Risca RFC under 16s has been given a £500 donation from supermarket Tesco.Coaches and players from the club were invited to the Tesco Extra, on Pontymister Industrial Estate, to receive the donation…
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Caerphilly man jailed for two years after keeping £67,000 charity collection
A Caerphilly man has been jailed for more than two years after collecting £67,000 in donations for a bogus charity.Paul Youde, aged 63, who at the time of his arrest lived at…
Newport man, 26, to appear before Caerphilly Magistrates charged with murder of Nikitta Grender
UPDATE: Newport man, 26, charged with murder of Nikitta Grender remanded in custodyA 26-year-old man is to appear before Caerphilly Magistrates’ Court today charged with the murder of 19-year-old expectant mother Nikitta…
Scotland are in a sunnier mood on the eve of their meeting with Wales at Murrayfield this weekend
Renewed calls for M4 relief road after Newport fire
Renewed calls have been made for the M4 relief road to be built after a fire in the Brynglas Tunnels closed the motorway for three hours this morning.A fault with a vehicle…
Gwent Police rapped by watchdog after emailing 10,000 CRB checks to journalist
Gwent Police has been formally criticised by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after it accidentally emailed the details of 10,000 CRB checks to a journalist.The ICO has said no details of criminal…
New ‘Living roof’ for Bargoed allotment building
A dilapidated allotment building has been given an eco-makeover thanks to a “living roof”.While clearing an area of wasteland ready for new allotment plots in Bargoed, council workers came across a the…
Labour MEP urges UK Government to think again on Remploy redundancies
A Welsh Euro MP has written to the UK coalition Government urging it to reconsider staff redundancies at several Remploy factories.Remploy operates from a number of sites in Wales including Aberdare, Abertillery,…
National award for Caerphilly Council team
A team of council workers who help vulnerable residents by arranging support has won a national award for its work.Caerphilly County Borough Council’s Supporting People team was honoured with the ‘Good Commissioning…
Gate plan to tackle antisocial behaviour in Blackwood
Plans to stop antisocial behaviour in Blackwood by ‘gating off’ a lane have moved forward.Caerphilly County Borough Council’s cabinet has agreed to support the proposed ‘gating order’ for the lane at the…