A BLUE plaque will be unveiled in Rhondda on Friday June 6 in honour of social campaigner Annie Powell, who was elected communist mayor of Rhondda in 1979, soon after Conservative Margaret Thatcher ...

Rhys Edwards explains why it's a relief to have lost his unbeaten record as he prepares for Thomas Essomba, writes Tris Dixon ...

Joel Trembath, 21, of Caroline Street, Tonypandy, was fined £300, handed seven penalty points and ordered to pay £30 costs for driving without insurance and helping another drive while unlicensed.

Stephen Davies, 38, resisted when officers attempted to arrest him and he assaulted one of them by strangling him, the violent struggle that ensued captured on police bodycam ...

Jamie Michael, 46, from Penygraig, southeast Wales, served in the Iraq War and was twice sent to Sierra Leone as a peacekeeper. The former serviceman was remanded in prison for 20 days after the ...

Determined to make a change, Shannon, from the village of Penygraig in the Rhondda, south Wales, joined a local Slimming World group. She said: "I was so conscious of my weight I always referred ...

I don't know how long or if I will ever recover from this.' There were further victims of the Middletons who were based in Penygraig, Porth, Treorchy and Gilfach Goch, paying out thousands of ...

Mark Williams had to be hooked up to an oxygen tank as he played an exhibition match in Lhasa, Tibet. The three-time world champion was joined by a stellar cast but had to play at nearly 12,000 ...

The month of May will be ‘Mid District Cup Finals month’ at Sardis Road when Pontypridd RFC hosts no fewer than six showpiece finals. As we are still very much in the middle/latter part of April it’s ...

Morgan's old rugby club, Penygraig RFC, offered support to those who played alongside him. It said: “On behalf of everyone at Penygraig RFC we would like to pass on our sincere condolences to ...

Ayette Bounouri, 49, helped confront a mentally ill woman who attacked shoppers in a Co-op store in the village of Penygraig, Rhondda, South Wales, on May 5 2020. Church bell ringer John Rees ...

Lisa Way and Ayette Bounouri helped confront a mentally ill woman who attacked shoppers in a Co-op store in the village of Penygraig, Rhondda, south Wales, on May 5 2020. Mrs Way said ...