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The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has announced its first strike action will take place on Thursday 15 and Tuesday 20 December 2022. The announcement comes after the governments in Wales, England and Northern Ireland turned down the RCN’s offer of formal, detailed negotiations as an alternative to strike action. RCN Wales announced that nursing staff […]

Ategi is a local charity that supports adults with additional needs to live independently lives, and achieve their goals and ambitions. At lunchtime on 29th November they are inviting the local business community to come along to the Pottery Pub on Trefforest industrial Estate for a mince pie and to hear songs from Cor Meibion […]

Listen back to Gareth Williams catching up with the Member of the Senedd for the Cynon Valley, Vikki Howells. She talks with Gareth about Wales in the Football World Cup, the closure of Garth Bakery in Abercynon and an update on the increased opening hours at the Ysbyty Cwm Cynon Minor Injuries Unit in Mountain […]

Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s Cabinet will next week consider officer proposals to move to three-weekly black bag collections.  As part of the proposals, the limit of 1 black bag per week, per household, which is currently in place, will continue (moving from 2 bags per fortnight to 3 bags per three weeks). The proposals mean […]

Local energy company, Pennant Walters, has given Llwydcoed AFC Juniors £7,000 to help various young teams representing the club. Pennant Walters has provided the funding as part of its community benefit programme attached to its Mynydd Bwllfa windfarm near Aberdare. The Club runs a number of junior teams, ranging from under 6 through to under 16’s. […]

Rail passengers are being urged to plan their journeys carefully this Saturday (26 November) with industrial action set to impact services across the Wales and Borders network. Transport for Wales (TfW) is not involved in Saturday’s strikes and will be running its full Saturday timetable, but industrial action by the train drivers’ union ASLEF at […]

Cwm Taf White Ribbon Group is holding a candlelight vigil to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, also known as International White Ribbon Day, on Friday, November 25. White Ribbon Day is marked around the world each year and is the largest global initiative to end male violence against women […]

Rhondda Cynon Taf Council has announced the return of it’s FREE festive parking initiative in Aberdare and Pontypridd, from 10am each day in December, encouraging residents to Shop Local and to support Local high street traders this Christmas. Now in its ninth consecutive year, parking charges in Council-owned car parks within the two towns will […]

From the 17th November, motorists exceeding the 50mph speed limits between junctions 24-28 on the M4 could be fined, the Welsh Government has warned. This is the final stage of a phased approach that the Welsh Government has taken to improve air quality on some of the most polluted roads across Wales, as well as […]

Rhondda Cynon Taf Council has appointed a contractor after receiving planning permission for the next major phase of work at the Tylorstown Landslip site – which covers remediation of the remaining tip on the hillside and reprofiling the upper tip. The Planning and Development Committee recently considered the Council’s application on October 20, and agreed […]

Cwm Taf People First is celebrating 25 years of work to support people with learning disabilities! As part of their anniversary celebrations, they kindly ask for donations to continue their invaluable work in our communities. Based at the Arts Factory in Ferndale, the organisation has 120 hard-working members who aim to promote the voices of […]