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Pumpkins don’t go to waste – now BCBC want your festive food too!

Pumpkins don’t go to waste – now BCBC want your festive food too!

December 5, 2011 No Comments

Householders in Bridgend County Borough had an especially green Halloween by recycling their pumpkins as food waste. BCBC’s recycling collection partners May Gurney have revealed there was a ‘pumpkin peak’ in the week after Halloween, collecting an additional 12 tonnes of food waste on top of usual food recycling rates. Residents were asked to leave ...

Services for people with learning disabilities

Services for people with learning disabilities

September 21, 2011 No Comments

The Cabinet of Bridgend County Borough Council has welcomed a report on the latest developments in services for people with learning disabilities (Tuesday 20 September 2011). Faced with increasing demand for its services over the last four years, the authority is remodelling the way that it provides adult social care through a series of initiatives, ...

Online retailers advised to wise up their websites

Online retailers advised to wise up their websites

August 16, 2011 No Comments

Some online retailers in Bridgend County Borough need to improve the way they sell their goods to internet shoppers, according to BCBC’s Trading Standards team. A recent survey carried out by the department found a number of local online businesses failed to provide customers with sufficient information on their right to cancel orders and also ...

Bridgend Libraries launch new audiobook service

Bridgend Libraries launch new audiobook service

July 18, 2011 No Comments

Bridgend Library Service’s new facility to download audio-books will be a boon to all of us who need some light relief from our boring tasks. Whether you are mowing the lawn, driving in your car or doing the ironing, there is always an occasion when you have both hands occupied, but your brain is underused. ...

Bridgend Council develop flood defence strategies

Bridgend Council develop flood defence strategies

June 2, 2011 No Comments

Bridgend County Borough council has implemented special strategies in the 1 in 200 chance of over one and half thousand homes and businesses being affected by flooding, following a report into the risks of flooding in the area. A report which looks at the chances of serious flooding in Bridgend County Borough has concluded there ...

The new Trixter X-bike rides into town

The new Trixter X-bike rides into town

May 31, 2011 No Comments

The focus is on fitness as Bridgend Recreation Centre officially opens its new state of the art Trixter X-biking studio today. The new facilities make the Rec one of Bridgend County Borough’s premier leisure facilities. X-bikes are a new and novel way of experiencing mountain biking indoors with the opportunity to be transported to anywhere ...

Bridgend Council name new cabinet

Bridgend Council name new cabinet

May 24, 2011 No Comments

At the Annual General Meeting of Bridgend County Borough Council, Councillor Mel Nott was returned as Leader along with Councillor David Sage as Deputy Leader. Also returned were Councillor Lyn Morgan as Cabinet member for Wellbeing, Councillor Alana Davies as Cabinet member for Children and Young People, and Councillor Huw David as Cabinet member for ...

Maesteg Family Link teenager celebrated at Royal reception

A teenager who receives support through Bridgend County Borough Council’s Family Link Short Break Scheme has been recognised for...

Pumpkins don’t go to waste – now BCBC want your festive food too!

Householders in Bridgend County Borough had an especially green Halloween by recycling their pumpkins as food waste. BCBC’s recycling...

Praise for borough’s latest landmark school

Bridgend County Borough’s latest landmark school has been officially opened today. Archbishop McGrath Catholic High School has been open...

Ravens winger swoops in for player of the month award

Teenage wing Luke Morgan has impressed in his Bridgend Ravens shirt after scoring nine tries during this years’ Principality...

Olympic torch comes to Bridgend

As the build up to London 2012 continues, it has been announced that Bridgend County Borough has been selected...

Bridgend’s ‘Tell Us Once’ launched

A new service has been launched this week by Bridgend County Borough Council that will make it easier for...

New Brackla sports centre due to open soon

Bridgend County Borough Council’s plans to improve its leisure facilities and enhance the range of opportunities for local people...

Bridgend crowned Wales recycling champs!

The Labour Bridgend County Borough Council has beaten stiff competition from two of Wales’s largest authorities to be named...

Bridgend council agrees partnership to help people live at home for longer

The Cabinet of Bridgend County Borough Council has today agreed to enter into a partnership to improve and develop...

Follow the Feastival leek this week!

A leek which is being carried all the way from Bangor to Bridgend will again be used to officially...