A school playing field could be cut in two by a road if a proposed extension of a park and ride scheme goes ahead, councillors and residents have warned.
Author: Gareth Hill
Lecturers threatened with redundancy to lobby bosses in protest against Coleg y Cymoedd chief’s £46,000 pay rise
Angry lecturers will lobby Coleg y Cymoedd’s governing body today, March 9, in protest to the college head’s £46,000 pay rise, amid the threat of redundancies.
Teen pregnancy hits record low in Caerphilly County Borough
Teenage pregnancy rates have fallen by almost 70% in Caerphilly County Borough, according to latest official figures.
Lights out as Caerphilly Council approves £12m of cuts and a 3.9% council tax rise
Councillors approved £12m worth of cuts and a council tax rise of 3.9% for 2015/16. The cuts will see street lights turned off for part of the night in some residential areas and funding for Christmas lights removed.
Auschwitz visit gives Caerphilly county pupils duty to keep Holocaust memory alive
Students from Coleg Gwent’s Crosskeys campus and sixth formers from St Cenydd and Heolddu schools joined 200 pupils from across Wales on a visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland. Caerphilly Observer reporter Gareth Hill joined them on the Lessons From Auschwitz (LFA) trip, organised by the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET) 70 years on from the camp’s liberation.
Crosskeys’ Costa Book Awards winner Jonathan Edwards reveals his inspiration
It was a strange combination of Gavin and Stacey and the Welsh Assembly that gave Crosskeys’ Costa Book Awards winner Jonathan Edwards the confidence to write poetry about The Valleys where he grew up.
Man in court over attempted child abduction of girl,14, in Caerphilly
A Caerphilly business owner has appeared in court charged with the attempted abduction of a 14-year-old girl.
Caerphilly councillors approve “unlawful” payouts to senior bosses of £200,000
Caerphilly County Borough councillors have ratified senior manager payouts that were deemed unlawful by the Wales Audit Office (WAO).
Protesters plea to Caerphilly councillors not to approve Nant Llesg opencast mine in Rhymney Valley
Campaigners against the proposed Nant Llesg opencast mine called on Caerphilly councillors to ‘save the Upper Rhymney Valley’ during a protest at their Tredomen offices yesterday, January 27.
Lecturers “furious” at Coleg y Cymoedd chief’s £46,000 pay rise
A college principal has been given a 47% pay rise – despite teachers having to fight for a wage increase of 1%.