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Cost of Living Support and Advice
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Compass Community Hub
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Free* reusable plastic-free period products available to collect locally!
Love your period, Love your planet! Following MTCBCs successful Love your Period, Love your planet! campaign in March 2023 that encouraged residents to switch from disposable to reusable period produc… Content last updated: 24 March 2026
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From classrooms to libraries, Merthyr Tydfil goes greener
How investment in LED lighting, solar power and upgraded controls is making a difference for staff, students and visitors. Change begins with people. It’s in the nurseries where children take their fi… Content last updated: 02 October 2025
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Pupils get a sneak preview of their new school
Staff and pupils who will be moving to the new Ysgol Y Graig Primary School, Cefn Coed, at the start of the Autumn Term have been shown around their new ‘home’. Teachers and classes from Key Stage 2 w… Content last updated: 20 July 2021
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Removal of right-hand turn at Bethesda Street temporary
The County Borough Council would like to reassure residents that the removal of the protected right-hand turn from Bethesda Street into Chapel Banks is just a temporary measure. As part of plans to im… Content last updated: 25 March 2022
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‘Marcia’s Park’ will commemorate much-missed Twyncarmel resident
A children’s playground that has been relocated and rebuilt with brand new equipment is to be named after a much-missed late local resident. The former Twyncarmel play area - which has been closed for… Content last updated: 26 October 2022
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Grab a ringside seat for Gavin’s lights switch-on
Merthyr Tydfil residents and visitors will be treated to a ringside seat later this month when our latest homegrown boxing champion switches on the Christmas lights. British and Commonwealth lightweig… Content last updated: 04 January 2023
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Video shows how life can improve for homeless people
The Council has produced a video showing how the lives of local homeless people have changed for the better following housing support they received during the pandemic. Changes made as a result of the… Content last updated: 21 November 2022
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Traffic lights to get overhaul in Active Travel plans
Motorists, cyclists and pedestrians will benefit from the replacement of old traffic lights on a busy Merthyr Tydfil road as part of the Council’s plans for improving Active Travel across the county b… Content last updated: 10 January 2022
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County Borough Council votes against bidding for city status
At this evening’s (Tuesday 12 October) special meeting of the Council to discuss applying for city status, councillors voted 21-10 against pressing ahead with the bid. Members were told in a chief off… Content last updated: 12 October 2021