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2.7 tonnes of food waste recycled in school trial

Tuesday, October 19, 2010Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Green pupils in schools across Caerphilly County Borough have recycled 2.7 metric tonnes of their food waste as part of a special trial. Thirteen local schools (two comprehensives and 11 primary) worked…

Community group grants welcomed by Caerphilly AM

Tuesday, October 19, 2010Monday, November 15, 2010

Three projects in the Caerphilly area are set to benefit from a major funding boost, from the Labour-led Welsh Assembly Government. Labour AM Jeff Cuthbert has welcomed the news as a shot…

Two men jailed for Newbridge shop knife raid

Tuesday, October 19, 2010Friday, March 29, 2013

Two men have been sentenced to two-and-a-half years imprisonment after they threatened a shop keeper with a knife and stole hundreds of pounds in cash and cigarettes. Jamie Morgan, 20, of no…

Trethomas photographer named Master Photographer of the Year

Tuesday, October 19, 2010Wednesday, December 1, 2010

A Trethomas-based photographer has been crowned UK Master Photographer of the Year. Michael Dearden’s shot of 38-year-old bride Angela Lancaster, with her knickers around her ankles, impressed judges enough for him to…

Caerphilly County Borough Council’s Local Development Plan

Tuesday, October 19, 2010Monday, October 18, 2010

In general terms, Caerphilly’s Local Development Plan promotes and guides development to the north of the county borough and focuses new development in the south on existing brownfield sites within settlements. Housing…

Bedwas Colliery site earmarked for future housing

Tuesday, October 19, 2010Tuesday, November 30, 2010

A former colliery site is to be earmarked for a future housing development – despite fears from residents of the land being contaminated. Caerphilly County Borough Council is to become the first…

Principality announces new branches in Bargoed and Treharris

Monday, October 18, 2010Monday, October 18, 2010

The Principality Building Society has announced plans to open in Bargoed and Treharris. The new branches are part of an expansion which will see it open in Newcastle Emlyn, Abertillery, Ystradgynlais, Ross-on-Wye,…

Welsh Water workers in Nelson splash out for cancer charity

Monday, October 18, 2010Monday, October 18, 2010

Staff from Dwr Cymru Welsh Water’s headquarters in Nelson have raised £185 for Breast Cancer Care through bucket collections, selling badges, holding cake sales and a number of ‘dress down’ days. The…

Islwyn MP backs shop worker respect campaign

Monday, October 18, 2010Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Islwyn MP Chris Evans has backed a campaign to show shop workers more respect. Usdaw, the union for shop workers, recently released research which showed over a million shop workers were assaulted,…

Caerphilly Council saves £266,000 working with other councils

Monday, October 18, 2010Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Caerphilly County Borough Council saved more than £266,000 in the last financial year by buying in bulk with other Welsh councils. The local authority is a member of the Welsh Purchasing Consortium,…

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