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Please be advised that a full night-time road closure is needed on the A4119 between Coed Ely and Ynysmaerdy on Monday, February 17 – which is being held at night to significantly minimise disruption (9pm to 6am). The dualling scheme is a major transportation project to improve connectivity and encourage economic activity – providing a […]

Construction work for the exciting Marks and Spencer site redevelopment in Pontypridd Town Centre will start from February 17. RCT Council has said that they will work closely with its appointed contractor to minimise disruption locally. Last month, the Council announced that more than £5.6 million has been secured to deliver the ‘riverside plaza’ project […]

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 […]

Having discovered she has a degenerative eye condition, Bridie Doyle-Roberts is stepping into the uncertain world of impending blindness.   As a performer and artist, Bridie has used her experience to create an immersive theatrical art installation, Spectrum of Sight, to explore how we see, what we see and what it feels like when the […]

Stagecoach South Wales has announced the launch of its new ‘Rhondda Fach Connector Ticket’ in partnership with Transport for Wales. The new ticket will be available to purchase on the bus, train, or at the train station from Monday 3 February 2025. The Rhondda Fach Connector Ticket allows passengers to travel on any valid Stagecoach […]

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 […]

Stereophonics have announced details of their thirteenth studio album ‘Make ‘em Laugh, Make ‘em Cry, Make ‘em Wait’. Due for release on 25th April 2025 via EMI, the album is available to pre-order here. The announcement comes alongside a new single taken from the forthcoming record, ‘There’s Always Gonna Be Something’. Listen here. ‘There’s Always […]


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