P lans to increase council tax in Merthyr Tydfil by 5.5% next year will go before councillors. This would mean that the amount paid to Merthyr Tydfil Council for a band D property would be £2,083 ...

In 2023/2024 only 48% of residents in Merthyr Tydfil recycled their food waste compared with 56% across Wales, and the council wants to improve the figures. walesonline Load mobile navigation.

Men from Merthyr Tydfil, including ex steelworkers desperate for cash during the town's industrial decline, went to a local research centre to volunteer as medical guinea pigs.

Merthyr Tydfil Council’s partnership with cleantech integrator, Ameresco, is estimated to save more than £136,000 annually. (Photo: Business Wire) ...

Has Merthyr Tydfil managed to shake off its negative image? Thousands of tourists are using its mountain biking centre, there are new restaurants and bars, while economic statistics point to a ...

The tourism industry was worth more than £130m in Merthyr Tydfil last year, according to council figures. A report for the council’s regeneration and public protection scrutiny committee on ...

Coal extraction at Merthyr Tydfil's Ffos-y-Fran mine began in 2007 on a 15-year licence. The UK's largest opencast coalmine must close after an extension to keep it running was rejected.

Gavin and Stacey star Ruth Jones is making a TV tribute to Merthyr Tydfil with fellow comedy actor Steve Speirs. Speirs – star of the Welsh sitcom The Tuckers and known for playing Richard Burbage in ...

In 2019, Merthyr Tydfil was found to have the highest percentage of areas in the most deprived 50 percent in Wales. Up to 86.1 percent of the town's areas were within the home county's most ...

A man was left in a critical condition after being hit by a car, which then drove off. The 28-year-old was found seriously injured after police were called to the incident in Merthyr Tydfil town ...

Merthyr Tydfil is an industrial town in the south Wales valleys that was hit hard by the decline of heavy industry in the 1980s and 1990s.