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Bridgend Council

Warning that planned cuts to school budget in one part of Wales are 'unsustainable'
Education
The discussions came as the authority prepares to set its final budget for 2024-25
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Bridgend councillors' low attendance at training sessions revealed
Bridgend Council
The report said only 10 members had completed training modules designed to be taken online with no general sessions having more than 50% attendance
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When Bridgend recycling centres will now be open as cuts see opening hours reduced
Bridgend
It is hoped that it could save the local authority as much as £50,000 per year
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The difficult decisions weighing down council leader tasked with slashing £10m
Local Government
It will almost certainly result in a number of service cuts having to be made next year
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Vile scenes at Indian restaurant as rats ran among open food
Restaurants
Raw chicken was handled together with ready-to-eat foods like fresh salad
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Grieving families upset as 'disrespecting' vandals target five cemeteries in Bridgend
Bridgend
People are being urged to be alert for suspicious activity
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The once beloved pub and chip shop that have been eyesores for years now being demolished in Bridgend
Bridgend
Residents said previously that the old buildings 'stained' the town
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New 420-place primary school planned for Kenfig Hill in Bridgend
Bridgend
The pre-planning consultation will begin this month ahead of the submission of a full planning application
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43 racial and discriminative incidents recorded in Bridgend schools this year
Bridgend Council
The report says incidents included verbal abuse or insults and racist comments
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Intense scrutiny for Bridgend council after announcement of near-£11m budget deficit
Bridgend Council
Members met to discuss what was described as a 'bleak and miserable' situation
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Bungling window fitter cold-called customers and left them with tens of thousands of pounds of damage
Courts
Jordan Klein Jones 'begged, nagged and pressurised' people into sending him money then caused damage to homes
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Bridgend puts the care in your career, supporting you to have a healthy work-life balance
Bridgend
Social worker Raeanna Grainger shares her positive experience of working for Bridgend County Borough Council
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Bridgend council calls for more foster carers ahead of Wales-wide change
Bridgend Council
It has sparked a conversation around where children are fostered
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Putting the care in your career: Bridgend social workers supported to have healthy work-life balance
Employment
Social worker Alex James shares her positive experience of working for Bridgend County Borough Council
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Bridgend puts the care in your career, supporting you to have healthy work-life balance
Employment
Bridgend County Borough Council is looking for more people to join the social services team
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The people living next to a house piled high with junk who claim nothing is being done to deal with it
Bridgend
Locals believe the owner hasn't let anyone inside for years, and have urged the council to intervene
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'Exciting' new college campus in Bridgend moves a step closer
Bridgend
The proposed modern campus is 'the biggest ever single investment in Bridgend town centre'
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Bridgend Council set to scrap college bus and give everyone a bus pass instead
Bridgend
Students in the Bridgend area will have an e-ticket to use on normal public bus services instead
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Putting the care in your career: Bridgend social workers supported to have healthy work-life balance
Employment
Social worker Tom Sander shares his positive experience of working for Bridgend County Borough Council
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A Welsh council is almost £10 million overspent just three full months into the financial year
Bridgend
The overspend is mainly in the social services and wellbeing directorate, and home to school transport
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The Welsh town that wants to become a '15 minute city’
Bridgend
Bridgend doesn't actually want to become a city - the term, also known as 20-minute neighbourhoods - refers to the concept where people have everything they need within a 15 minute walk or bike ride of their home
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Potential overhaul of town and community councils in Bridgend to start next month
Bridgend
The last full review was carried out on Bridgend's 20 town and community councils in 2009
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Parents angry as pupils are placed in 'holding room' for wearing shorts to school in heatwave
Bridgend
'Wearing shorts does not affect their education, but trying to work when you are too hot does,' said one parent
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Row over school's uniform policy taken to Welsh Government after outcry from parents
Wales schools
Bridgend Council's education lead said Pencoed Comprehensive's uniform crackdown has caused anxiety among pupils, including those sitting exams, and may go against Welsh Government guidelines on gender
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