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Cynon Valley MP Beth Winter today claimed that the Conservative Government are ‘happy for the cost-of-living crisis to continue’ as she published a report into Cost-of-Living crisis in Cynon Valley. The new report finds that 90% of people in Cynon Valley feel worse-off than they did at this time last year, and 81% of people […]

Andrew Jones recalls how community radio station GTFM brought ‘The Music of Your Life’ from the top of the hill to the people of Pontypridd… “I had heard a couple of twenty-eight-day Restricted Service Licence radio stations that had been set up in the Butetown area of Cardiff,” recalls Andrew Jones. “I thought that Glyntaff […]

The Royal Mint is celebrating The Duke of Cambridge’s 40th birthday with a commemorative £5 coin, featuring a portrait of His Royal Highness. The £5 coin has been unveiled ahead of The Duke’s milestone celebration next month, with a regal design which pays homage to the senior member of the Royal family, and second in […]

Zip World has announced it will open the world’s biggest four storey obstacle course in Rhigos. The popular activity and adventure brand revealed the huge plans for the brand-new Tower Climber, which is set to open on July 11, 2022. At 30 metres high, the new attraction will be the biggest of its kind in […]

Public Health Wales is working with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), Public Health Scotland, and Northern Ireland HSC Health Protection Agency to respond to UK cases of monkeypox. There are currently no cases of monkeypox identified in Wales. Richard Firth, Consultant in Health Protection for Public Health Wales, said: “We are working closely with […]

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is delighted to announce the Minor Injuries Unit (known as the MIU) will reopen at Ysbyty Cwm Cynon (YCC) fromTuesday May 24. It will be a phased reopening, for two mornings a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays) between 09:00 and 11:00. This will increase to three mornings a week by […]

Transport for Wales has committed to become a ‘Pledge To Be Seen’ organisation to increase positive representation of people with visible differences and disfigurements across the transport network in Wales. Working with the charity Changing Faces, TfW has joined a growing number of businesses and organisations, including the Welsh Government, who have made a pledge […]

New services are being developed to improve access to urgent and emergency care across Wales so people get the right care, in the right place, the first time. The NHS is making changes and improvements to the way it provides services – including increasing staffing in crucial areas – as part of the Six Goals […]

A special extended Bank Holiday Weekend in June will provide an opportunity for communities and people in Rhondda Cynon Taf to join others throughout the United Kingdom to come together to celebrate the historic milestone. On February 6, 2022, Her Majesty The Queen became the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, marking 70 […]

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) in Wales is delighted to confirm that its second annual conference, this year focusing on business growth, will take place in Merthyr Tydfil at the Orbit Centre in Merthyr Tydfil on Friday 24th of June. Hosted by broadcaster Sian Lloyd and with a strong line-up of speakers, this unmissable […]

One of Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s longest-serving School Crossing Patrol Officers will soon be retiring from the role – having helped primary school pupils safely walk to school in Pontygwaith for the past 38 years. Christine Leach, who is from the village and herself attended Pontygwaith Primary School as a child, first started the road […]