Councillors are to discuss a raft of changes to leisure services across Caerphilly County Borough.Members of the council’s Regeneration and Environment Scrutiny Committee will meet today to discuss the spending plans for…
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Work on new McDonald’s begins in Newbridge
Building work on a £330,000 drive-through McDonald’s restaurant in Newbridge has begun. Contractors Opco started the 12-week build last week with the restaurant due to open before Christmas.Twenty full and part-time jobs…
Aber Valley Heritage Group project on Universal Colliery Disaster wins award
A history project which mapped the addresses of the 440 victims of the 1913 Universal Colliery Disaster in Senghenydd has won a prestigious award.The project, run by Caerphilly County Borough Council on…
Penyrheol councillor to chair local charity as it celebrates 60th anniversary
Penyrheol councillor Anne Collins has been given the honour of chairing the Save the Children Committee for Caerphilly when it celebrates its 60th anniversary next year.Anne, who is a Plaid Cymru councillor…
Caerphilly County pupils safe in New York as city is battered by Hurricane Sandy
Three groups of schoolchildren from Caerphilly County Borough have been stranded in New York because of Hurricane Sandy.Pupils on a history trip with St Martin’s School and pupils from Ysgol Gyfun Cwm…
Emergency legislation will allow bilingual ballot papers in Wales after original law authorised only English version
Coke oven workers from Bedwas, Bargoed and Nantgarw plants could claim compensation
Coke oven workers or their families may be able to claim compensation for chest disease and lung cancer as a result of a High Court victory by the mining union NACODS in…
40 now arrested in connection with car insurance fraud
Police investigating a car insurance scam have arrested six more people in connection with their investigation – bringing the total number of arrests to 40.Officers have made the arrests as part of…
Woman, 21, in hospital after Caerphilly Mountain car crash
A 21-year-old woman has been seriously injured after a car crash on Caerphilly Mountain last night.
Bomb scare on Trecenydd Industrial Estate
Postal workers on Trecenydd Industrial Estate called in police when they thought they had intercepted a bomb.