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Flats proposed for town’s former bank building

Friday, July 25, 2025

Plans submitted to Caerphilly County Borough Council show the “prominent” premises at 85 High Street could now be converted for residential use.

Risca home could become ten-person HMO

Friday, July 25, 2025Friday, July 25, 2025

Documents show a ground-floor sitting room, reception room and study would each be converted into a bedroom if the plans are approved.

New NHS Wales chief executive to be in post come autumn

Friday, July 25, 2025Friday, July 25, 2025

Jacqueline Totterdell will become the new NHS Wales chief executive later this year, replacing Judith Paget.

Subsidy card to be rolled-out for gluten-free food

Friday, July 25, 2025Thursday, July 24, 2025

A new pre-paid card will be rolled out across Wales for people who receive gluten-free food on prescription.

Heavy traffic after car flips onto its roof on dual carriageway

Thursday, July 24, 2025Thursday, July 24, 2025

South Wales Police said it was called to “reports of a single car having collided with the central reservation and flipped onto its roof on the A470 southbound”.

Council agrees new costing tool for social care

Thursday, July 24, 2025

Cabinet members voted unanimously to transfer the money from the council’s reserves to fund the switch.

Police officer denies indecent child image charges in court

Thursday, July 24, 2025Thursday, July 24, 2025

Suspended Gwent Police officer Patrick Higgins, 30, appeared at Cardiff Magistrates’ Court on Monday July 21, having been arrested last year.

Community centre wall repair delays ‘just not acceptable’

Thursday, July 24, 2025Thursday, July 24, 2025

For the past seven months users of Pwllypant Village Hall and motorists along the A468/9 Caerphilly bypass have grown used to the sight of fallen bricks since the wall partially collapsed during December’s Storm Darragh.

Hopes more unwanted council sites can be handed to community groups

Thursday, July 24, 2025Thursday, July 24, 2025

Senior councillors in Caerphilly have reiterated their support for handing over surplus or unwanted buildings to community groups.

Solidarity with Ukraine renewed as art exhibition closes in Caerphilly

Wednesday, July 23, 2025Wednesday, July 23, 2025

The solidarity between the people of Caerphilly and Ukraine has been renewed with the closing of an art exhibition at Caerphilly Library.

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