Police in Caerphilly are appealing for information following a burglary at a property in Gellir Felin, Energlyn in the early hours of Monday November 25.Its believed the burglary occurred between 1am and…
Author: Richard Gurner
Cost of borrowing from payday loans companies to be capped
The UK Government is to introduce a new law to cap the cost of payday loans.The cap will be formally established through amendments to the Banking Reform Bill which is currently going…
Olympic medallist invests in new fitness centre in Abercarn
Olympic Gold and Silver medallist Darren Campbell has invested in a new gym in Abercarn.The sprinter, who won gold in the 4x100m relay in Athens in 2004 and silver in the 200m…
Double Diamond organ brings back memories for readers
We recently featured a story about the organ from Caerphilly’s famous Double Diamond Club being sold on the website CaerphillyAuctions.co.uk.We asked readers to contact us with their memories and one of the…
Rugby Union: Bedwas RFC 15 Pontypridd RFC 34
Principality Welsh Premiership, Saturday November 16 2013.Match report by Bedwas RFC’s Ian LovellThree tries in the last quarter of the game saw Pontypridd run out victors in a keenly contested game, the…
Leisure centre visits up in Caerphilly County Borough
Leisure Centres in Caerphilly County Borough received a record 1.25 million visits during 2012/13, an increase of 11% on the previous year.Cllr Dave Poole, Cabinet Member for Community and Leisure Centres, said:…
Caerphilly Business Forum Blog
Broomfield & Alexander has been sponsoring the prestigious Premier Award at the forthcoming Caerphilly Business Forum Awards for eleven years and is delighted to be involved again in 2013.
Charity Llamau needs your views on domestic abuse
Homelessness charity Llamau is running a Welsh Government project with the Gwent Domestic Abuse Pathfinder Project to find out the public’s opinions and experiences of domestic abuse in Gwent.The short survey takes…
Chinese lanterns banned by Caerphilly County Borough Council
Launching Chinese lanterns from council-owned land has been banned.A motion banning the use and sale of lanterns was passed by councillors this week after they were told several had started fires in…
Appeal for information following burglaries in Pontllanfraith and Draethen
Police are appealing for information following two burglaries and two attempted burglaries in the Caerphilly County Borough area.An attempted burglary was reported at St Mary’s Road, Pontllanfraith between 10.30pm November 20 and…