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Tag: Merthyr Tydfil

South Wales East AM to speak at Welsh independence rally

Thursday, August 29, 2019Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Delyth Jewell AM will be joined by former Wales goalkeeper Neville Southall and sports commentator Eddie Butler, among others.

Nant Llesg opencast coal mine plan rejected on appeal

Thursday, September 20, 2018Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Controversial plans to build an opencast mine at the top of the Rhymney Valley have finally been rejected by the Planning Inspectorate – almost three years after developers lodged their appeal.

Cat owner from Rhymney prosecuted for mistreating pet

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

A woman has been handed a six-month community order for the way she treated her pet cat.

Tabby cat dumped on A470 roadside near Caerphilly turn off

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

A man dumped a cat on the side of the side of a busy dual carriageway near Caerphilly, the RSPCA has confirmed.

Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney AM and MP will host jobs fair in town

Thursday, September 7, 2017

Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney MP, Gerald Jones, and AM, Dawn Bowden, have organised a jobs fair which will be held on Friday, September 8, at Ael Y Bryn Community Centre in Rhymney between 10am and 1pm.

Two men released on police bail over Wheatsheaf Hotel burglary

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Two men from the Merthyr Tydfil area have been arrested on suspicion of burglary after a break-in at a Caerphilly town pub.

Rugby League: Scorpions to rebrand as South Wales Ironmen and move to Merthyr Tydfil

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Rugby league side South Wales Scorpions are to rebrand and move to Merthyr Tydfil ahead of the 2017 season, with former rugby union Wales international Lee Byrne at the helm.

Jail for driver who caused the death of three friends from Bargoed

Monday, August 15, 2016

A driver who caused the death of three friends in a car crash in Merthyr Tydfil has been jailed for ten months.Victims Ryan Gibbons, 20, Rhys Jones, 18, Joe Daniels, 18,all from…

Rail boss from Fochriw sentenced for role in stealing £17,000 of cabling

Thursday, July 7, 2016Thursday, July 7, 2016

A railway construction boss has been given a 16-month suspended jail sentence for his part in stealing £17,000 worth of cabling.

Fochriw man charged over railway cable thefts

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

A Fochriw man has been charged with conspiracy to steal, after he was arrested last year in connection with the theft of railway cable.Paul Ross Jones, aged 37, of Ael-Y-Bryn, Fochriw, was…

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