Scott Newland, 25, of Y Cilgant, Penyrheol, scammed £30,000 out of his victims between April and October 2020, which he put towards clearing a £40,000 gambling debt.
Author: Rhys Williams
Cocaine dealer and cannabis grower jailed
Darryl Skym, 25, of Coronation Terrace, Senghenydd, has been jailed for three and a half years.
Legal action could be taken against council over waste plant plans
A resident campaigning for the council to reverse planning permission given for a new waste site in Cwmfelinfach is preparing to take legal action.
Rugby field vandals will be prosecuted, police warn
Vandals behind criminal damage at Bargoed Park will be prosecuted, Gwent Police has warned.
21-year-old cocaine dealer jailed
Liam Chapman, 21, of Rhymney Close, Pontllanfraith, has been jailed for two years and nine months following a police drug raid at his home
The company providing showbiz tech to some of TV’s biggest shows
Caerphilly-based Kinetic Pixel has worked on TV shows such as Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, Pointless and more.
Why Caerphilly’s Virginia Park Golf Club housing development could still go ahead
Work is underway to prepare land at Virginia Park, Caerphilly for development – just months after a developer withdrew its plans to build 350 homes on the site.
One-year anniversary of first coronavirus lockdown marked
Blackwood Miners’ Institute, Caerphilly Visitors’ Centre, Caerphilly Castle and Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr will be among the buildings being lit up across Wales on Tuesday evening.
Six men appear in court after series of drug raids
Alexander Booth, 35, of Pen y Bryn, Penyrheol, was among the six men to appear at Newport Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, March 20.
Mother fundraising in memory of 11-month-old son, who died after having a brain tumour
Zara Vivian-Price, from Blackwood, has spoken about losing her son, Oliver, to a brain tumour at 11-months-old as part of Brain Tumour Awareness Month.