Gwent’s Police and Crime Commissioner Ian Johnston has been in post for just four months and it seems he is in no mood to play politics in the newly created role.
In a refreshingly honest interview, Caerphilly Observer editor Richard Gurner spoke to the man now in charge of a £120m budget and who sets the direction of policing in Gwent.
Brantano Staff in Blackwood will be raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support in a series of store-based events.On Thursday March 21 they will be holding a ladies’ night in the branch from…
The Welsh Government has said George Osborne’s UK Government budget was disappointing for Wales.In response to the Chancellor’s budget speech on Wednesday, it has claimed it will have to find savings of £32…
Caerphilly County Borough Council is asking local residents and businesses to talk about their town on Twitter and tell everyone what’s great about it on Thursday March 21 as part of national…
Hairdressing apprentices from ACT Training in Caerphilly proved they were a cut above the rest by organising a fashion show for National Apprenticeship Week.
Caerphilly Council A lot has happened in the two weeks since my last Observer column. Avon and Somerset Police has been called in following the damning unlawful verdict from the Wales Audit…
The number of people unemployed in Wales increased by 7,000 in the three months to the end of January bringing the total figure to 125,000.The figures, published by Office for National Statistics…
Caerphilly AM Jeff Cuthbert is urging people affected by the “Bedroom Tax” to write to the council to ask for an exemption.
Assembly Members who stay away from the Senedd because of a strike by workers should give up a day’s pay, the leader of the Welsh Conservatives has said.Some Labour and Plaid Cymru…
Caerphilly County Borough Council is appealing to the Welsh Government for emergency funding to help it clear asbestos from Cwmcarn High School.