Companies in Caerphilly have only until the end of this month to enter the 2010 Canmol: Wales Marketing Awards, organised by the Chartered Institute of Marketing.The Canmol awards, which means to praise…
Author: Richard Gurner
Sensational football season for Coleg Gwent students
A Coleg Gwent football team is celebrating the end of a fantastic year after triumphing with a series of national and regional wins.The Crosskeys Campus team recently scooped the title of British…
Caerphilly man jailed for six months for dog fighting offences
A convicted dog fighter from Llanbradach has been jailed for six months following a major investigation by covert RSPCA inspectors.David Brinley Braddon was given the maximum possible custodial sentence, along with a…
Caerphilly AM backs presumed organ donation consent
Jeff Cuthbert, Labour’s Assembly Member for Caerphilly, has backed moves to introduce presumed consent for organ donation in Wales.Mr Cuthbert welcomed yesterday’s announcement by First Minister Carwyn Jones AM that the Welsh…
Caerphilly firm ordered to pay £10,000 after worker lost fingers
A Caerphilly-based engineering firm has been ordered to pay £10,000 by a court after one of its workers lost four fingers and the top of his thumb as he used an unguarded…
CCTV images released in Caerphilly town assault police appeal
Gwent Police has issued these two CCTV pictures in an appeal for information following a serious assault.A 32-year-old man was found on a pathway near Addison Way, in Graig-Y-Rhacca, with serious head…
Caerphilly AM opens Caerphilly credit union
Caerphilly AM Jeff Cuthbert has opened the refurbished Smart Money office in Caerphilly after they received a grant of £26,526 from the Welsh Assembly Government.The grant was used for improvements to the…
Get your act together for Caerphilly’s Got Talent
Would-be performers have got a month to get their act together for this year’s Caerphilly’s Got Talent.Inspired by the ITV hit TV show Britain’s Got Talent, Caerphilly’s Got Talent is the biggest…
Waunfawr Primary School wins Caerphilly in Bloom
Waunfawr Primary School, in Cross Keys, has won the Caerphilly in Bloom competition for the third consecutive year.The competition, which celebrates horticultural achievements in Caerphilly County Borough, named the school as joint…
Ron Davies to stand for Plaid Cymru in Caerphilly
Former Welsh Secretary Ron Davies is expected to stand in Caerphilly for Plaid Cymru in next year’s Welsh Assembly election, reports BBC Wales.It is understood the former Labour MP for the constituency…