The Council has started to issue a ‘new-style’ concessionary travel card for use on buses across Wales to new applicants aged 60 or over, as well as those with a disability. Around 60,000 people in Rhondda Cynon Taf currently benefit from this offer. Transport for Wales, on behalf of Welsh Government, is working with all…
Gin lovers will have the opportunity to enjoy a selection of gins from the UK and overseas during a 17-day festival at Yr Ieuan Ap Iago. The pub in High Street, Aberdare, will be serving gins from Sweden, USA and Moldova as well as gins produced in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The…
Gin lovers will have the opportunity to enjoy a selection of gins from the UK and overseas during a 17-day festival at Yr Ieuan Ap Iago. The pub in High Street, Aberdare, will be serving gins from Sweden, USA and Moldova as well as gins produced in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The…
A framework which aims to deliver a coherent approach to improving public transport across the whole South East Wales region has been ratified today (Thursday 1st August) by the Cardiff Capital Region Transport Authority (RTA). The Cardiff Capital Region City Deal and Welsh Government will work together to secure the £50 million South Wales Metro…
Macmillan Cancer Support’s information and support specialists will be at Pontypridd’s Big Bite to answer your questions about cancer and highlight the support available. Macmillan’s team of information and support experts will be at the Big Bite in Pontypridd’s Ynysangharad Park from 11am to 5pm on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 August offering advice and…
Newydd Housing Association has decided to take a step back from their proposed St Anne’s Church housing development to give residents a chance to put forward proposals for a community facility at the property. The proposed scheme of 18 one and two bedroom apartments, including two that are adapted for people with specific housing needs,…
A drug dealer from south Wales was banged to rights by footage from his very own dashboard camera.Scott Curtis, 45, from Graiglwyd, Cwmdare, Aberdare, was potentially facing charges for possession, but two hours of dashcam footage from his yellow Ford Focus caught him in the act, carrying out drug deals on his phone.Scott Curtis was…
The Welsh Conservatives are warning the health board’s sickness absence amongst midwives running at 11% is only a symptom of institutional management problems, and will directly affect recruitment. Even the health board’s chief executive Allison Williams has herself taken sick leave. The BBC reports that despite the majority of mothers reporting very good experiences, poor feedback since…
Poignant short stories and poems from local writers are featured in a brand-new book called In Remembrance. The publication is the result of a creative writing competition, run by Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s Library Service earlier this year, in which the public were invited to submit their original short works, based on the Act of Remembrance. …
RHONDDA CYNON TAFF COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL (GWAWR STREET, ABERAMAN) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF WAITING AT ANY TIME) ORDER 2019 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council have made an Order under Section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended by the Road Traffic (Temporary Restrictions) Act 1991,…
