More than 1,800 Caerphilly County Borough residents waited over an hour for a first response after calling 999 for an ambulance last year.
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Memorial bench dedicated to teenager Gerwyn Allan Osborne-Flanagan at Coleg y Cymoedd’s Ystrad Mynach campus
A memorial bench has been unveiled to honour a promising teenager who was struck by a car and killed.Gerwyn Allan Osborne-Flanagan, 18, from Cefn Hengoed, died on September 28 last year after…
Gwent PCC fund open for bids
Community projects in Gwent will be able to apply to the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for a share of £150,000 in cash seized from criminals and from the sale of unclaimed…
Caerphilly AM meets Stagecoach over bus cuts
Caerphilly AM Jeff Cuthbert has met with the boss of Stagcoach South Wales over cuts to bus services.Stagecoach has said a number of services will be cut across its network from July…
Health chief named new NHS Wales boss
The chief executive of Aneurin Bevan University Health Board has been appointed the new head of the NHS in Wales.Liverpool-born Dr Andrew Goodall has worked in the NHS for 23 years and…
United Welsh to be Part of new Llanbradach health centre plan
Housing association United Welsh Campaigners could be the key to a new health centre in Llanbradach.
Work to start on Caerphilly town Post Office revamp
Work to revamp Caerphilly town Post Office will begin on Monday June 2.The new-look branch, in WHSmith in Castle Court Shopping Centre, will open at 11am on Sunday June 8. Post Office…
Tributes paid to Soma victims as 1901 Senghenydd mining disaster remembered
The Aber Valley Heritage Group have paid condolences to the families of those killed in Turkey’s Soma mine explosion.The explosion, on May 13, is the country’s worst mining disaster in history, leaving…
Blackwood business breakfast a success
Islwyn MP Chris Evans hosted a business breakfast at the Maes Manor, Blackwood, on Friday May 16 with Chris Leslie MP, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury.Mr Evans, who is Parliamentary Private…
Police called to Caerphilly town doctor’s surgery after knife incident
A 47-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion being in possession of a knife after an incident at a doctor’s surgery.Police said they were called to Ton-Y-Felin Medical Centre, on Bedwas Road, at…