There’s never been a better time to brave the drawer of doom, sort through your piles of unwanted/old electrical cables! This ‘urban mining’ could provide 30% of the copper needed to decarbonise the power grid by 2030. To support ‘urban mining’, recycling your small electricals and cables couldn’t be easier in Rhondda Cynon Taf! Recycle…
A breakdown of Peter Perry’s salary and bonuses at Welsh Water over the past few years: 2022-2023: Base salary: £332,000 Bonus: £0 (Perry voluntarily waived his bonus for this year) 2021-2022: Total remuneration: £892,000, which included: Total Fixed Pay: £652,000 (including pension and pension accrual of £337,000) Total Variable Pay (bonus): £240,000 2020-2021: Base salary:…
Violence against the person offences have seen the largest increase in proportion, increasing from 21% in the year ending March 2013 to 34% of proven offences in the latest year. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-justice-statistics-2022-to-2023/youth-justice-statistics-2022-to-2023-accessible-version#:~:text=Offence%20volumes%20as%20a%20proportion%20of%20total&text=Whilst%20the%20number%20of%20proven,8%25%20in%20the%20latest%20year. During Spokesperson’s Questions to Labour’s Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Welsh Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Dr Altaf Hussain MS, expressed serious…
More mad plans from Welsh Labour, congestion charge plans that are unfair and unrealistic for the working class, along with Rachel Reeves’s proposed April car tax changes, could see diesel drivers pay up to £15,000. https://www.gov.wales/sites/default/files/publications/2020-11/independent-review-road-user-charging-in-wales.pdf Responding to his Spokesperson’s Questions to Labour’s Cabinet Secretary for Transport. Welsh Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Peter…
Raymond Weatherley, 49, from Riverside, Cardiff pleaded guilty to eight offences of • Six counts of Burglary other than dwelling • One count of Burglary other than dwelling with intent to steal • One count of Fraud by false representation He had another 32 offences which were also taken into consideration. He was sentenced on…
From: Mountain Ash and with connections with the Cynon Valley Wanted on suspicion of causing criminal damage. Members of the public are being warned not to approach him but to call police immediately. Quote reference: 2500077332 Live Chat https://www.south-wales.police.uk/ Online https://bit.ly/SWPProvideInfo Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111 *** In an emergency call 999 ***
Detectives investigating the fatal shooting of a woman in Talbot Green, Rhondda Cynon Taf, on Sunday evening have arrested a further four people. Despite the best efforts of emergency services, Joanne Penney, 40, died at the scene of the incident at an address in Llys Illtyd. A 42-year-old man, arrested on Sunday, remains in police…
During his FMQ’s to Labour’s First Minister, Darren Millar MS, Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, raised the importance of International Women’s Day. On Saturday, we marked International Women’s Day, where we celebrated the achievements, rights and potential of women and girls here in Wales, across the UK, and around the world. So that people across…
South Wales Police were called yesterday evening with two separate reports of suspicious approaches to teenage girls in the Rhydyfelin area. 269 comments on the link below https://www.facebook.com/SWPRCTMerthyrBridgend The first incident was reported to us just after 7.45pm yesterday evening (Monday, March 10). A 14-year-old girl was approached by two men on the footpath on…
The first patients to receive diagnostic endoscopies at brand new temporary facilities located at Royal Glamorgan Hospital were welcomed into the units last week. Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board has installed state-of-the-art Vanguard units on the hospital site, which will increase endoscopy and surgical capacity across the health board area. To minimise disruption to…
