New funding worth £5.5m to improve mental health services in Wales has been announced by Health Minister Lesley Griffiths.£3.5m will go towards support at a local level, meaning enhanced mental health services…
Author: Richard Gurner
Pontypool RFC 16 Bedwas RFC 6
Principality Welsh Premiership, Monday December 26 2011. Match report by John Meredith and photography by Ian LovellBedwas let a slender half time advantage slip to present victory to Pooler in a disappointing…
Wales Women announce Six Nations squad
Wales Women’s head coach Rhys Edwards has named a 28-strong squad for the 2012 Six Nations campaign with Cardiff Quins’ back row Rachel Taylor unveiled as the captain.Taylor, who has fought back…
Police hunt two men over Caerphilly mugging
Gwent Police is appealing for information after a 21-year-old man was mugged.
The robbery happened on Bedwas Road, Caerphilly, at approximately 11am on Friday December 23.
Budding social entrepreneurs given funding to follow business dreams
A budding entrepreneur has been given a £4,000 in grant funding to start her own businessLisa Everson, 22, from Caerphilly, has set up a dance project called Do Your Thing (DYT) which…
Coleg Gwent’s make-up students have magic touch with Wizard of Oz
Coleg Gwent’s media make-up students conjured up a visual treat on a work placement for musical The Wizard of Oz.Level 2 Theatrical and Media Make-up students had their brushes, rainbow palettes and…
St Martin’s School student gains highest A-level result
A former student at St Martin’s School has been rewarded for getting the highest mark in his A-level Art and Design exam.Sean Gregory, from Caerphilly, gained the highest marks of all the…
Thousands turn up for Caerphilly’s River of Light 2011
More than 2,500 people attended Caerphilly’s River of Light lantern parade on Thursday.Children of all ages braved the cold winter night to display their homemade lanterns .Organisers said over 800 lanterns were…
Caerphilly Council urges people to bin it not throw it
Enforcement Officers from Caerphilly County Borough Council have continued their fight to stop people littering.The council has teamed up with McDonald’s in Blackwood to encourage customers to dispose of their litter correctly.In…
Inquiry launched into a separate Welsh legal jurisdiction
The National Assembly for Wales’s Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee has agreed to carry out an inquiry into the establishment of a separate Welsh legal jurisdiction.They now want to hear evidence from…