Bridgend Council struggles to recruit staff for front-line services
Bridgend Council has revealed its ongoing struggles with recruiting staff for a number of key front-line services at an annual performance review. Documents given to council bosses said that a number of vacancies had become hard to fill across the…
Bridgend Council look to adopt permanent hybrid work policy
BRIDGEND Council has decided to adopt a permanent hybrid working policy for the majority of its staff, it has been announced. The move will now see most of the local authorities staff working from home or in a range of…
Review of restraint policies for Bridgend social services
BRIDGEND Council have updated social care policies within the borough this month following a review from Care Inspectorate Wales, in which action notices were issued for a number of areas. The report which was heard by members in a monthly…
numerous South Wales bus routes to suffer cut backs
BUS routes across parts of South Wales are set for further cut backs this month after First Cymru, the main bus operator in Bridgend, Neath Port Talbot, and south-west Wales announced alterations to a number of services. The changes are…
Professional Welsh wrestlers return to Gwent for biggest wrestling event in south Wales valleys
A GROUP of professional Welsh wrestlers are set to return to their home county of Blaenau Gwent this month, to put on what is described as one of the biggest wrestling events the south Wales valleys has ever seen. The…
Failed call-in attempt by National Trust scuppers plans to turn public toilets into takeaway ice cream parlour
A SCHEME to turn surplus public toilets to a takeaway ice cream parlour/coffee bar will not be decided by the Welsh Government, after a failed call-in attempt by the National Trust. At the June meeting of Pembrokeshire Coast National Park’s…
Elderly disabled woman feels ‘isolated’ as she seeks alternative accommodation away from ‘dilapidated’ flats
IRIS Ware was among the first people to move into Mitchell Court flats in Tonypandy, back in the 1960s. Now, aged 93, she’s one of the last living in what have been described as ‘dilapidated’ and almost ‘derelict’ looking buildings…
Plans for brand-new college campus in Bridgend take a step forward
PLANS for a new multi-million pound college campus that aims to regenerate Bridgend have taken another step forward this week. Following discussions, members at the monthly cabinet meeting on July 18 agreed to sign over land in the town centre…
Council report budget overspend of almost £10 million in first quarter of 2023-24
Bridgend council has published a report that shows an almost £10 million predicted overspend in the annual budget during the first quarter of the 2023-24 financial year. Councillors in attendance at a cabinet meeting on July 18, heard how…
Plans for new lodge and caravan park for Porthcawl set to go before Bridgend Council
PLANS to develop a new lodge caravan park in Porthcawl look set to go before Bridgend council this year on a site based near the village of Nottage on Pyle Road. The development, proposed by Nottage Leisure Group Ltd, could…