Rhys Williams, Author at Caerphilly Observer

Coal tip safety helpline launched after February storms

The bad weather brought by Storm Dennis, which hit the UK on February 16, caused landslides at a number of coal tips in south Wales.

Assembly members have posed questions to the First Minister in the Senedd in a debate about emergency laws to tackle coronavirus.

The measures come amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Gwent PCC Jeff Cuthbert said: “I can’t remember a situation that comes close to the need for caution, tolerance and awareness that we face now.”

Neil Jones, 39, from Blackwood, was first reported missing on February 1.

The group is aiming to raise £200k towards the new breast care unit at Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr, Ystrad Mynach.

Caerphilly MP Wayne David has said stranded residents have contacted him from as far away as Cyprus, Nepal, Honduras and New Zealand.

The model dalek ‘patrolled’ a Caerphilly cul-de-sac telling residents to stay indoors.

It comes after schools across Wales and the rest of the UK were ordered to close due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Caerphilly County Borough Council says it has made the decision “in the interests of public health”.