The Welsh Blood Service has reported a 34% drop in blood donors and a 41% decline in new donors coming forward over the last ten years.Director for the Welsh Blood Service Cath…
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Appeal after burglary
Police are appealing for information following a burglary at a empty property on a housing development site opposite Pontypandy Industrial Estate in Caerphilly.Electric cabling was stolen sometime over the Bank Holiday weekend.Anyone…
Arsonists destroy office of family-run taxi company
A family-run taxi business which had its office destroyed by an arson attack has seen almost £1,700 donated to it in an online campaign to get it back on its feet.The office…
Victim pinned down in raid
A robbery victim was pinned down in his own home by a bogus charity collector while his laptop and Rolex watch was stolen.Police are appealing for information after the robbery happened at…
UKIP’s Neil Hamilton threatens Caerphilly party chairman Sam Gould with disciplinary complaint
A long-running public spat between leading UKIP members in Wales has taken a dramatic new turn, after the party’s Assembly group leader, Neil Hamilton, threatened to lodge a disciplinary complaint against its…
Emergency closure of Pontgwindy Road, Caerphillly
Caerphilly County Borough Council has implemented an emergency closure on Caerphilly town’s Pontygwindy Road to repair a damaged culvert underneath the road surface.
Owner of Angel Inn, near Trecenydd, fined £95,000 after gas cooker “flash over”
Pub chain Enterprise Inns has been fined £95,000 over health and safety breaches at one of its Caerphilly pubs.A member of staff at the Angel Inn, White Cross Lane, near Trecenydd, suffered…
Occupants escape bungalow fire in Risca
Occupants of a bungalow in Risca managed to escape serious injury after an electrical fire.South Wales Fire and Rescue Service crews from Risca, Duffryn attended the blaze on Mount Road, Gelli Park,…
Car crashes into house and junction box in Aberbargoed
Three people were treated after a car crashed into a house and a junction box in Aberbargoed, South Wales Fire and Rescue Service has reported.The crash happened at around 2am on Saturday,…
Appeal to identify man after fake £20 note used in Fleur-de-Lis
olice are looking to identify this man after a fake Scottish £20 note was used in a Spar in Fleur-de-Lis.