Culture, Tourism & Sport

Pencoed library - managed by Awen Cultural Trust - has been selected to receive a share of a £750,000 Welsh...

As you all know, the Queen's Platinum Jubilee holiday will take place from 2nd - 5th June to mark 70...

Bridgend Council is set to apply for the right to a faster process of approving listed building consents (pdf). At...

Bridgend Council's planning department has published the consultation responses and proposed amendments to their future supplementary planning guidance (SPG) for...

Coychurch Crematorium's joint committee is set to approve a fee scheme for direct cremations for 2022-23 (pdf). Direct cremations –...

Town & community councils play a key role in Bridgend Council's Community Asset Transfer policy and they're due to be...

Bridgend Council's Cabinet is set to approve £50,000 in funding to support the Senior (Men's) Open Championship, which will be...

Finance Minister, Rebecca Evans (Lab, Gower), has confirmed that a consultation on the introduction of a tourism levy is set...

Having been unable to go out as much over the last two years, leisure and cultural services have taken a...

There was only one application up for discussion at this month's planning committee meeting – changes to the layout and...

Bridgend Council's Cabinet is set to agree to a new lease of the Newbridge Fields Cricket Pavilion to Bridgend Town...

Bridgend Tennis Club has been granted permission to install an inflatable dome (similar to the one in the image above)...

Bridgend Council recently published their new "placemaking" vision for Porthcawl Waterside (which includes Salt Lake, Eastern Promenade, Coney Beach and...

Tom Giffard MS (Con, South Wales West) has warned that a proposed tourism levy – included as part of the...

We've probably all seen the arguments on social media in Bridgend recently relating to the use of fireworks for private/home-based...

Bridgend Council recently revealed what bids were being prepared for the UK Government's "Levelling Up" fund, but other recent post-EU...

In what may be a good sign of progress on finalising Welsh Government & legacy EU (WEFO) funding, Bridgend Council...

A planning application has been submitted to convert the former engine house of Tondu Ironworks into a hotel and restaurant....

Bridgend missed out on the first wave of "Levelling Up" funds announced by the UK Government as a replacement for...

A new draft Welsh-medium education strategy for Bridgend was recently published, but later today a council committee will be updated...

Plans for the redevelopment of Cosy Corner in Porthcawl are set to receive a boost following a provisional funding agreement...

Bridgend Council has hired an additional two maintenance staff to help maintain 14 cemeteries in the county. There have been...

Bridgend Council has selected five sites across the county for tree planting as part of a "Green Canopy" to mark...

(Title Image: Cardiff TV) Bridgend Council's cabinet is set to agree to plans for a "dog trail" in Porthcawl, sponsored...

(Title Image: Suzanne Jeynes - picture taken in June 2020) While it's not the most glamorous of local authority responsibilities,...