Having looked at the proposed proposal on the Internet and attended the exhibition in Mountain Ash for the Southern Cross Valley Link. The proposed small stretch of highway and new bridge spanning the River Cynon and the main railway line that runs through Cynon Valley; regular commuters who travel the A4095 have been waiting…
High fashion and high notes were the order of the night at the John Lewis Merthyr Fashion Extravaganza to raise funds for the Macmillan Cancer Support. John Lewis Cardiff created the winter catwalk collections for the glamorous event, which took place at the Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Centre on Thursday 17 November. The evening began with…
Byte Night 2016 raises over £1m for the fourth year running 1300 people from top businesses joined UK’s largest sponsored sleep out Action for Children’s annual Byte Night event has raised more than £1 million to help vulnerable children and young people living in Wales and across the UK. 70 technology and business experts in…
Coleg y Cymoedd is preparing plans for an outline planning application for the redevelopment of its Aberdare Campus, Cwmdare.The college want to here peoples opinions on this at a consultation event held on Thursday, December 1, at Llewellyn’s Restaurant, Coleg y Cymoedd’s Aberdare Campus, Cwmdare Road between 4 – 8pm. This comes after a…
A new Pubwatch scheme launched this week in Mountain Ash has already banned three people.The scheme means that local licencees and off licences will work with us and the local council to tackle anti-social behaviour.The members meet regularly with us and the council to discuss issues around licensing as well as people causing anti-social behaviour…
Some situations we face can feel nightmarish. Yet simply knowing what to do can reduce your stress levels significantly, and help you to overcome what life throws at you. Well, over the last few months, several supporters have written in for advice about problems that they’re facing. So here’s a summary of some of the…
Local authorities in Wales have spent more than £56 million in recent years on external consultancy fees, according to a Freedom of Information request by Janet Finch-Saunders AM. The Aberconwy AM and Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Local Government asked all 22 local authorities to outline external consultancy spend in each of the last five financial…
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has announced plans to build a new mountain bike skills area at its popular Mid-Wales visitor centre. Bwlch Nant yr Arian, near Aberystwyth, already provides trails for walking, mountain biking, running, orienteering and horse-riding. Now, this new purpose-built track will be a chance for locals and visitors of all ages to practise…
The Welsh International is one of the longest standing Internationals in Europe and has been running since 1927. The 270 players entered in this year’s event is testimony to it one of the best run tournaments on the BWF and Badminton Europe circuits. It is a world ranking qualifying event for the Olympic Games, Commonwealth…
As this years remembrance period has come to and end, we would like to thank all the volunteers and business and organisations throughout Aberdare that have been collecting on behalf of the Poppy Appeal. Our Poppy Appeal Shop located at Aberdare Embroidery is now closed and we again thank Graham Marsh for allowing us to use the…
