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The latest edition of the Pontypridd Labour Herald – an HNS Special edition – is now being delivered to as many homes as possible across the Pontypridd constituency. You can read and/or download a copy here:

I was pleased to join headteacher Mr Edards and students for a training session provided by the British Heart Foundation, Cymru today.  I was impressed by the enthusiastic way that the students at Ysgol Gyfun Garth Olwg approached their ‘life saver’ training. Being able to carry out CPR is an important life skill and BHF Cymru’s

As part of his ongoing campaign for the Welsh and UK Governments to lefgislate to protect leaseholders from exploitative contracts and to ban the development of new leasehold houses, Mick Antoniw AM brought a Members legislative proposal to the National Assembly for Wales on 27th June 2018.  The proposal read:   To propose the National Assembly

Mick Antoniw, Assembly Member for Pontypridd joined local postman Josh Collier on his Pontypridd round today to offer support for the Post Office and Communication Workers Union’s ‘Bite Back’ campaign.  The number of dog attacks on postal workers attempting to deliver mail has increased by 22% in Wales over the past year, with a total

Mick Antoniw, Assembly Member for Pontypridd has welcomed the Welsh Government’s decision to site the £100 million state-of-the-art Metro depot facility in Taff’s Well on the old Forgemasters site. The site will service 36 of the new Metro vehicles that will operate services on the Taff Vale lines and eventually be the base for 400

Mick Antoniw, Assembly Member for Pontypridd and Chair of the Assembly’s Cross Party Group on Problem Gambling has welcomed the UK Government’s decision to reduce the maximum stake on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals to £2.  The move follows intensive campaigning at Westminster and the Assembly for the introduction of a maximum stake to tackle the

The £20m Air Quality Fund, which will run until 2021, will support local authorities to comply with nitrogen dioxide limits and improve air quality in their areas. The Environment Minister has also announced a consultation on plans for Clean Air Zones, designated areas where action is taken to reduce public and environmental exposure to airborne

Sports Minister Dafydd Elis Thomas was on hand to wish Team Wales Paracheer ‘Pob lwc’ ahead of the team flying out to the USA to defend their world championship title next week.  The Pontypridd-based team  won gold in the USA last year at their first attempt and were invited to the Assembly by local Assembly

E-Cycle’s Paul Sinnott and Wayne Roberts welcomed the Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and local Assembly Member Mick Antoniw to their Tonyrefail site on Monday to show-case the business’s cutting edge digital services. The Cabinet Secretary was visiting as part of the Valley Taskforce initiative, which is focused on increasing economic activity in valleys communities.