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Road closures and travel advice for events taking place in Cardiff on Saturday, August 13 Speedway will be taking place at Principality Stadium; Cardiff City Football Club will be taking on Birmingham City at Cardiff City Stadium and The Welsh Fire will be playing Birmingham Phoenix as part of the Women’s and Men’s ‘Hundred Series’ […]

Work will start on site from August 15 to deliver the A4119 Coed Ely dualling scheme. The traffic management arrangements have now been confirmed, with all disruptive works taking place at night to minimise disruption. The major scheme will provide 1.5km of dual carriageway and a separate shared community route from Coed Ely Roundabout to […]

Foster Wales is encouraging foster carers to move to local authority teams and work ‘as one’ to support our young people. Foster Wales, which celebrated its first birthday this month, is the national network of not-for-profit fostering services, comprising of the 22 local authority teams in Wales. Over the last 12 months local authority foster […]

Hope Rescue are thrilled to announce the return of their popular in person ‘Barking Mad Waggy Walk‘ this summer, which is this Sunday September 11, which has been kindly sponsored by Black Lion Roofing. The event was due to be taking place last month, but was postponed due to the hot weather. This years walk […]

Following a five year campaign, Pontypridd MP Alex Davies-Jones has assisted local group, Friends of Tyn y Bryn Park in Tonyrefail, to secure funding to build an ambitious new skate park. The funding is made up of three grants and includes £165,000 from the National Lottery, £50,000 from the Welsh Church Act Fund and £50,000 […]

A health and social care service in which people are actively offered their care in Welsh, is the ambition of a new plan launched by the Health Minister, Eluned Morgan. Workforce planning, staff training, digital systems and changing the culture are key elements of the More than just words five-year action plan, working towards the Welsh Government’s […]

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board’s Speech and Language Team work with local schools post COVID to support pupils with a stammer difficulty. The pandemic has had a huge impact on the wellbeing and mental health of students who have previously struggled with speech and language difficulties, particularly those with a stammer. The Health Board’s […]

New trees will be planted in areas across Merthyr Tydfil through a new community partnership between Transport for Wales (TfW), The Good Friendship Group and The Engine House, Dowlais, and the volunteers of St Davids Church Merthyr. The Good Friendship Group, along with St Davids Church group, are volunteers undertaking work to support older people […]

Major work to replace 26 streetlights on Nantgarw Hill throughout August will begin next week, requiring day-time closures of one lane in each direction – which Rhondda Cynon Taf Council say is outside of peak times and in the school holiday to minimise disruption. The scheme, from Monday, August 1, will take place on the A468 Caerphilly […]

The RSPCA is searching for the owner of four rabbits brought to its Merthyr Clinic after a member of the public reported finding them abandoned near their home.  They were found in animal transportation boxes near High Street in the South Wales town. The rabbits –  fortunately all in good health – were found on […]

Two further Section 19 reports under the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 have been published following Storm Dennis – with the latest reports covering Aberdare and Aberaman, as well as Rhydyfelin and Hawthorn. As the Lead Local Flood Authority, Rhondda Cynon Taf Council must provide a factual account of what happened during any significant […]

A two mile journey for up to four people in the daytime will go up from £5.20 to £5.80. The cost od travelling in a taxi in Rhondda Cynon Taf is about to go up. Rhondda Cynon Taf Council have confirmed that the tariffs for hackney carriages – the ones you can flag down off […]