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The countdown to the Rhondda Cynon Taf National Eisteddfod is on! With 150 days to go, the plans for Europe's largest cultural festival have been released.

An exhibition of compelling photographs from before, during and after the 1984-85 Miners' Strike opens to the public at Rhondda Heritage Park Museum on Wednesday, 6 March.

The current filter lane closure on Sardis Road (right turn to Graig) will be lifted by the end of the day on Friday, March 1 – then from Monday the lane nearest the work site will be closed until further notice

Here, we look at how two businesses in Mountain Ash and Pontypridd have successfully secured funding, having benefitted from the support offered by our Regeneration team

The work will take place from 7.30am to 5pm on Saturday and Sunday, March 2-3 – dependent upon fair weather

Cabinet has agreed to continue the Council's Local Business Rate Reduction Scheme – to grant an estimated 500 businesses that qualify for Welsh Government's Retail, Leisure and Hospitality scheme with additional rate relief of up to £500

The Council will start work on Monday, March 4, on a Resilient Roads scheme which will deliver essential drainage work and improve the road's resilience to flooding

Cabinet has agreed details of the Council's three-year capital programme – plus a one-off, targeted investment of £19.29m for 2024/25 priority areas including highways, unadopted roads, structures, parks, flood alleviation and play areas

Work from Monday, February 26, will install two manholes in the carriageway, along with new surface water drainage and gullies – while completing a small repair to a section of culvert

The Council's Cabinet has agreed its budget strategy which will now be presented to full council, proposing a balanced budget for 2024/25. The agreed strategy follows a further period of public consultation