Coleg Gwent moved a step closer to completing its new £13 million building at its Crosskeys Campus earlier this week, when it celebrated a ‘topping out’ ceremony to mark reaching the highest…
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World’s oldest football coach Ivor Powell retires at 93
A Bargoed-born football coach, believed to be the world’s oldest, has hung up his boots at the rip old age of 93.
Mr Powell, who has worked as a coach at the University of Bath for the last 37 years, has seen a remarkable career that included playing for Wales, Blackpool, Queen’s Park Rangers and Aston Villa.
Blackwood council by-election to be held in July
A council by-election for the Blackwood ward will be held on July 8.The by-election is being held after long-serving independent councillor Kevin Etheridge stood down last month citing personal reasons.The full list…
Gwent Police Authority looking for new independent member
Gwent Police Authority, the body in charge of how policing is run in the area, is looking for a new member.The new Independent Member appointment is for a term of two-and-a-half years…
Caerphilly AM critical of Child Trust Fund cut
Caerphilly’s Labour AM has attacked the new coalition Westminster Government for axing the Child Trust Fund to save cash.The announcement by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Government is part of of a wider cuts…
Swansea City Opera
Swansea City Opera present The Pearl Fishers at Blackwood Miners’ Institute on Wednesday May 26 at 7.30pm. Opera has something for everyone. If you enjoy music, theatre, film, dance or the visual…
‘Walking bus’ launched for Ynysddu Primary School
Ynysddu Primary School is the latest to introduce a ‘walking bus’ so that kids can get to school safely.Pupils at the school are among thousands across Caerphilly County Borough to get to…
Coleg Gwent students come third in UK engineering competition
Students from Coleg Gwent’s Crosskeys campus were quick to make their mark on a national engineering and science competition recently.The team of National Diploma in Vehicle Maintenance and Repair students finished third…
£2,000 cash and 20 plants seized from cannabis factory in Caerphilly
Twenty cannabis plants and £2,000 cash were seized from a property in Caerphilly as part of a day of action by the authorities.Police officers joined forces with Caerphilly County Borough Council’s trading…
Missing Blackwood man, 40, found dead
The body of a Blackwood man, who had missing for a week, has been found.Gwent Police has said the body of 40-year-old Lewis Powell had been discovered and that they were not…