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Following the installation of drainage infrastructure, the main work to create 52 car park spaces at Treorchy Railway Station will get underway shortly – with minimal local disruption expected, as the facility is being built on unused land. The Council is supporting Transport for Wales to create the new Park and Ride facility on land […]

The major investment in Llanilltud Faerdref Primary School in Church Village is now fully-delivered, with improvements to all outdoor spaces completed – to complement the brand new main building that opened earlier this year.  Pupils and staff have been enjoying their first-class new building since April 2024, after it was delivered jointly by the Council […]

The Caerphilly 2035 Placemaking Plan outlines bold and ambitious plans to enhance and regenerate the area of Caerphilly and Caerphilly County Borough Council has received significant investment from the Welsh Government to identify opportunities encourage growth and improve their town centre offer. More than £350,000 has been provided from the Welsh Government’s Transforming Towns Programme […]

A community cookbook launched at the National Eisteddfod in summer is has become a recipe for success.  Residents from across Cynon Valley – including grandparents and a local police officer – shared their favourite recipes in “Cwm Cynon: Cymuned sy’n Cognio” (Cynon Valley: A Culinary Community), which can be downloaded for free here. The book was […]

Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s Cabinet has agreed to further progress the exciting redevelopment proposals for the Rock Grounds buildings in Aberdare. The Council has now officially appointed a partner to design, develop and construct the project, that will establish a quality hotel, restaurant, bar and spa at the town centre site. Proposals for the Rock […]

South Wales Police Officers searching for 49-year-old Joanne Jones, who has been missing from her home in Pontypridd since Monday located the body of a woman on Saturday evening. She has been formally identified a Joanne Jones. Next of kin and H M Coroner have been informed. Joanne’s family have expressed their gratitude to all […]

Pontypridd Men’s Shed has been nominated for the Shed Partnership of the Year award at this year’s UK Awards ceremony to be held on International Men’s Day at the Speaker’s Rooms Westminster on November 19th. The Awards are an opportunity to promote and celebrate the Movement recognising the individuals that make a difference in their […]

During the half term recess, Mick Antoniw MS and Alun Davies MS on behalf of Senedd4Ukraine, the Cross-Party Group in the Welsh Parliament, will be driving another 4 vehicles to Ukraine to deliver aid to Ukrainian miners fighting Russia on the front line. This unique Welsh Parliament support brings the total number of four-by-four pick […]

On Saturday, 19th October, Heledd Fychan, Plaid Cymru Member of the Senedd for South Wales Central, joined protesters fighting against changes to Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) Council’s school transport policy. These changes risk pushing more families into poverty and increasing school absences. Under the proposed changes, many local authorities, including RCT Council, are changing the […]

Wales face Fiji, Australia and South Africa on consecutive weekends this November at Principality Stadium. Dewi Lake will captain the side again this November having done so on the summer tour to Australia. Two uncapped players are selected among the 19 forwards and 16 backs named today: second row Freddie Thomas (Gloucester Rugby) and Scarlets’ […]

GTFM Presents an interview in which Aberfan disaster survivor Gaynor Madgwick tells Welsh Broadcaster Doreen Jenkins what she remembers of that fateful day 58 years ago and how she came to write her first book ‘Aberfan -Struggling out of the Darkness – A Survivor’s Story’. Gaynor was 8 years of age when her school and […]

Residents angry about RCT Council’s plans to cut back on some home to school transport from next autumn have organised a demonstration to be held outside the Council’s Pontypridd offices at 11am Saturday 19th October. They’re unhappy about planned cuts from next September which will see free bus transport withdrawn for children aged 11 and […]