A request under the Freedom of Information Act has revealed the total cost of the pay scandal to Caerphilly County Borough Council is £4.5 million.
Author: Richard Gurner
Police make fresh appeal on fourth anniversary of Kyle Vaughan’s disappearance
Police have issued a fresh appeal for information to trace Newbridge man Kyle Vaughan on the fourth anniversary of his disappearance.Mr Vaughan, who was 24 when he went missing, was last seen…
Two men charged with attempted murder after stabbing in Hafodyrynys
Two men have been charged with attempted murder after a street stabbing in Hafodyrynys.The men, aged 35 from Risca, and 32 from Hafodyrynys, are due to appear at Newport Magistrates’ Court this…
“Suspended” Caerphilly Council bosses at centre of pay scandal have actually been on paid leave
Three senior bosses at the centre of a pay scandal at Caerphilly County Borough Council have been on paid leave from the local authority after their suspension was secretly brought to an end earlier this year.
Food poisoning scare after children served potentially contaminated chicken at 45 Caerphilly County Borough schools
An investigation has been launched after children in 45 schools in Caerphilly County Borough were served chicken potentially contaminated with the harmful Listeria monocytogenes bacteria.
Man jailed for 78mph police chase which ended when car got wedged under railway tunnel
The driver of a car which got wedged in a narrow pedestrian tunnel as he fled from police during a high-speed chase has been jailed for 18 months.
Stop clowning around: Penyrheol man fined by police for scaring children outside school dressed as a clown
A Penyrheol man who frightened young children by dressing as a clown outside their school has been fined by police.
Passengers evacuated after train fire at Caerphilly railway station
Commuters coming home from Cardiff had to be evacuated at Caerphilly railway station after a fire broke out underneath the train they were travelling on.
Blackwood councillors resign from Labour group and party
Two outspoken Blackwood councillors have resigned from Caerphilly Council’s Labour group with an attack on council leader Keith Reynolds.
Caerphilly County Borough’s controversial Local Development Plan scrapped by councillors
A controversial draft planning blueprint, which would have paved the way for thousands of new homes to be built in Caerphilly County Borough, has been scrapped.At a meeting on Tuesday, July 19,…