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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.

‘Dreaded but persistent inflation’ drives up school rebuild costs

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

“Dreaded but persistent inflation” is partly to blame after the budget of a Caerphilly school project increased by nearly £3 million.

Senedd seeks to cover up details of nepotism

Wednesday, July 23, 2025Thursday, July 24, 2025

Senedd Members recommended concealing information about politicians giving jobs to their family and friends despite a clear conflict of interest.

Bin cuts and new recycling containers ‘the only way’ council can meet national waste targets

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

Senior councillors have agreed to reduce collections of non-recyclable waste from a fortnightly to a three-weekly service.

Police-led Hyrox fitness scheme running over school summer holidays

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

A new summer fitness scheme for teenagers, led by Gwent Police, is being held in Ystrad Mynach over the school holidays.

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