26. No one to blame but the Labour Government if they can’t balance the books spending in the wrong areas without thought Wales doesn’t need 36 more politicians…
From October 1, 2024, residents of Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) County Borough will face an additional burden as the Council will no longer provide wheelie bins for non-recyclable waste. Instead, households will now be required to supply their own black bags for waste disposal, which adds another cost to residents already dealing with high living…
The Cabinet has received an update on the Council’s three-year Medium Term Financial Plan, which sets the context for work towards setting next year’s budget. Officers note that difficult decisions will continue to be faced during this period, reflecting the financial challenges across the public sector. Each year, as part of its robust financial management,…
Councilors Karen Morgan and Adam Owain Rogers local councillors for Hirwaun Penderyn and Rhigos report that the Labour Councillors who have the majority in RCT Council voted against calls to reverse cuts to winter fuel payments. No surprises there then Labour in RCT has always put party before residents, RCT Council centring on school kids…
