Richard Gurner, Author at Caerphilly Observer

17,900 jobs furloughed in Caerphilly County Borough

Almost a quarter of employees across Caerphilly County Borough have been placed on furlough leave, according to UK Government statistics.

Nicholas Seabrook, 30, of Hodges Crescent, Pengam, near Blackwood, was ordered to pay the money at a court hearing last month.

Kitchen and domestic staff working in care homes will receive the £500 extra payment for social care staff, the Welsh Government has confirmed.

Police who responded to a report that a vehicle had been driven towards a McDonald’s have said the incident “wasn’t intentional”.

Caerphilly County Borough Council’s traffic wardens are to return to patrolling the streets from Monday, June 15.

Ten men have been arrested after a 20-year-old woman was sexually assaulted near Draethen.

Caerphilly County Borough has recorded its fifth day without any new cases of Covid-19, according to statistics from Public Health Wales.

Police have stepped up patrols in Caerphilly town to ease fears following two recent stabbings.

The new electric single-decker buses are expected to go into service later this year.

A man was treated for minor injuries following a road traffic collision in Caerphilly town.