Pontypridd

British

/ ˌpɒntɪˈpriːð /

noun

an industrial town in S Wales, in Rhondda Cynon Taff county borough. Pop: 29 781 (2001)

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His resignation came after two other candidates pulled out of the running for the Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr constituency, the day before Reform announced its official list of candidates.

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In February Torfaen Reform councillor Jason O'Connell, who has since been named as the party's number one candidate in Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr for the Senedd election, described the party's vetting process as "brutal" and "intrusive".

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Shortly after, she signed a semi-professional contract with Swansea City Women, having left Pontypridd United Women at the end of the previous season.

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Cooper, who was born in the south Wales town Pontypridd is also a former Leicester and Nottingham Forest boss.

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Born in Pontypridd, Campbell was Motörhead's guitarist from 1984 until 2015, when the heavy metal group disbanded following the death of frontman Lemmy Kilmister.

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