Prime Minister David Cameron has outlined his commitment to devolution on his first visit to Wales as leader of Great Britain.Mr Cameron spoke to workers the GE aircraft maintenance plant in Nantgarw…
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Coleg Gwent students selected for British Colleges Cup rugby
Five talented sports students from Coleg Gwent’s Crosskeys campus represented Wales recently when they were selected to play in the British Colleges Cup rugby tournament.First year National Diploma Sport and NVQ level…
Murder mystery authors to speak at Caerphilly Castle
Lovers of murder mysteries are in for a treat when world famous authors Michael Jecks and Bernard Knight appear at Caerphilly Castle on Thursday.The two masters of popular fiction have been invited…
Caerphilly company provides clean water for school in Malawi
A Caerphilly-based food and drink wholesalers has funded a source of clean, free drinking water for a school in Africa through sales of bottled water here in the UK.TDL Food and Drink,…
Companies urged to enter Caerphilly Business Forum Awards 2010
Caerphilly firms are being urged to enter the Caerphilly Business Forum Awards 2010 ahead of its official launch in June.Andrew Diplock, the newly elected chairman of Caerphilly Business Forum, has called on…
New community allotment in Bargoed almost ready
Green-fingered Bargoed residents are to get a new community allotment.The Taraggan project will be officially launched on Monday May 24 after two years of planning and fundraising.The new allotment, next to Bargoed…
Cwmcarn baby can now be laid to rest
A baby boy found dead behind a local Spar shop can be laid to rest after a coroner formally released his body.The newborn baby was found wrapped in a towel in a…
Gwent Police appoints four new custody watchdogs
Gwent Police has appointed four new volunteer inspectors to check how people in custody are treated.The four will join an existing nine volunteers as part of Gwent Police Authority’s Independent Custody Visiting…
£280,000 boost for new Bargoed library
A scheme to turn a chapel into a library has been boosted by £280,000 worth of Welsh Assembly cash.Hanbury Road Baptist Chapel in Bargoed is to be transformed into a new library…
Ty Darran care home may not close
A Risca care home faced with closure could be given a last minute reprieve after councillors voted to keep it open.Caerphilly County Borough Council’s health social care and wellbeing scrutiny committee went…