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Rhondda Cynon Taf Council has secured significant funding from Welsh Government’s Safe Routes in Communities grant for 2023/24 – enabling key schemes to improve pedestrian facilities in Hirwaun and Church Village to be progressed this year.  Safe Routes schemes are a package of measures to improve accessibility and safety within communities, in particular near schools. […]

Hope Rescue has launched an urgent appeal as it faces having to make some heart-breaking decisions. Facing a perfect storm of the cost-of-living crisis and post-Covid dramatic increase in the number of stray and abandoned dogs, the south Wales charity is calling on its supporters to help weather the storm. Vanessa Waddon, Senior Head of […]

As part of the process of adopting the default 20mph speed limit for Wales this September, Rhondda Cynon Taf Council has identified current 30mph roads that are proposed to be exempt from the changes – as they do not meet the relevant criteria.  Welsh Government has previously approved the default 20mph speed limit which will […]

Transport provider Adventure Travel has unveiled its Charity of the Year bus which is this year dedicated to Welsh cancer charity Tenovus Cancer Care.  Adventure Travel asked its passengers to nominate good causes and 61 charities were nominated by over 600 people. 28 of those nominated were then shortlisted and put to a public ballot which saw […]

More than 10 years after it was founded, Welsh bereavement charity 2wish is expanding its services into England. The charity, which offers support to families affected by the sudden and unexpected death of a child or young person aged 25 and under, is expanding to offer support to those within the communities of Avon and […]

Today is the start of Better Transport Week – a week-long celebration of sustainable transport focusing on different transport themes each day.  ‘Rail Day’ was launched in Wales by Deputy Minister for Climate Change, Lee Waters and representatives from the Campaign for Better Transport were given the opportunity to see and hear about the railway […]

Residents will soon be able to view important proposals for the future Pentre Flood Alleviation Scheme. It will invest in further, major flood alleviation work – building on the significant measures already carried out since Storm Dennis. The village of Pentre was one of the hardest-hit communities during the unprecedented rainfall of Storm Dennis in […]

A firm favourite in Wales foodie calendar, the Amgueddfa Cymru Food Festival is set to return to St Fagans National Museum of History on 9 and 10 September with an exciting line-up of the finest food stalls, live music and lots of fun for all ages. The museum will come alive with over 80 food, […]

A cross-party group of MPs representing the former coalfields is today publishing a report of its Inquiry into Next Steps in Levelling Up the Former Coalfields. The Inquiry, initiated last November by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Coalfield Communities, received more than 70 submissions from across England, Scotland and Wales, including from local authorities, the […]

South Wales dog welfare charity, Hope Rescue, is appealing for information after a litter of six lurcher puppies was found abandoned in a filthy cardboard box. A member of public made the shocking discovery in Smilog Lanes, near Pontyclun, and kindly took the puppies to Hope Rescue. They are now being checked by a vet, […]

The funding, confirmed today by Deputy Climate Change Minister Lee Waters, will be used to help local authorities increase the number of charging facilities ahead of fossil fuel vehicles being phased out in 2030. The new funding follows the £26m already invested in charging infrastructure across Wales since 2021 which has created more than 1,600 […]