Caerphilly Council Staff raised £1,400 for charity Action on Elder Abuse on last Friday’s World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.At the council’s Penallta House headquarters, employees donated money, dressed down, bought raffle tickets…
Author: Richard Gurner
Llancaiach Fawr Manor receives backing for £900,000 lottery grant application
Llancaiach Fawr Manor House, near Nelson, is a step closer in securing a £900,000 lottery grant to revamp the historical building.An application for £943,200 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has passed…
Literacy among children in Wales remains a concern for Estyn
Literacy levels of pupils aged between 11 and 14 remain a concern, according to a report published by education watchdog Estyn.The education inspectors for Wales found that nationally, in most secondary schools…
Giant daffodils and an angel for Bargoed as town gets more public artwork
Bargoed is to get four pieces of new public art costing £200,000, Caerphilly County Borough Council has announced.The new pieces, paid for with European Union money, follows the installation of the Pierhead…
John Hartson launches schools campaign to raise awareness of testicular cancer
Welsh ex-international footballer John Hartson has launched a testicular cancer awareness raising campaign aimed at teenagers.
2012 Caerphilly Business Forum Awards launched
Caerphilly Business Forum has launched its 11th annual awards at Llancaiach Fawr Manor near Nelson.Tuesday’s breakfast-time launch, sponsored by Bedwas firm Excellence IT, saw three new categories added to the annual awards…
Health minister says 37 people died in the past year waiting for organs, which is why the new donor scheme is being proposed
Gold necklace stolen in Caerphilly town street in distraction theft
A woman had her gold necklace stolen in a bizarre distraction theft in Caerphilly town yesterday (June 18).At 11.35am a dark-coloured car stopped alongside a woman on Pontygwindy Road. The two occupants…
Markham Primary School Achieve Prestigious Award
Markham Primary School has become the first school in Caerphilly to achieve the Welsh Network of Healthy Schools Scheme National Quality Award.It is one of only 18 schools throughout Wales to achieve…
Company prosecuted by Health and Safety Executive after Caerphilly worker loses tip of finger
A Cardiff manufacturing company has been fined £15,000 after a worker lost the tip of a finger while using an unguarded drill. Vaughan Thomas, 21, from Caerphilly, was working at MIB Manufacturing…