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…
Author: Richard Gurner
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…
New Mother and Toddler Dance Group
A new fun packed class for you and your toddler has started at Blackwood Miners’ Institute. The Mother and Toddler Dance Group takes place on Wednesdays between 2.30pm and 3.30pm and costs…
Hengoed ice cream man sold cigarettes to children
A Hengoed man and his boss have been fined a total of £1,130 by magistrates after they were caught selling cigarettes to children from their ice cream van.Mark Gabriel, of Hengoed, and…
Woman charged after baby’s body found at Pengam house
A 30-year-old woman arrested after council workers found a dead baby’s body at a house in Pengam has been charged.Gwent Police said the woman has been charged with the concealment of a…
15-year-old Blackwood boy handed ASBO
A 15-year-old boy from Blackwood who caused havoc on the streets has been handed a two-year Antisocial Behaviour Order (ASBO).Zackary Williams, of Bryn Rhedyn, Blackwood, was given the ASBO by Caerphilly Magistrates…
Councillors to discuss Ty Darran care home closure today
Councillors will today discuss plans to close a care home despite fierce local opposition.Caerphilly County Borough Council’s health, social care and well-being scrutiny committee are set to pass a recommendation to cabinet…