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Plaid Cymru AM Lindsay Whittle calls for smoking ban in cars carrying children

Tuesday, April 8, 2014Tuesday, April 8, 2014

South Wales East AM Lindsay Whittle has challenged the Welsh Government to introduce a ban on smoking in cars carrying children.

Bute Town project gets £130,000 Heritage Lottery Fund grant

Tuesday, April 8, 2014Tuesday, April 8, 2014

A project to revitalise a historic industrial village has been awarded £134,200 from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

1,000 trees for Ynysddu

Tuesday, April 8, 2014Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Young people from Ynysddu gave their green fingers an airing last week by planting trees in an area close to their school to create a new community woodland.The tree planting event was…

Labour councillors hit back over ‘Bedroom Tax’ claims

Tuesday, April 8, 2014Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Labour councillors have hit back over claims Caerphilly County Borough Council is not doing enough to help tenants affected by the so-called ‘Bedroom Tax’ saying campaigners were “sniping” from the sidelines.During a…

Enzo Calzaghe opens memorabilia shop in Newbridge

Monday, April 7, 2014Monday, April 7, 2014

Boxing legend Enzo Calzaghe has opened a memorabilia shop in Newbridge to share the history of Team Calzaghe with his home town.The 65-year-old trained his 46-time undefeated world champion son Joe Calzaghe…

Caerphilly firemen get made-up in aid of cancer charity

Monday, April 7, 2014Monday, April 7, 2014

Caerphilly firefighters put their own twist on a recent internet craze which has raised £8 million for Cancer Research UK.Women have been posting up pictures of themselves, or ‘selfies’, with no make-up…

Post Offices in Ystrad Mynach and Cefn Hengoed revamped

Monday, April 7, 2014Monday, April 7, 2014

Two newly modernised Post Offices have been officially opened.Ystrad Mynach Post Office, in Penallta Road, has been refitted while Cefn Hengoed Post Office has moved into Magnum Stores in Hengoed Avenue.The revamped…

Mystery continues over missing Abertridwr man Trevor Elias two years after he was last seen

Monday, April 7, 2014Monday, April 7, 2014

Detectives investigating the disappearance of 77-year-old Abertridwr man Trevor Elias are no closer to finding him two years after he first went missing.Mr Elias was reported missing on Saturday April 7, 2012…

Mother’s Day flower theft in Caerphilly town

Monday, April 7, 2014Monday, April 7, 2014

A thief pulled up in a silver Toyota Yaris outside Covent Garden Flowers, Cardiff Road, Caerphilly, on Mother’s Day and stole some flowers from a display stand.Anyone with information about the March…

Pepperoni meets Picasso as Caerphilly toddler gets a pizza portrait

Monday, April 7, 2014Monday, April 7, 2014

Everyone’s splattered pizza all over their face at some point in their life but this little boy got his face all over a pizza.Two-year-old Evan Williams got the star treatment when Domino’s…

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