Author: Gavin

The Planning and Development Committee has granted Linc Cymru (Linc) full planning permission to build a brand new Extra Care facility in Porth – which will be located on the former Dan y Mynydd Care Home site. In a report to the Committee meeting on Thursday, December 16, Officers had recommended Linc’s application for approval. The application […]

Christmas cheer has been spread across the village of Cwmdare this year, with a host of activities taking place to help put a smile on the face of youngsters and their families. Determined Cwmdare4Cwmdare (C4C) members spent the past year working tirelessly to bring festivities to the village after local energy company, Pennant Walters donated […]

Rail passengers are being asked to check before they travel as Transport for Wales introduces an emergency rail timetable from Wednesday 22 December. This is to prepare for an expected rise in staff shortages due to the emergence of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 and to ensure the company can continue to provide a reliable […]

Social Care staff will receive the Real Living Wage in Wales as part of a package to support the sector.  A key pledge in the Programme for Government, the implementation of the Real Living Wage is the first step in to raising wages, esteem and recognising staff for their extraordinary contribution to the coronavirus pandemic. […]

Sporting events will be played behind closed doors from Boxing Day in Wales to help control the spread of the new omicron variant. Economy Minister Vaughan Gething announced the new measures for indoor and outdoor sporting events as the latest figures showed a further steep rise in the number of confirmed cases of the fast-moving […]

British Transport Police detectives are appealing for information after the death of a man on the railway in Cardiff. Shortly after 4pm on Sunday 19th December, officers were called to an area of railway near Parkfield Place, Mynachdy after reports of a casualty on the tracks. Officers attended, alongside colleagues from the ambulance and fire […]

LadBaby will attempt to make chart history for charity as they bid for their 4th Christmas No.1 with new single ‘Sausage Rolls for Everyone’. It wouldn’t be Christmas without LadBaby. Mark & Rox have conquered the charts for three years in a row, shooting straight to #1 with ‘We Built This City on Sausage Rolls’ (2018) , ‘I Love […]

Christmas Eve dubbed ‘Frantic Festive Friday’ with estimated 5.3m separate leisure trips by car planned, though one-in-ten won’t travel over pandemic concernsHope for fewer overall delays than normal, but M25, M40 and M60 could still see problems This Christmas could see the busiest getaway on the roads in five years with an estimated 27m trips […]

The First Minister is to set out a two-phase plan to respond to the current delta variant and the new, fast-moving, easily-transmissible omicron variant, which is expected to be the dominant form of the virus in the UK by the end of the month. The Welsh Government is issuing strong guidance to support people across […]

Having considered feedback from a recent consultation, Rhondda Cynon Taf  Council’s Cabinet has agreed for the Council to adopt the Welsh in Education Strategic Plan (WESP) – setting ambitious targets to increase Welsh medium learners over the next 10 years. The WESP is a strategy to underpin the Council’s approach to increase the number of […]

Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s Cabinet has agreed to progress 21st Century Schools proposals that would deliver new buildings and first-class education facilities for existing primary schools in Llantwit Fardre, Talbot Green and Glyncoch. A report to the Cabinet meeting on Monday, December 13, sought Members’ approval for the Council to submit business cases to Welsh Government, to bid […]

A group of MPs have called for the Online Safety Bill to be overhauled to protect children and penalise tech firms. The Joint Committee on the draft Online Safety Bill today published their report which stated that sweeping changes are needed to tackle an industry that has become “the land of the lawless”. The report […]