Author: Rhys Gregory

Drivers are being advised to expect some temporary disruption next month when work begins on replacing ageing sets of traffic lights at two busy locations in Bridgend County Borough. The traffic lights, which have been in operation for more than 25 years, are located at two different sites along the A473 in Bridgend – the main entrance to the Broadlands estate, and the junction at the bottom of Park Street. As the A473 remains one of the county borough’s most well-used routes, the work is essential in order to ensure that traffic can continue to flow efficiently and to safeguard…

First Cymru Buses Limited has confirmed that its services are running out of Maesteg bus station once more after Bridgend County Borough Council took action to prevent unauthorised vehicles from entering bus bay areas. The company had temporarily removed its services due to safety concerns over cars and other vehicles entering the bus areas to park, undertake manoeuvres or to load and unload goods. To address these important safety concerns, Bridgend County Borough Council has introduced a new traffic order at the station along with new double-yellow lines which gives the authority powers to carry out civil enforcement against drivers…

Dreamachine, a powerful new immersive experience exploring the limitless potential of the human mind, opens today at the Temple of Peace in Cardiff where it will run until June 18. Created by Collective Act, it brings together Turner Prize-winning artists Assemble, Grammy and Mercury Prize-nominated composer Jon Hopkins and a team of leading technologists, scientists and philosophers. Dreamachine is commissioned and presented as part of UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK. This one-of-a-kind immersive experience will take over the beautiful Temple of Peace building in the heart of Cardiff, which was built in the wake of the First World War and…

RCT Council will host a public exhibition at Rhondda Fach Leisure Centre to provide more information about the next stage of the Tylorstown landslip project – which proposes to remediate the remaining material on the hillside. The four-phase Tylorstown Landslip Remediation Plan was agreed following the landslip in February 2020, which took place in the unprecedented weather of Storm Dennis. Emergency drainage work was completed shortly after the event (Phase One), while embankment scour repairs (Phase Two), removal of material from the valley floor to receptor sites, and reinstatement of two paths running through the site (Phase Three) were completed…

Over 120 children and young people across Powys got involved in competitions to celebrate World Book Day, the county council has said. Throughout March, Powys Library Service hosted competitions for children in Pre-School and Foundation phase, Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3, including, ‘Design the Queen’s Jubilee Knickers’ ‘What happens when you join the story?’ – write what would happen if you were sucked into your favourite book ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’ – write about which three book characters you would invite to dinner and why The competitions opened on World Book Day, 3 March and closed on…

Getting people out of cars and on to bikes is the aim of a £50m investment announced by Deputy Climate Change Minister Lee Waters today (Friday 13 May). Speaking on a visit to Cardiff-based cycling charity Pedal Power, the Deputy Minister said the money would fund cycling routes and new facilities right across Wales. Deputy Minister for Climate Change, with a responsibility for Transport, Lee Waters said: “This is a substantial investment and part of our commitment to making cycling easier so people cut the amount of journeys they take by car and travel in a way that is better…

Climate Change Minister Julie James has made fresh calls for a UK-wide approach to building safety as she set out the progress Wales has made on repairing building defects in Wales. She today called on the UK Government to extend its England-only developer pledge, which commits developers to repairing buildings they were involved in developing, to the rest of the UK. The Minister warned the current “unilateral approach” to building safety makes it harder to ensure developers take their responsibilities to contribute towards the costs of fixing building safety issues in Wales seriously. The Welsh Government has earmarked £375m towards…

The Welsh Government has reached agreement with the UK Government on the establishment of Freeports in Wales, Economy Minister, Vaughan Gething, has confirmed. Welsh Ministers have agreed to support Freeport policies in Wales following the UK Government’s agreement to meet the Welsh Government’s demands that UK Ministers provide at least £26m of non-repayable starter funding for any Freeport established in Wales, which represents a parity with the deals offered to English Freeports. The UK Government have agreed to meet a number of other demands – including that both Governments will act on the basis of a ‘partnership of equals’ to…

Climate Change Minister Julie James has this week (Thursday, May 12) set out plans to introduce a new law to manage the legacy of centuries of mining in Wales which put ‘community safety at the forefront.’ The Minister confirmed the Welsh Government will recommend the creation of a supervisory authority to oversee the new regime, which will ensure management arrangements are in place for the highest-category tips as well as compile and maintain a new national asset register. The full proposals, which also include a new national approach to the categorisation of tips, follow a recent report by the Law…

More than £50m has been provided to Welsh households to help tackle the cost of living crisis, through a £150 cost of living payment that has already reached 332,710 homes. The payments started in April and more people will be receiving their £150 in the coming weeks. The £152m scheme is being delivered by local authorities on behalf of the Welsh Government. The support is being provided to all households in properties in council tax bands A to D, and all households which receive support from the Council Tax Reduction Scheme regardless of their council tax band. Payments will be…