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Tag: Merthyr Tydfil

Unison Cymru boss chosen as Labour’s Assembly candidate for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney

Friday, March 4, 2016Friday, March 4, 2016

Labour has selected Dawn Bowden as its assembly candidate for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, replacing the outgoing Education Minister Huw Lewis.

Guinea pigs abandoned in a box at a Caerphilly park

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

RSPCA Cymru is appealing for information after two guinea pigs were found abandoned in a box at a Caerphilly park.

Families pay tribute to Bargoed father and teen best friend who died in Merthyr car crash

Wednesday, October 14, 2015Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Tributes have been paid to two best friends from the Bargoed area who died in a car crash on Sunday, October 11.

Man arrested after Bargoed teenager and man die in Merthyr car crash

Monday, October 12, 2015Monday, October 12, 2015

Two men from the Bargoed area died when a car they were travelling in crashed into a telegraph pole in Merthyr Tydfil yesterday, October 11.

Man in hospital with serious head injuries after Aberbargoed assault

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

A man was hospitalised with serious head injuries after being assaulted in Aberbargoed on Bank Holiday Sunday.

Caerphilly youngsters perform on West End

Monday, April 6, 2015Thursday, April 2, 2015

Young performers from Stagecoach Theatre Arts School in Caerphilly, Pontypridd and Merthyr Tydfil have performed at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London’s West End.

Protesters plea to Caerphilly councillors not to approve Nant Llesg opencast mine in Rhymney Valley

Wednesday, January 28, 2015Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Campaigners against the proposed Nant Llesg opencast mine called on Caerphilly councillors to ‘save the Upper Rhymney Valley’ during a protest at their Tredomen offices yesterday, January 27.

Heartbroken Rhymney family paying respects to dead father shown wrong body in hospital

Friday, January 16, 2015

A grieving Rhymney family went to say their final goodbyes to their dead dad – but were shown the wrong body by hospital staff.

Dai Havard MP to stand in Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney in 2015 General Election

Wednesday, May 7, 2014Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Mr Havard was selected as the Parliamentary candidate for the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney constituency following an internal ballot of local party members.

Merthyr Tydfil firm fined £8,000 after Fochriw man hit by bus

Wednesday, February 27, 2013Monday, March 4, 2013

A scrap metal firm has been fined £8,000 after an employee was badly injured when a bus swung into him while it was being lifted onto a truck in Merthyr Tydfil.

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