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Caerphilly dentist pays patient £12,000 in compensation in out-of-court settlement

Friday, March 8, 2019Sunday, March 10, 2019

Harriet Weyman, a 30-year-old marketing assistant from Hengoed, was awarded the money after two of her teeth had to be removed despite several attempts at treatment.

Nelson woman celebrates 100th birthday on International Women’s Day

Friday, March 8, 2019Tuesday, March 12, 2019

The youngest of eight children, Doreen Jewell was born in 1919 – the first year of women’s suffrage.

Caerphilly MP brands government a ‘laughing stock’ over Brexit

Friday, March 8, 2019Friday, March 8, 2019

Wayne David MP was speaking in a debate on post-Brexit ferry contracts in the House of Commons on Tuesday, March 5.

Man appears in court charged with killing shopper in car park of Sainsbury’s Pontllanfraith

Friday, March 8, 2019

Timothy Higgins, 21, of The Glade, Wyllie, near Blackwood, was remanded in custody at Newport Magistrates’ Court yesterday, Thursday, March 7, and is due to appear at Newport Crown Court on April 4.

Girl, 17, approached by man in Fleur-de-lis while walking home from school

Friday, March 8, 2019

Police are investigating after a 17-year-old girl walking home from school was approached by a man in a car.

Angling club collect more than 20 bags of litter from Caerphilly Castle moat

Thursday, March 7, 2019Thursday, March 7, 2019

Some of the items found in the moat include a traffic cone, a radiator, a shovel, scaffolding poles and a car wheel.

Anger over fly-tipping on Rudry common

Thursday, March 7, 2019Thursday, March 7, 2019

Pamela James, from Caerphilly, was walking on the common on Sunday, March 3 when she discovered litter strewn across the landscape.

Man charged with manslaughter following death at Pontllanfraith Sainsbury’s car park

Thursday, March 7, 2019Friday, March 8, 2019

Christopher Gadd died just a day after his 48th birthday after allegedly being struck by a blue Land Rover outside Sainsbury’s Pontllanfraith on Monday, March 4.

Two cars stolen from driveway in Castle View

Thursday, March 7, 2019Thursday, March 7, 2019

The incident happened at around 3.45am on Tuesday, March 5.

Lockdown at Blackwood Comprehensive School following reports of man with a knife

Wednesday, March 6, 2019Friday, March 8, 2019

Gwent Police say they are no longer treating the incident as suspicious and that the report was made in good faith.

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