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Merthyr Express, 28 May 2026

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The Merthyr Express is a hyper-local paid weekly newspaper. As an established, and trusted brand, the Merthyr Express represents the local community and delivers all the latest news stories that matter. The core coverage area is Merthyr Tydfil, but also circulates in Bedlinog Nelson, Rhymney and Ystrad Bargoed.

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ArticleEX-COUNCIL CHIEF’S £280K PAYOUT

A PAYOUT to the former chief exec­ut­ive of Caerphilly County Bor­ough Coun­cil totalled more than £280,000. Christina Har­rhy, pic­tured, left the top officer job in Octo­ber 2024 after elec­ted coun­cil­lors were asked to approve a set­tle­ment...

EX-COUNCIL CHIEF’S £280K PAYOUT

ArticleTHOUSANDS TOLD TO BOIL TAP WATER

FAMILIES were left unable to drink their tap water across parts of Rhondda Cynon Taf. Welsh Water issued a boil notice, blam­ing a chem­ical issue. Affected areas included Cym­mer, Maerdy, Tylor­stown, Pontyg­waith, Tre­banog, Tre­hafod,...

THOUSANDS TOLD TO BOIL TAP WATER

ArticleQuiz Time

1. As a 12-year-old choir­boy, ex-Eng­land rugby player Lawrence Dallaglio sang at the wed­ding of which com­poser? 2.A pprox. 1000 years old, the Major Oak is in which UK forest? 3. Which is con­sidered to be the UKs old­est chocol­ate com­pany? 4....

Quiz Time

ArticleNeigh­bours ‘liv­ing in fear’ in HMO row

VANDALS have repeatedly tar­geted a house at the centre of a HMO row in Rhym­ney, caus­ing crim­inal dam­age. A neigh­bour told Caerphilly County Bor­ough Coun­cil’s plan­ning com­mit­tee the incid­ents had led to many sleep­less nights. Applic­ant...

Neigh­bours ‘liv­ing in fear’ in HMO row

ArticleDona­tion to sup­port activ­it­ies

RENEWABLE energy com­pany Pen­nant Wal­ters has donated £2,500 to the Friends of Gil­fach Goch Day Centre to sup­port a pro­gramme of com­munity classes and activ­it­ies aimed at redu­cing social isol­a­tion and strength­en­ing local...

Dona­tion to sup­port activ­it­ies

ArticleFear­less foot­ball player com­pletes cir­cus chal­lenge

A FEARLESS young foot­baller has com­pleted a dare­devil cir­cus chal­lenge at Cardiff City Sta­dium. Carly Buchanan-Thomas, 18, suc­cess­fully com­pleted the world-first fun­drais­ing chal­lenge inside Cir­cus Extreme’s Globe of Death. The stunt saw...

Fear­less foot­ball player com­pletes cir­cus chal­lenge