Sentence examples for Merthyr from high-quality English sources.

• It’s the final week for the five vegans in Merthyr Tydfil.

• The husband, father and grandfather died in hospital in Merthyr Tydfil.

• Lisa Mytton, an independent who is now vying to lead the Merthyr council, also testifies to her strong Labour background.

• Mr Gething told a press conference in Cardiff: “Following the decision to place additional coronavirus restrictions in Caerphilly and Rhondda Cynon Taf, we have seen a worrying and rapid rise in cases in four other South Wales council areas – Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Newport.

• “Who decided that I haven’t got a clue, someone in Merthyr police I expect.

• We are seeing that in Wales overall, and in Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

• Andrew and Natasha Eyles have lived in their home in Merthyr Tydfil for eight years.

• It’s a world of Christian ravers, communist pensioners and Starsky & Hutch - Merthyr-style!

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• Official figures show that Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf, an area of 300,000 people, have suffered more Covid-19 deaths per capita than anywhere else in the UK since last March.

• Contaminated soil from 164yds (150m) of railway at a depth of 6.5ft (2m) and width of 21yds (20m) has been excavated and taken to a licensed waste management facility near Merthyr Tydfil.

• But - and it is a big "but" to some - even looking at the statistics in places like Cardiff, Merthyr and Wrexham, Wales is facing nowhere near the same infection rates as some other areas of the UK.

• Meat and dairy consumption is ingrained in local culture across the UK, and Merthyr Tydfil, a town surrounded by hills and farmland, is home to many who depend on animal agriculture for employment and nutrition.

• Latest figures show Wales has the worst infection rate of the four UK nations - with a case rate of 416.5 cases per 100,000 people over seven days - with Merthyr Tydfil, Neath Port Talbot and Bridgend in the top four worst affected local authority areas.

• Last week, First Minister Mark Drakeford said "military planners" would be joining a team led by Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board to look at the possibility of introducing whole-town testing in Merthyr Tydfil, similar to the system being trialled in Liverpool.

• Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf and Blaenau Gwent have some of the worst Covid-19 infection rates in the UK and, amid calls from Plaid Cymru for widespread testing in high case rate areas, Mr Gething says the Welsh Government was "considering" mass testing.

• But with case rates remaining high in some Valleys counties, including in Merthyr Tydfil where 610.01 cases have been confirmed per 100,000 people in the last seven days, Plaid Cymru and the Conservatives have raised concerns about easing lockdown restrictions.

Merthyr sentence examples

• "We are also providing funding for major projects to help us transform the NHS, including the new University Grange hospital in Cwmbran, the major refurbishment of the Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil and more than £70m for the 19 primary and community care projects across Wales."

• Andrew RT Davies, the Welsh Conservative's spokesman on health, said: "If Labour ministers were to apply their Covid logic and policy consistently, they would be reconsidering their decision to ease restrictions in high-incidence areas in counties such as Merthyr Tydfil, Blaenau Gwent and Rhondda Cynon Taf on Monday.

• The workforce had fallen from its peak of 2,000-plus to about 800; still a sizeable proportion of breadwinners for the 8,000-or-so population of the three villages of Aberfan, Merthyr Vale and Mount Pleasant which made up the collective community known as Ynysowen, five miles from the former iron capital of the world, Merthyr Tydfil.

• Swansea, Gwynedd, Torfaen, Pembrokeshire, Newport, Flintshire, Anglesey, Monmouthshire, Powys, Caerphilly, Conwy, Merthyr Tydfil and Cardiff all said they are following the Welsh Government's list of key workers in allocating childcare, with Cardiff and Merthyr prioritising the children of parents in NHS, blue light, education and social care if there were any shortages.