A Caerphilly-based credit union is one of five across Wales to sign a multimillion pound UK Government contract.Smart Money, based in the town’s Windsor Street, has joined Bridgend Lifesavers, Gateway Credit Union…
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Charity Action on Smoking and Health calls for ban on glossy tobacco marketing
Public health charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) in Wales has called for a ban on glossy tobacco marketing aimed at teenage girls.ASH used World No Tobacco Day on Friday May…
Help improve Caerphilly Council services
Residents are being offered the chance to win £250 by telling the council what they think of its services.Caerphilly County Borough Council’s biennial Household Survey is currently being sent out to 10,000…
MP to launch Islwyn Work Experience Programme
A new scheme offering work experience to jobless youngsters is to launch this week.Islwyn MP Chris Evans has teamed up with firms to launch the Islwyn Work Experience Programme – the first…
CCTV footage shows man running in front of train at Crosskeys station
British Transport Police (BTP) have condemned the actions of a man who crossed station tracks and ran in front of a train in a bid to catch it.Officers have released CCTV footage…
Ambulance response times target missed in Caerphilly
Ambulance response time targets have been missed again in Caerphilly County Borough, latest statistics reveal.
Lions Australia trip for Caerphilly lottery millionaire and friends
A Caerphilly lottery winner has treated himself and two friends to a £6,600 trip down under to watch the British and Irish Lions on tour.
Burglars let taps run during Blackwood burglary
Burglars raided a property while its owners were away and left the taps running.Detectives are appealing for information following the break-in at a home on Bedwellty Road, Blackwood.The burglary occurred sometime between…
Excellence IT to roll out training to bakers’ union
A Bedwas-based IT firm has signed an agreement to provide computer training to members of a bakers’ union.
Risca food business ordered to pay £1,000 over lack of hot water
A Risca business operator has been ordered to pay £1,000 over the lack of hot water at its food premises.Farah Naz, the food business operator of Phone Exchange, on Commercial Street in…