A badly behaving 13-year-old boy from Oakdale has been given an Antisocial Behaviour Order.Harrison Williams, from Llwynon Crescent, Oakdale, was given a two year ASBO by Cwmbran Magistrates Youth Court on May…
Author: Richard Gurner
Blackwood Youth Centre to be re-opened
Blackwood Youth Centre, which burnt down in 2009, is to get a new home after councillors agreed a £610,000 scheme to rebuild it.Caerphilly County Borough Council’s cabinet has said the youth centre…
Motorists in Aberbargoed warned to keep valuables out of view
Motorists in Aberbargoed are being warned to take extra care with their security, following a recent increase in vehicles being stolen, broken into or damaged. Vehicles that contain items left on display…
Coleg Gwent business students raise cash for Great Ormand Street
Budding entrepreneurs put their money-making skills to excellent use recently when they raised over £400 for a national children’s charity.The BTEC National Diploma in Business students from Coleg Gwent’s Crosskeys Campus organised…
Rare goshawk chicks hatch at Cwmcarn Forest
Three rare goshawk chicks have hatched at Cwmcarn Forest.A pair of goshawks have made their home at Cwmcarn Forest and set about laying eggs at the site – three of which have…
Caerphilly’s Big Click day aims to get people online
A series of events across Caerphilly County Borough are being held next week to help people get online.Billed as Caerphilly’s Big Click, the events are to be held on Friday May 20…
Businesses urged to enter Canmol Wales Marketing Awards 2011
Caerphilly businesses are being urged to enter the 2011 Canmol: Wales Marketing Awards, organised by the Chartered Institute of Marketing.The Canmol awards, which means to praise in Welsh, were created in 2008…
Caerphilly Council leader Lindsay Whittle steps down
Caerphilly Council leader Lindsay Whittle has announced he will be stepping down following his election to the Welsh Assembly.Councillor Whittle said: “I have decided to stand down following my election as an…
Forestry Commission launches project to curb off-road motorbiking
A joint project by Forestry Commission Wales, Gwent Police and Caerphilly County Borough Council has been launched to stop teenagers tearing-up the countryside with off-road motorbikes.Called Treads, it promotes responsible and safe…
Labour leader in Welsh assembly, Carwyn Jones, decides to form government without coalition or overall majority