August 2018

Heather Clash joins Transport for Wales as Executive Director of Finance. A CIMA qualified accountant, she also has an Accountancy degree from Cardiff University. Heather will also join the company’s board, bringing the number of female board members to four out of the total seven.

The Council will complete £140,000 works to introduce a safer walking route to school for parents and pupils in Cwmaman – ahead of the community’s brand new £7.2m primary school opening this September.

STAFF at a Welsh care provider are showing their support and helping to raise awareness about the importance of society’s ‘hidden’ carers as part of National Dementia Carers’ Day this month (September, 2018).

RHONDDA CYNON TAFF COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL (FOOTPATH 44 ABERDARE) (TEMPORARY FOOTPATH CLOSURE) ORDER 2018

Welsh Conservatives have obtained figures showing the poor levels of transparency of town and community councils across Wales, with access to minutes and meetings ‘a mixed bag’.

Care Inspectorate Wales (DSS) inspection of 

STAFF from an award-winning Welsh care agency in Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) are offering expert advice to the public on spotting the early warning signs of dementia as part of World Alzheimer’s Month next month (September, 2018).

Macmillan Cancer Support’s Welsh information and support bus, Bronwen, will be returning to Rhondda Cynon Taf after providing information to over 2,500 people when she visited the area in April this year. 

As children in Wales prepare to return to school next week, concerns have been raised over the number of struggling schools across the country. 

Police suspect Naomi to be with Staffordshire man

CCTV footage released which shows her last known
movements

If you have been thinking about fostering but have not yet taken the chance to find out more, NOW is the time!

A great-grandmother has thanked the Macmillan nurse and the palliative care unit who cared for her husband in his final moments in a new film.Yvonne Peters, from Pontyclun, has thanked the Macmillan nurse and staff at the Y Bwthyn palliative care unit in Pontypridd Cottage Hospital for the excell

Autumn Season at Theatr Brycheiniog is the busiest season of all, with over 50 shows, events and workshops taking place at the bustling canal-side venue.

Two thirds (65%) of appeals are allowed in cases where councillors refuse planning permission for a 50-plus residential unit scheme despite a planning officer’s recommendation for approval, research by planning consultancy Lichfields has suggested.

Diverse Cymru is pleased to announce our new training and support bursary for diverse people working in Wales’ high end film and TV industries.

Care Inspectorate made (DSS) inspection of 

The Local Government Association has warned that councils must continue to try to collect council tax from everyone eligible, even if that involves using bailiffs, after a report from Citizens’ Advice calling for better regulation of “unaccountable bailiff firms”.

Fifty-year-old staff nurse Michelle Jones from Aberdare has recently returned to work after undergoing a liver transplant.

Over 40,000 patients in Wales have had to find new GPs in the last five years due to surgery closures, 

Here is your first look around the £7m state-of-the-art NGS Macmillan palliative care unit being built at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital.

We and her family are becoming increasingly concerned re the whereabouts of the 15-year-old from Rhydyfelin. She hasn’t been seen or heard from since the morning of Wednesday 15th August. 

What was once a grim and unsightly underpass in Pontypridd has been given a total makeover by local children and young people.

RHONDDA CYNON TAFF COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL

DEFINITIVE MAP AND STATEMENT FOR THE BOROUGH OF CYNON VALLEY

DEFINITIVE MAP MODIFICATION (FOOTPATH 28 CWMBACH) ORDER 2018

The Council has secured £210,000 Welsh Government funding to progress three Active Travel schemes across the County Borough – including a project to add new links to the Llantrisant Community Route.

Congratulations to the students who today received their Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level results. We saw an increase in the best grades this year and our pupils succeeded in achieving their relevant choices for the next stage of their careers.

If you are an artist and would like to see your artworks on display in an art gallery and seen by hundreds of visitors or maybe the idea of winning a cash prize appeals to you.

Hannah Price, 25, from Treorchy appeared before Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates Court this morning charged with fraud and forgery offences and two distraction burglaries. She was remanded in custody.

Two men, aged 23 and 25 years old from Llanrumney in Cardiff have been charged with attempted aggravated burglary of a jewellery shop on Talbot Green and an aggravated burglary of a shop in Llanrumney. They have also been charged with two counts of theft of cars.

Students at St John Baptist Church in Wales High School are once again celebrating outstanding A level results. Over a quarter of all students achieved A*/A grades the highest the school has ever achieved and over three quarters of students achieved A*-C grades.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A MEETING OF THE CWM TAF UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD IS TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY,
30 AUGUST 2018 AT 2.00PM IN YNYSMEURIG HOUSE, NAVIGATION PARK, ABERCYNON.

MRS A WILLIAMS
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
12 JULY 2018

Nordam Europe Limited have been fined after workers were exposed to Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS).

The Aberdare Branch of the Royal Welsh Veterans' Association has taken this project on, and as a result of their efforts, a new headstone has been procured.

Hoggin’ the Bridge, the motorbike ride raising thousands of pounds for charity, will take place this year on the weekend of 29 and 30 September.

Welsh Conservatives have uncovered data showing the Labour-led Welsh Government has spent £18,591,272 of public money on PR and marketing agencies in the last three financial years.

Over £8 million was spent in 2017/18, representing 44% of the three-year cost.

Patients in the Church Village area will soon be able to consult their GP via computer or smartphone.

Parc Canol Group Practice, responsible for 17,500 patients, is adopting a 24-hour E-consultation system.

The Welsh Health Specialised Services committee (WHSSC) has been consulting on the future provision of adult thoracic (chest) surgery across South Wales.

South Wales Police Officers stop a car and seize drugs worth thousands

The victim of the fatal road traffic collision which happened at around 10.20pm on Monday 6th August has been named as Gavin Edmunds, 27, from Trealaw, Tonypandy.

The Council will host a public exhibition to inform residents and businesses about proposals to expand the Park and Ride scheme at Abercynon Railway Station – to provide more than 300 new parking spaces.

Will this happen in Wales?

The government is to trial ways for people to take a more direct role in decisions that affect their local area, with proposals for "Citizens’ Juries" or mass participation in decision-making on community issues via an online poll or app.

Reception staff in GP surgeries in the Pontypridd to Pontyclun area will soon offer patients a choice of services when they ask for an appointment.

RHONDDA CYNON TAFF COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL (CYNON TRAIL, MOUNTAIN ASH) (TEMPORARY FOOTPATH CLOSURE) ORDER 2018

RHONDDA CYNON TAFF COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL (FOOTPATH 35 ABERDARE) (TEMPORARY FOOTPATH CLOSURE) ORDER 2018

South Wales Police are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding a fatal road traffic collision which occurred at around 10.20 pm on Monday 6th August, at Margaret Street, Hopkinstown, Pontypridd. 

The Council is supporting the replacement of a privately-owned bridge in Pontyclun – ensuring the public right of way it supports is safe and accessible for years to come.

Figures obtained by the Welsh Conservatives show hundreds of millions of pounds have been spent by the NHS in Wales on clinical negligence payouts during the last five years, with the total annual amount spent on such claims increasing dramatically.

The Wales Audit Office report found that NRW admitted it lost £1m of public money when it sold wood to a sawmill firm without properly putting the deal out to tender.

We are pleased to share with you the latest issue of the Keolis magazine, "Pulse – New ideas to challenge daily mobility".

Police in Rhondda have arrested a 33 year-old man in connection with a serious assault which occurred on Monday, 6 August, 2018, at approximately 4.15pm.

Welsh Government is working on developing a policy framework for unscheduled care – in other words, “what does good look like” for people who have an unexpected need for advice, care or treatment.

Police investigating the serious assault of a 74 year-old man in John Street, Pentre, have arrested a 27 year-old man in connection with the offence.

He was arrested on Sunday night and is currently in police custody.

Following an incident which occurred in Cefn Lane, Glyncoch, on 2 August, 2018, three men aged 24, 21 and 19, were all charged with conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine, possessing an offensive weapon in a public place, and violent disorder.

The planning application h

Question asked by a local resident in Abercwmboi on Twitter

Consultant Dermatologist Dr Christian Aldridge has worked with Melanoma UK skin cancer charity in securing a specialist piece of equipment for the health board that provides full body mapping which detects skin cancer earlier.

Police investigating a serious assault on an elderly man in Rhondda are appealing to locate a 27 year-old suspect.
Officers want to speak to Luke Lewis in connection with the assault which left the victim in hospital with serious injuries.

Online registration for the 2018 Nos Galan Road Races opens at 10am on Monday, September 10 - and it’s going to be a very special night on New Year’s Eve. 

The 2019 Award Ceremony to be held in Aberystwyth

Macmillan’s Welsh mobile information and support team will be on hand to provide sun safety advice and information about cancer at the Big Welsh Bite in Ynysangharad War Memorial Park, Pontypridd this weekend.

RHONDDA CYNON TAFF COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL

(A4059 ABERDARE – COMMERCIAL STREET ROUNDABOUT TO DEPOT ROAD ROUNDABOUT AND HARRIET STREET ROUNDABOUT TO HIRWAUN ROAD)

(TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS) ORDER 2018