With almost a year and a half to go before the National Eisteddfod is held on Anglesey, the festival fund has received a great financial boost. The financial prize of £5,000 for the Daniel Owen Memorial Prize will be given by Ann Clwyd, the MP for Cwm Cynon. The prize is donated in memory of…
Dear friends of the Actif Woods Wales project,It’s been a great pleasure working with everyone on the Actif Woods Wales project for the last few years. The input and collaboration you have all had on many levels; from being a partner organisation to attending meetings to assisting on a practical level has been really valued…
It has been confirmed that Pontypridd magistrates is to close as part of a substantial closure programme under the current Conservative government. The proposals were first announced in July 2015 and a consultation announced. The responses – including that from RCT Welsh Liberal Democrats – were almost all against the action, but they have been ignored. Welsh…
Diabetes UK Cymru is looking for people in Rhondda Cynon Taf to take on its Swim22 challenge and swim the distance of the English Channel at their own pace. Swimmers will get three months, from February 22 to May 22, to swim 22 miles in their local pool though they can sign up any time…
Alice Hooker-Stroud explains the reasons behind election talks between the Green Party, Plaid Cymru and Liberal Democrats. Our electoral system in Wales needs a good shake up. Wales will not thrive until people put their heads above the parapet, challenge the status quo and dare to do things differently. Progressive voters regularly have to hold…
Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, Andrew RT Davies AM, has called for fundamental reform of key political appointments in Wales: suggesting that Ministerial positions and Special Advisers should first appear before Assembly committees to “assess their suitability” for high profile duties. The calls were published in an article for the Institute of Welsh Affairs yesterday,…
Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas has broken ranks with Plaid Cymru colleagues by seeming to publicly back, and endorse, Welsh Conservative policy for the Welsh Language Commissioner to be an appointment of the National Assembly for Wales – and not the Welsh Government. As part of a wide-range of measures seeking to enhance accountability, and local engagement,…
Eighty-six courts and tribunals in England and Wales – representing almost a fifth of the total – are to be closed, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed. In a written ministerial statement, Shailesh Vara, the Minister for the Courts and Legal Aid, claimed that the court and tribunal estate needed to be updated and many of…
Almost £350,000 will be invested in bus stop improvements, to improve facilities for passengers in Rhondda Cynon Taf. Refurbishment of local bus stops is continuing in Rhondda Cynon Taf thanks to the Council securing a £264,800 grant and investing a further £21,000 from its own public transport fund to improve public transport infrastructure. Rhondda Cynon Taf…
South Wales Police has been judged as being “outstanding” in the way it engages with its local communities. That is the verdict of an HMIC report looking at how legitimatewe are at keeping people safe and reducing crime. The report gives an overall judgement of “good” for South Wales Police and concludes that we excel…
