Author: Gavin

Rhondda Cynon Taf Council, alongside its partner Welsh Government, has achieved a major milestone towards delivering a new primary school and community hub for Glyn-coch – with planning permission now secured for the development.  Providing a new school for the community is a long-established goal for the Council, and the project has developed in recent […]

The granddaughter of Pontypridd Men’s Shed member Roger Jennings has signed for Chelsea Football Club Women. Vera Jones, the 17-year granddaughter of Roger, a former Pontypridd RFC rugby player and committee man, will continue her remarkable career with the Women’s Football Academy at Stamford Bridge. Radyr born midfield player Vera  has enjoyed outstanding success which has included […]

Daring to Dream, a charity dedicated to promoting the emotional health and wellbeing of patients in Wales, has joined forces with Mind Cymru, the leading mental health charity, for its fourth virtual Lleswyl Festival. Working together, the organisations aim to raise awareness of and participation in the annual live-streamed event, which takes place on ‘Lleswyl 2025’ channel […]

A vital community leisure facility has been awarded with £300,000 worth of funding from Pen y Cymoedd Wind Farm Community Fund.  Afan Valley Swimming Pool in Cymmer has become a vital community hub, providing group and one-to-one swimming lessons, family swims, and lane swimming seven days a week, with 36,000 visits recorded annually. The pool […]

Over 90 direct flights at Wales’ National Airport for tournament Rugby fans can soak up the Six Nations atmosphere in Cardiff, Belfast, Dublin, Edinburgh and Rome, thanks to extra flights to and from Cardiff Airport. A total of 96 flights will operate between Cardiff Airport and the major cities. Passengers making use of flights to […]

Trivallis Housing Association has launched a new Community Housing service based on an exciting ‘team around the tenant’ approach. Inspired by the best ideas in social care, this is a first-of-its-kind initiative in Wales. With over 10,000 homes in Rhondda Cynon Taff and Cardiff Bay, Trivallis is one of Wales’ largest housing associations. The new […]

Major emergency works for the culvert on Troed-yr-Rhiw Road, Mountain Ash, will begin on 3rd February and take place over 8 weeks. The work will be completed over two phases, taking approximately 4 weeks each. The culvert at Troed-yr-Rhiw Road was significantly damaged as a result of Storm Bert. While urgent repairs were undertaken at the time so the […]

Senior men’s head coach Warren Gatland has named the Wales team to play France in the opening match of the 2025 Guinness Six Nations at Stade de France, Paris on Friday 31 January (KO 20.15h GMT, live on ITV and S4C). Josh Adams, Liam Williams and Dafydd Jenkins return to the Wales starting XV at […]

Adventure company Zip World has been sold in a deal that values the business at more than £100 million. The Llanberis-based firm was established by Sean Taylor, who retains a minority stake alongside new owners Dolphin Capital. Zip World has eight sites across Wales and England, including Zip World Tower. Chief executive Andrew Hudson said […]

Rhondda Cynon Taf Council is completing an engagement exercise to help inform and develop a Tonypandy Town Centre Strategy – which will set out an ambitious and clear vision for the town, and be the blueprint for future investment locally. Regeneration funding has been secured from Welsh Government, via its Transforming Towns Placemaking grant, to […]