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  • Mobile food vehicles

    Mobile Food Vehicles must be registered with the authority in the same way as other food premises.  This is free and must be done 28 days before trade commences.  The local authority that you must reg… Content last updated: 29 October 2019

  • Publication Scheme

    The Freedom of Information Act 2000 requires all public authorities to adopt and maintain a Publication Scheme. The purpose of a Publication Scheme is to ensure that authorities make as much informati… Content last updated: 28 May 2025

  • Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA)

    Education Maintenance Allowance Wales is a scheme run by the Welsh Assembly, providing young people who wish to continue in education after school leaving age with an incentive to earn awards through… Content last updated: 18 May 2022

  • Food hygiene ratings

    The Food Hygiene Rating Scheme helps you choose where to eat out or shop for food. The scheme gives you information about the hygiene standards in restaurants, pubs, cafés, takeaways, hotels, and othe… Content last updated: 03 September 2025

  • Calling all Voters – Register to vote before the 19th of April

    No matter where you were born, if you live in Wales and are 16 or over, you can now vote in the Senedd Elections. However, the deadline for registrations is looming and those newly enfranchised indivi… Content last updated: 10 January 2022

  • How to Vote in the May 2021 Senedd Elections

    Did you know that no matter where you were born, if you live in Wales and are 16 or over, you can now vote in the 2021 Senedd Elections? This is a big change to our democracy in Wales and provides tho… Content last updated: 08 April 2021

  • Youth Mayor Andrew is inaugurated

    The new Youth Mayor of Merthyr Tydfil is 14-year-old Andrew Millar, a student at Cyfarthfa High School. Andrew became the 11th Youth Mayor of the county borough on his inauguration at the Civic Centre… Content last updated: 28 May 2021

  • Registrars raise a coffee to National Day of Recognition

    The Council’s Registration Service marked today’s (1 July 2021) inaugural National Day of Recognition for Registrars by reflecting on a very tough 16 months of constant challenges. The Local Registrat… Content last updated: 01 July 2021

  • High Sheriff Awards panel

    DO YOU KNOW A YOUNG PERSON OR GROUP WHO DESERVES TO BE RECOGNISED FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING EFFORTS? The High Sheriff Awards panel would like to reward young people in Mid Glamorgan who have made outstand… Content last updated: 08 July 2021

  • Join our Online Citizens Panel!

    It is our job to give all of our customers a platform to have their voices heard, and often that means seeking out the customers we don't hear from as much.  We don't just want our fans or ambassadors… Content last updated: 21 July 2021

  • Another year of success for Apprentices at the Council

    This week marks 2022’s ‘National Apprenticeships Week’ 7th – 13th February, which brings together everyone that is passionate about apprenticeships to celebrate the value, benefit and opportunities th… Content last updated: 06 May 2022

  • Foster Wales Merthyr

    OVER the last two years, families across the country have been hit hard by the impact of the pandemic. With people not able to see loved ones, schools being closed and lines of support difficult to ac… Content last updated: 10 May 2022

  • Samee Furreed becomes the new Youth Mayor for Merthyr Tydfil

    On Friday 13th May 2022, the Youth Mayor Inauguration took place at Merthyr Tydfil’s Civic Centre. Samee Furreed who is 16 years of age and is a student at Cyfarthfa High School became the 12th Youth… Content last updated: 20 May 2022

  • Council staff take on high level Welsh language skills in Nant Gwrtheyrn

    Recently, five members of the Council staff had an excellent opportunity to further improve their Welsh language skills under the tutorship of Rhian Lloyd James at Learn Welsh Glamorgan. They travelle… Content last updated: 27 May 2022

  • Popular Pontmorlais eateries sign up for hot chilli ticket

    Some of the town’s most popular restaurants, bars and cafés have signed up for the hottest ticket in town when the Merthyr Street Chilli Fiesta returns this weekend. The ‘Pontmorlais Chilli Trail’, fu… Content last updated: 21 June 2022

  • There is nothing artificial about the intelligence at Troedyrhiw as pupils try their hand at robotics

    Pupils at Troedyrhiw primary school have recently been working on their engineering and computer science skills, building, and programming robots, all so important as the future will require humans to… Content last updated: 06 July 2022

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