Plans to provide 5,000 job and training opportunities for households in Wales where no-one has a job are at the heart of new Welsh Government plans to tackle poverty announced on Wednesday.The…
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Caerphilly Council’s acting deputy chief executive assumes top position
Caerphilly County Borough Council’s acting deputy chief executive has assumed the authority’s top position after its chief executive and deputy had been arrested on suspicion of fraud and misconduct in public office.Anthony…
Festival fun brings thousands to Blackwood
Over 15,000 people turned up to see the beach come to Blackwood over the weekend – as the Blackwood Summer Festival was back in town.The annual event was a massive success this…
Wales passes presumed consent organ donation law
Wales is to become the first UK nation to introduce a presumed consent system of organ donation.The new law, which comes into effect in 2015, means a person’s consent to organ donation…
Boxing: Newbridge’s Bradley Pryce back to winning ways
Newbridge’s Bradley Pryce is back to winning ways after travelling to Michael Lomax’s back yard on Saturday and beating the Londoner on points in an all-action eight round encounter.Referee Mark Green separated…
Caerphilly Council welcomes housing changes
Caerphilly County Borough Council has welcomed a planned change in the way local authority housing is financed.The Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Welsh Government Ministers have reached agreement which will enable…
Rugby League: South Wales Scorpions 16 Hemel Stags 14
South Wales Scorpions clinched a vital win at The Gnoll on Sunday, beating Hemel Stags 16-14, but the visitors were close to snatching a draw.
Caerphilly Council chief executive Anthony O’Sullivan and his deputy arrested over secret pay deal row
Caerphilly County Borough Council’s chief executive Anthony O’Sullivan and his deputy have been arrested on suspicion of fraud and misconduct in public office.Mr O’Sullivan and his acting successor Nigel Barnett are being…
Ex-Gwent Police chief Carmel Napier tells MPs she was “bullied” into retiring
The former chief constable of Gwent Police said she was told by the force’s police commissioner: ‘I will humiliate and dismiss you’ if she did not resign.Carmel Napier told a committee of…
Police appeal for information after driver asks boys to get in car in Blackwood
Police want to trace and speak to the driver of a blue VW Transit type van who stopped and asked two boys to get in at around 8.50am yesterday morning on Highfields…