A social enterprise which supports people with severe learning disabilities in Caerphilly County Borough area has launched a new website.Crafts for Everyone, which offers training and learning opportunities from its base in…
Author: Richard Gurner
Homecoming Blackwood gig for Manic Street Preachers
Tonight the Manic Street Preachers are coming home with a special BBC Radio 2 gig at the Blackwood Miners’ Institute.This is the first time in over 25 years that the Manics have…
Gwent Police stop 239 vehicles in operation against metal thieves
Gwent Police has released the results of a one day operation targeting metal thieves.The force teamed up with the Customs and Excise, Department of Work and Pensions and the Environment Agency for…
Caerphilly Council to lose three councillors in election ward shake-up
Caerphilly County Borough Council could lose three councillors in a shake-up by the Local Government Boundary Commission.The proposed redrawing of the council ward map would see the number of councillors go down…
School pupils help with Ty Sign clean-up in Risca
An area of overgrown land in Ty Sign, Risca, has been given a makeover with the help of more than 150 local school pupils.Caerphilly County Borough Council’s Environmental Services department worked alongside…
Arriva Trains Wales strike to hit Six Nations opener
Rugby fans face huge rail disruption for Wales’s opening Six Nations match against England after strike action was called.Rail union RMT has said it will strike on Friday February 4 after talks…
Caerphilly Council leader Lindsay Whittle’s blog: January 26
In his regular blog for Caerphilly Observer, Caerphilly Council leader Lindsay Whittle gives his take on recent news – including the campaign for a Yes vote in March’s referendum.
100 new jobs at Nantgarw air engine plant
A hundred jobs are to be created by GE Aviation Wales at its aircraft engine maintenance factory in Nantgarw.The skilled jobs will be for aircraft engineers and, according to its managing director…
18,540 on Disability Living Allowance in Caerphilly County Borough
The number of people claiming Disability Living Allowance in Caerphilly County Borough has risen in eight years from 15,850 to 18,540.The figures have been revealed by the Department of Work and Pensions…
Radio winner’s date with boyband JLS
Ten-year-old Chloe Smith from Nantgarw had a dream come true when she met JLS after her mother won a competition live on-air on Capital FM.The schoolgirl met her heroes backstage before their…