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Have you heard the one about the teacher who quit teaching to run a comedy club?

Friday, December 11, 2015

Stephen Powell has spent the past 12 years working as a Business Studies and Computing teacher in secondary schools, but has now packed it all in to run The Comedy Cow from…

Land Rover stolen from Pontllanfraith garage

Friday, December 11, 2015

Police are appealing for information after a Land Rover was stolen from a car sales garage in Pontllanfraith.The theft happened on Commercial Street between 9pm and 11.30pm on Friday, December 5.Also stolen…

Anger after waste centre approved for Cwmfelinfach

Friday, December 11, 2015Friday, December 11, 2015

Residents from Cwmfelinfach and Wattsville are “angry, annoyed, and bitter” after plans to build a waste centre at Nine Mile Point Industrial Estate were approved.

Police officers in Gwent ditch the notebook in favour of the smartphone app

Thursday, December 10, 2015Thursday, December 10, 2015

Gwent Police officers have ditched the traditional notepad in favour of the 21st Century smartphone.

Complete public ban on e-cigarettes scrapped

Thursday, December 10, 2015Tuesday, May 25, 2021

A complete ban on the use of e-cigarettes in public places has been dropped by the Welsh Government.

Two arrested for drink and drug driving in Abertridwr and Senghenydd

Thursday, December 10, 2015Thursday, December 10, 2015

A man was arrested on suspicion of drug driving after he failed to stop for a police officer and then crashed into a bus stop.Police had originally wanted to speak to the…

Caerphilly Council to get 0.9% cut in funding

Thursday, December 10, 2015Thursday, December 10, 2015

Following on from its draft budget unveiling, The Welsh Government has confirmed that Caerphilly County Borough Council will see its funding cut by 0.9% for 2016/17.The local authority will get £263.293 million…

More money for NHS in Welsh Government’s draft budget

Thursday, December 10, 2015Thursday, December 10, 2015

The NHS in Wales is set to get an extra £278 million next year, the Welsh Government has announced, but councils and universities face funding cuts.As part of the draft budget for…

Residents of Cwmfelinfach and Wattsville to stage council protest against recycling plant

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Residents of Cwmfelinfach and Wattsville are to stage a protest outside Caerphilly county Borough Council’s offices tonight ahead of a decision over whether a controversial recycling plant is built.People have objected to…

Horse dies after collision with transit van in Abertysswg

Tuesday, December 8, 2015Wednesday, December 9, 2015

A horse was killed after it collided with a Ford Transit this morning, Tuesday, December 8.

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