Author: Rhys Gregory

RCT Council is giving advanced notice of road closures required on a section of the A4059 Aberdare Bypass to enable ongoing drainage works – including an all-day Sunday closure followed by four overnight closures. In March, work started on a significant £500,000 scheme funded by Welsh Government’s Resilient Roads Grant, targeted at a 400-metre section of the A4059 between Asda and Tinney’s Roundabouts. The road is adjacent to the River Cynon at this location and has been historically susceptible to flooding. The scheme includes raising the level and profile of the carriageway, the removal of kerbs and the introduction of…

Initial repairs to Berw Road Bridge in Pontypridd will start on Monday following the appointment of a contractor – which could enable the bridge to temporarily reopen this summer ahead of a full repair programme next year. The Council has appointed Kaymac Marine and Civil Engineering Ltd to carry out scour repairs, along with repairs to the pier and embankment, which will take place within the river. Work will start from Monday, June 7, scheduled for completion by the end of July. The first week of work will include mobilising the plant and delivery of materials, using an access track…

A new £3m fund is being set up to provide respite and short breaks for Wales’ small army of unpaid carers, Deputy Minister for Social Services Julie Morgan has announced. Speaking during Carers Week, Julie Morgan said the new fund will extend and improve the availability and quality of respite services, helping to support the valuable work unpaid carers do every day. With no one-size-fits-all form of respite, the fund will be available for flexible support to meet the needs of individual carers through a range of person-centred and innovative options, including face-to-face support and short breaks, helping unpaid carers…

South Wales Police is appealing for witnesses following a single-vehicle collision which occurred at approximately 6.35pm on Saturday, June 5 at Rogers Lane in Laleston, Bridgend. A silver Volkswagen Golf, which had been travelling along Rogers Lane in the general direction of Cefn Cribwr, is believed to have left the road before rolling down banking. A woman, who was a passenger within the vehicle, died at the scene. Two men, aged 32 and 37, were arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. Both currently remain in police custody. Investigating officers would like to speak to anyone who witnessed…

South Wales Police is investigating a serious collision which occurred on the M4 on Sunday evening (June 6). Officers were called to the single-vehicle collision on the westbound carriageway near junction 32 for Coryton, Cardiff, shortly after 6.45pm. A 28-year-old man was taken to the University Hospital of Wales with serious injuries after a red Vauxhall Astra collided with the central reservation. A 27-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of dangerous driving. He is currently in police custody. Officers would like to speak to anyone who witnessed the collision, or saw the car being driven prior to…

Today on the final day of Eisteddfod T 2021 (Friday, 4 June), it was revealed that the winner of the Poetry Prize is Kayley Sydenham from Newport. Having completed her A Levels at Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw, Kayley is looking forward to study Welsh and Journalism at University in September. Composing and drawing are her main interests, and Kayley made the most of the long lockdown periods to work on mastering the art of the cynghanedd, as well as starting her own Welsh lino printing venture. Kayley was revealed as the Eisteddfod T Poetry Prize Winner at the festival’s final ceremony…

Double act Peter Wilson and Ben Llewelyn aim to smash 16 hours of Tennis to raise awareness of children’s mental health on the longest Saturday of the year. The Monmouthshire dads are aiming to raise awareness of children’s mental health issues by playing tennis for over 16 hours without a break. Ben Llewelyn and Peter Wilson, both parents of three and keen tennis players, will be aiming to play from dawn at 4.51 am until dusk at 9.33pm on the longest Saturday of the year. They have partnered to raise funds with local charity, the Ted Senior Foundation, in order to…

Sioned Medi Howells from New Inn, near Pencader has been revealed as the 2021 Eisteddfod T Prose Prize Winner, and according to author and judge Caryl Lewis her work “left the reader wanting more”. About to complete her final year studying a midwifery course at Swansea University, Sioned is being kept busy during her placement on the maternity ward at Singleton Hospital. It has been a very productive and successful year for Sioned having also won both the chair and crown competitions at the 2021 Carmarthenshire YFC Virtual Eisteddfod. Sioned was named Eisteddfod T Prose Prize Winner at a special…

Fifty excited youngsters have been rocking to the beat of a special half-term holiday week of music and outdoor fun at a Wrexham school. The packed four-day programme at St Mary’s School, Brymbo, under the banner of School’s Out, included everything from frantic samba drumming to all-action games out in the playground. It was arranged and run by the North Wales Music Co-operative (NMC), which is an award-winning, not-for-profit organisation providing quality music tuition across two local authority areas. NMC is made up of two sister co-operatives, in Wrexham and Denbighshire, and is run by teachers for the benefit of…

Rising sea levels could cut North Wales main A55 road link, wash away railways, swamp holiday resorts and threaten businesses along the coast by the end of this century, according to leading ocean scientists. That’s the warning from two Bangor University academics who have just published a major new work on the future of the world’s seas, 30 Second Oceans, as World Oceans Day (June 8) approaches. Oceanographers Dr Yueng Dern Lenn, .from Chester, and Dr Mattias Green, from Glan Conwy, edited the book which has eminent contributors from around the world and covers 50 topics about the world’s oceans,…