The Royal Welsh Regiment is to be honoured this weekend with the Freedom of Caerphilly County Borough.Residents are being urged to turn out and show their support for the troops at two…
Author: Richard Gurner
Caerphilly firm sponsors Commonwealth Games athlete
Caerphilly-based Draig Business Services Group has agreed to officially sponsor Pontypridd-based athlete Joe Thomas who will run in next month’s Commonwealth Games in Delhi.Joe, 22, of The Common, Pontypridd, has been selected…
Healthy living event in Ystrad Mynach
Parents of young children in the Caerphilly County Borough are being encouraged to take their babies and toddlers along to a special healthy living event in Ystrad Mynach.The free family fun day…
Councillor’s tribute to Graig-Y-Rhacca partnership chairwoman
A pillar of the local community who worked tirelessly to improve life on a housing estate has passed away after a long battle with cancer. Ann Henderson was chair of the Graig-Y-Rhacca…
Man, 85, second victim of Legionnaires outbreak
An 85-year-old man’s death has become the second to be directly linked to the outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease.The man died on September 11, the day before Bev Morgan, 49, of Rhymney, died….
Draig donates new welcome sign for Oakdale school
Visitors to a primary school in Oakdale are enjoying a bright new welcome – thanks to a very colourful sign put up by Caerphilly-based business services group Draig.Ross Porter, managing director of…
Caerphilly Trading Standards warn of scam telephone calls
Residents across Caerphilly County Borough are being warned after a resident received a scam telephone call.A telephone caller, claiming to be from the Office of Fair Trading, rang the resident and told…
Last call for entries to Caerphilly Business Forum Awards 2010
Companies have until Friday to enter this year’s Caerphilly Business Forum Awards.Businesses of all sizes across the Caerphilly County Borough are eligible to enter the awards – with the shortlisted companies to…
Coleg Gwent rugby squad narrowly miss out on semi-final
The weather was a washout but the rugby certainly wasn’t when Coleg Gwent Crosskeys Campus rugby squad took part in a pre-season tournament at Truro College recently.The squad, who were the only…
Three arrested in summer antisocial crackdown
Police confiscated more than 110 alcoholic drinks off under-18s this summer and arrested three people in a summer crackdown operation.Officers from the Rhymney Neighbourhood Policing Team seized the alcohol in New Tredegar…