Articles...
Mar 6 2008
THE sun-kissed southern hemisphere was the setting for a Rhondda’s couple’s dream wedding....
Mar 6 2008
THERE are growing fears for future skilled employment amongst Treorchy residents after reports that Tesco could be bringing a store to the Cae Mawr Industrial Estate....
Mar 6 2008
PENRHYS-BASED community radio station, Rhys Radio, takes to the air for another month starting this week....
Mar 6 2008
AN ALCOHOLIC whose life “revolves around violence” will be sentenced at Crown Court for using “foul language” in front of a police officer....
Mar 6 2008
BLAENCLYDACH’S Mark Morris never thought he would be a published poet....
Mar 6 2008
LITTLE Tirian Bowen is the first pupil in Rhondda Cynon Taf to take a step towards a university education!...
Mar 6 2008
RHONDDA Cynon Taff Community Arts, which runs a regular weekly programme of community dance workshops, is staging a large-scale performance over two nights at the Parc and Dare Theatre, Treorchy....
Mar 6 2008
NOMINATIONS are sought for valley-based individuals and teams who have enjoyed remarkable success in sport....
Mar 6 2008
There was a time when you could...
Mar 6 2008
CONSUMERS of the future have been putting their knowledge to the test, thanks to a popular annual competition....
Mar 6 2008
PLAID Cymru AM Leanne Wood has pledged to support Cancer Research UK’s new Screening Matters campaign....
Mar 6 2008
RHONDDA Cynon Taf Council face a hefty compensation bill when they meet the conditions of the Equal Pay Act....
Mar 6 2008
“DRUNKS behind driving wheels kill people.”...
Mar 6 2008
HUNDREDS of pilgrims will flock to the Rhondda in June to celebrate the Immaculate Heart of Mary at Our Lady of Penrhys shrine on June 16....
Mar 6 2008
THE Navigators have found their way back to the Rhondda....
Mar 6 2008
ANYONE interested in the history of Ferndale will learn a lot from Salem Newydd, Ferndale, written by local GP Dr Peter Brooks....
Mar 6 2008
PRINCIPAL Librarian Norma Jones plans to catch up on her reading after retiring from the job after 42 happy years....
Mar 6 2008
THE Rhondda Rockets returned from two days of competition at the Western Classic with nine trophies for partner stunts, cheer, dance and solo divisions....
Mar 6 2008
A MAN who handled stolen goods was branded a “menace to the community” by a district judge who ordered him to be sentenced at crown court....
Mar 6 2008
I WONDER if any of your readers can help me?...
Mar 6 2008
A MASKED attacker struck a Treherbert convenience store this week and stole hundreds of pounds from the till....
Mar 6 2008
FOR sheer professionalism and star quality it would be hard to match Treorchy Comprehensive School's production of Les Miserables staged at the Parc and Dare....
Mar 6 2008
NOT many of us have to wait four years for a birthday – but those that do often claim to feel a little younger than they actually are....
Mar 6 2008
SOUTH Wales Police are cracking down on motorists who don’t wear seatbelts....
Mar 6 2008
PORTH County students have again staged an outstanding eisteddfod packed with a range of performances....
Mar 6 2008
HOW many Ferndales do you think there are scattered throughout the world?...
Mar 6 2008
THINKING back to last week, I said I couldn’t remember the last modern song that made me sit up and take notice. Well I can now, so to put my mind at rest I have to tell you....
Mar 6 2008
MORE than 200 people from across the county attended a “family carnival” organised to provide a better future for younger generations....
Mar 6 2008
I READ with interest the letter that appeared in the February 21 edition of the Rhondda Leader, regarding the land between Bryn Rhodfa and Heol Orchwy, Treorchy....
Mar 6 2008
RHONDDA Animal Aid have quite a few animals in their care who are looking for kind, permanent homes....
Mar 6 2008
A TEACHER at...
Mar 6 2008
TALENTED schoolchildren throughout the Rhondda are preparing for the Grand Final of the Treorchy Male Choir and Coca Cola Junior Musician of the Year Competition....
Mar 6 2008
PLAID AM Leanne Wood has requested an urgent meeting with the Welsh Transport Minister after news that extra rail carriages for Welsh services have been shifted to England....
Mar 6 2008
A FATHER of two has warned people to be aware of a dangerous dog after his pet cat was savaged to death....
Mar 6 2008
NHS Trusts in Wales are getting nearly £4m a year by charging patients and visitors to park for hospital treatment, official figures reveal....
Mar 6 2008
A NEW father who smashed a pub window with a stone has been told by Rhondda magistrates to get his priorities right....
Mar 6 2008
A SWANSEA University student is preparing for a 1,600 mile charity hitch hike to raise much needed funds for Link Community Development....
Mar 6 2008
A DAD-OF-TWO who was laid off from a dead-end factory job eight years ago is now helping a generation of youngsters into work....
Mar 6 2008
PUPILS got a lesson in animal welfare when an RSPCA worker visited school....
Mar 6 2008
THE police have come out in support of gay rights – by flying the rainbow flag from their HQ....
Mar 6 2008
This week we have had two young prospective journalists from Ferndale Community School on work experience at the office....
Mar 6 2008
IN HER lifetime, 22 prime ministers have come and gone, and four kings and one queen have sat on the throne....
Mar 6 2008
MARCH 9 is the 100th anniversary of the opening of Tonypandy Railway Station – now but a shadow of its former self....
Mar 6 2008
THIRTY years ago, in the summer of 1978, Tonypandy Grammar School ceased to exist....
Mar 6 2008
EVERYDAY it’s getting closer for James Randell to play the part of Buddy Holly in a musical being staged at the Parc and Dare next month....
Mar 6 2008
A RHONDDA Fach post office which first opened 140 years ago has closed for the last time....
Mar 6 2008
A PORTH-BASED Police Community Support Officer took to the sky to raise cash for the valley’s Breast Friends group when she did a parachute jump in Swansea....
Mar 6 2008
A PACT meeting for people living in the Cymmer, Trehafod and Trebanog communities will take place in the Pioneer Stores, Porth on March 6 at 6.30pm....
Mar 6 2008
A PORTH couple who met while they were in school will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on March 8....
Mar 6 2008
A DAD-TO-BE who punched his own brother as he stood talking to a policeman has been spared jail....
Mar 6 2008
E-MAILS warning parents that school pupils are taking drugs disguised as strawberry sweets are a cruel hoax....
Mar 6 2008
RENT rises in 2008-9 for tenants of RCT Homes will stick to the level recommended by the Welsh Assembly, the housing organisation has announced....
Mar 6 2008
A FUN day held at the Rez club in Trealaw raised more than £1,300 for the Llwynypia Boys and Girls Club Under-11 football team....
Mar 6 2008
A TEENAGER has appeared in court charged with careless driving on the A4119....
Mar 6 2008
Rhondda Under-13s 10 Pontypridd Under-13s 35...
Mar 6 2008
THE Rhondda Rotary Club held a charity concert at Morlais Hall aimed at raising funds for the Rotary Foundation....
Mar 6 2008
THERE are only four weeks left to make nominations for this year’s Wales Volunteer of the Year Awards....
Mar 6 2008
RHONDDA Sea Cadets’ five-a-side team have won a national Sea Cadet football competition....
Mar 6 2008
ELDERLY allotment holders and disabled horse-riding club users in Treherbert face being physically removed by bailiffs next week after refusing to quit in a “land war” with property owner Steven Evans....
Mar 6 2008
VITAL checks on safety and quality were not carried out on E.coli butcher William Tudor – despite a long history of serious complaints about meat supplied to schools....
Mar 6 2008
A SHAMPOO thief stole nine bottles of Head and Shoulders – then made a clean getaway, a court heard....
Mar 6 2008
THE Toddle Waddle, the sponsored walk for under-fives to raise money for the Meningitis Trust, is back for 2008....
Mar 6 2008
LITTLE Joshua Griffiths could be on the road to stardom....
Mar 6 2008
A CONTROVERSIAL chapel conversion could get the go-ahead this week – despite fears it could invade neighbours’ privacy and silence a nearby brass band....
Mar 6 2008
FIVE Rhondda athletes scooped medals in the British Masters 2008 Indoor Athletics and Winter Throws championship held at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, Enfield....
Mar 6 2008
YOUTHS setting fires scorched the Treorchy mountainside this week amid fears the Easter holidays could bring further arson attacks....
Mar 6 2008
WORLD Book Day is on Thursday, March 6, and to celebrate it, the Learning Resource Centre at Ferndale Community School will hold their annual sponsored read, in order to raise money for a trip to Borders bookstore in Llantrisant on March 12....
Mar 6 2008
DID you know that the flag of St David is actually a black background with a gold cross on it?...
