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A Pontyclun Primary School pupil’s design will be feature on the local Labour Member of Parliament and Member of the Senedd’s Christmas card this year. Year 6 pupil Corey Walker is the winner of Alex Davies-Jones MP and Mick Antoniw MS’s annual Christmas card competition. Corey was presented with a certificate, a framed copy of […]

A new primary schools intergenerational programme was launched last Friday October 27 at Rhiwbeina Primary School in Cardiff. Since launching eight years ago the Goldies Cymru Charity have brought songs and smiles to older isolated people across South Wales. These take place in Libraries, community rooms and Church halls and there are now over 60 […]

The detailed plans for a new primary school as part of the Llanilid housing development have been approved, following consideration at a recent meeting of the Planning and Development Committee. These are further to the existing outline planning permission previously granted. The reserved matters application was granted by the Committee on Thursday, November 23, in line with […]

A man has been charged with attempted murder after a 29-year-old pregnant woman was stabbed in Aberfan. Police arrested 28-year-old Daniel Mihai Popescu, from Merthyr, just before 4pm on Tuesday. He will appear at Merthyr Magistrates Court tomorrow morning. The woman was attacked in Moy Road, Aberfan, just after 9am. She has now been discharged […]

Emergency services are responding to reports of a serious assault in Aberfan, South Wales Police have said.  Armed officers are in the area, police said, and residents have been urged to avoid the area. The incident took place on Moy Road just before 9.10am this morning. Paramedics say a person has been taken to hospital. […]

The festive season is well and truly underway in Cwmdare after a jam-packed weekend of Christmas events were held in the village. With a sprinkling of support from local energy company, Pennant Walters, Cwmdare4Cwmdare (C4C) kicked off advent with two events which truly got the local community in the swing of Christmas. With C4C volunteers […]

Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s FREE festive parking initiative in Aberdare and Pontypridd, from 10am each day in December, will be returning for a tenth consecutive year in 2023 – to encourage residents to Shop Local this Christmas.  Once again, parking charges in Council car parks within the two towns will not apply after 10am each […]

Alex Davies-Jones, the MP for Pontypridd and Taff Ely, will tonight stand vigil with the local community to mark White Ribbon Day 2023, and highlight the tragic impact of male violence against women and girls. Tomorrow marks the International Day for the Eradication of Violence Against Women. Commenting before the event, Alex Davies-Jones MP said: […]

Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s Cabinet has agreed the details of a supplementary programme of highways, structures and flood alleviation schemes – to be carried out in the remainder of 2023/24 using funding that was recently allocated to the service. In September 2023, Cabinet agreed a wider, one-off £7.73m investment for Council priority areas – which […]

Pontypridd and Taff Ely MP, Alex Davies-Jones has told GTFM that she is “deeply frustrated” by Natwest’s decision to close it’s branch in Pontypridd town centre next year.  Natwest bank have announced that the Pontypridd branch will close its doors for the last time on Thursday 29th February 2024. Natwest have confirmed with customers affected […]