The Welsh Conservatives have unveiled their ambitious plan to level-up and modernise hospitals and primary care facilities in Wales. The £1-billion NHS Hospitals and Buildings Recovery Fund would usher in a new era for the NHS by ensuring hospitals have state of the art facilities to deliver world class care. The fund would deliver five…
THE death knell has finally sounded for an award-winning Cynon Valley youth centre. Chequers at Aberdare has closed its doors despite desperate attempts to secure funding. In a statement, Rhondda Cynon Taf Council said:“ We can confirm that we have secured the lease of Chequers in order to ensure the premises continue to be available…
The Open Spaces Society’s call to candidates in the Senedd election, 6 May 2021. The pandemic has shown the importance of public paths and open spaces for recreation and relaxation, now is the time to invest in them for the health and well-being of the people of Wales. The Open Spaces Society[1] calls on candidates for…
Police are appealing for information after a rogue traders are believed to have conned an elderly couple in Tonypandy on Wednesday, 7th October, 2020. Two men charged nearly £2,000 to cut a tree down in their garden. The men provided quotes for the work but kept adding costs until the total amounted to £1,900 –…
Reacting to a news documentary that water companies have been illegally dumping untreated sewage into rivers in Wales and England, the Welsh Conservative spokesperson for the environment, Janet Finch-Saunders, said: “Reports that Welsh Water’s Aberbaiden plant illegally dumped untreated sewage into the River Usk – a Site of Special Scientific Interest – on 12 consecutive…
The old Parish Road that runs from Rhigos, Rhondda Cynon Taff, to Cwmgwrach, Neath Port Talbot, the question is why has this road not been reinstated as this was a condition of granting development consent from Rhondda Cynon Taf Development Control Committee at a meeting held on 3 October 2013. At the time the Development…
Cardiff-headquartered top 100 UK law firm, Hugh James, has pledged to work with 12 other law firms to support a new campaign, #ActionMeso, which aims to raise awareness of the dangers of asbestos and the cancer called mesothelioma, which is caused by exposure to asbestos. The UK has the world’s highest incidence of mesothelioma with around 2,700…
Aberdare police station, the last remaining facility in the Cynon Valley closed in 2013 the excuse given at the time was described by the then Assistant Chief Constable Julian Kirby who said officers were going out into the community more, seeing people at PACT meetings and visiting them in their homes, meaning fewer people were…
Welsh Conservatives have today confirmed it will fund a council tax freeze for at least the first two years of the next Senedd term, with the ambition of freezing for the full term. Council Tax in Wales under Labour has more than trebled since 1998, whilst they’ve failed to give communities more power over excessive…
AberdareOnline has written many times about the blocked Public Right of Way (PROW) Formally Footpath 160 Commences at the northern end of Violet Street Aberaman at a kissing gate but excludes the section of the path across Aberdare By-pass. The path continues on the north side of the Aberdare By-pass at a second kissing gate…
