A Senedd Member called for a greater focus on veterans diagnosed with cancer amid concerns about a causal link to exposure to toxic fumes during their military service.
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Free Hado esports taster event to be held at leisure centre
A free Hado taster event is coming to Caerphilly Leisure Centre this month.
Plans for city HMO rejected for second time despite changes
Councillors have refused to grant planning permission for a HMO in Newport over concerns about a bedroom size, bike storage, and bins.
Businesses ‘still in dark’ on support after Holyhead port closure
Traders remain in the dark about the business support available nearly seven months on from the closure of Holyhead port, Plaid Cymru’s leader warned.
Delyth Jewell MS slams ‘shameful’ UK welfare cuts
In her monthly blog for Caerphilly Observer, Plaid Cymru Senedd Member for South Wales East, Delyth Jewell, discusses the recent Westminster vote on welfare reforms
Sympathetic councillors back family’s bid to build annexe for relative
A family’s plan to build an annexe for an older relative at their home has been approved at the second attempt.
Calls for ‘Owain’s law’ to aid brain tumour treatment
Senedd Members called for Owain’s law, in memory of a young father, to ensure a gold-standard approach to preserving human tissue for other cancer patients in future.
Road closures in place as footbridge work begins
Work is set to begin to repair a damaged footbridge in Newbridge, with the council announcing overnight road closures this weekend.
Senedd rejects calls to declare health emergency
The Senedd narrowly rejected calls to declare a health emergency as the Conservatives warned NHS Wales is in the worst state it has ever been.
New regeneration plans will be ‘transformative’ for towns’ high streets
New regeneration plans for Bargoed and Blackwood have been broadly welcomed by councillors.