New Tredegar Leisure Centre has closed for six months while it is refurbished to bring it up to scratch.Funding for the £350,000 project has been found through the Welsh Assembly Government’s Fit…
Author: Richard Gurner
Charity shop chic for Caerphilly Business Forum
A fashion show will be bringing an audience the best of charity shop chic.Caerphilly Business Forum’s All About Eve fashion and beauty event, being held on Sunday, November 15, will raise money…
Time running out for Operation Santa appeal
People only have until November 6 to help out some of the poorest children in Caerphilly County Borough through the council’s Operation Santa Appeal.Each year the authority sets out to help children…
Bargoed Park and Ride opens
A new park and ride has been opened in Bargoed after funding from the European Union.The Deputy First Minister and Minister for Economy and Transport, Ieuan Wyn Jones, officially opened the Bargoed…
SWALEC Bowl and Plate draws
The draw for the third round of the SWALEC Bowl and the draw for the second round of the SWALEC Bowl are as follows:
Name a Millennium Stadium bar
Fans are being given the exclusive opportunity to name the bars on site at the Millennium Stadium as the Welsh Rugby Union launch new opening hours for the Invesco Perpetual Autumn Series.
Wales set to get physical
The Millennium Stadium could be rocked to its foundations on Saturday when Jamie Roberts and Ma’a Nonu collide in a clash of the giants in the opening clash in this autumn’s Invesco Perpetual Series.
Concern for missing Abertridwr man
A police appeal has gone out for information to find a missing man from the Caerphilly area.
Mark Alex Bradfield, 40, was reported missing on Monday November 2.
He was last seen on Monday morning at his home in Abertridwr.
Mr Bradfield is described as white and of large build. He is clean shaven and was last known to be wearing a light coloured t-shirt.
Webb Ellis Youth Cup
The preliminary and first round results of the Webb Ellis Youth Cup are as follows:
Caerphilly politicians oppose police station closure plans
The leader of Caerphilly County Borough Council has written to the Chief Constable of Gwent Police in opposition to plans to close some police stations and replace them with mobile units.
Councillor Lindsay Whittle has said he is concerned at plans to close a number of small stations and replace them with mobile stations.
Plaid Cymru claims it has seen an online list in police authority papers of stations in the area which could close.