Today, the Welsh Labour Government will face criticism from Assembly Members of all parties – including its own – for failing to live up to the promises it made in its own Active Travel Act. AMs will call on the Welsh Government to “refresh its ambition for active travel in Wales by producing a comprehensive…
A pioneering service run by volunteers to treat people with leg problems in their own community has been awarded a Big Lottery grant. The Waun Wen Lindsay Leg Club in Trebanog, Rhondda, will receive £8,700 to help to sustain the new service. Andrew Owen, Big Lottery Head of Funding, said: “Receiving this award is a…
Maerdy Mountain Road will close for two days next week as the Council’s contractor repairs identified defects within a recent resurfacing scheme. The remedial works form part of the original contract and will be undertaken at no further cost to the Council. In summer 2017, essential landslip repairs were completed at Aberdare’s end of the…
This consultation closes on 08 March 2019; Every year, more and more people ask us to independently review decisions made by public authorities about their requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act or the Environmental Information Regulations. By the end of this financial year, we’re expecting to have received a record 6,500…
Care home staff improved their knowledge and confidence in managing people living with diabetes in a project run in Rhondda Cynon Taf and Merthyr Tydfil. A collaboration between the nutrition and dietetics department and the diabetes nursing team in Cwm Taf set up education sessions for care staff and checked the impact these had on…
Tuesday 19 February 2019From 10.30 amY Senedd, Cardiff BayFree Event On Tuesday 19 February, poetry will take centre stage at the Senedd – the home of democracy and devolution in Wales. As the events marking the centenary of the First World War draw to a close, Literature Wales has organised Holy Glimmers of Goodbyes, a…
The Council has received a positive response from a wide range of interested parties to secure a sustainable future for the Muni Arts Centre in Pontypridd. The window of opportunity provided for groups or individuals to express an interest in working with the Council, to re-open the venue, closed recently. Throughout the process individual proposals…
Cabinet Members will propose a £500,000 investment to deliver significant improvements to the King George V athletics track in Clydach Vale – which will be considered by Full Council in March 2019. At their meeting on February 14, Cabinet agreed to propose a £170m Capital Programme over the next three years, in order to deliver…
The Council has hosted a visit to the Rhondda Tunnel where representatives from Rhondda Cynon Taf, Neath Port Talbot, Welsh Government, Transport for Wales and Sustrans were granted underground access. On February 15, senior representatives from the organisations met at Neath Port Talbot’s end of the Rhondda Tunnel. All parties are currently investigating a potential…
The Supreme Court has granted permission to appeal in the long-running litigation over whether sleep-in residential care workers should be paid the National Minimum Wage while asleep. In July last year the Court of Appeal overturned an April 2017 Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling, finding that the National Minimum Wage did not apply to sleep-in shifts unless…
