A Welsh language secondary school in Caerphilly County Borough has received a glowing report from Estyn Inspectors.Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni, in Fleur de Lys near Blackwood, has been awarded top grades in…
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Caerphilly printing firm celebrates first year with annual sales of £70k
The printing arm of Caerphilly-based business services company Draig has notched up annual sales of £70,000 in its first year after being established during the height of the recession.Printing.Com@Draig has already achieved…
Summer activity scheme for Caerphilly youngsters
Bored youngsters with nothing to do during the school holidays can join up to an activity scheme.‘The Zone’ will be running at St Martin’s School from 12pm to 3pm every weekday from…
Run the Cardiff 10K for Diabetes UK Cymru
Diabetes UK Cymru is appealing for people to put their running shoes on for the HSBC Cardiff 10K Run to raise money for it.The charity has 200 places in the Cardiff 10K…
Deadline to enter Canmol Wales Marketing Awards 2010
Companies in Caerphilly have only until the end of this month to enter the 2010 Canmol: Wales Marketing Awards, organised by the Chartered Institute of Marketing.The Canmol awards, which means to praise…
Caerphilly man jailed for six months for dog fighting offences
A convicted dog fighter from Llanbradach has been jailed for six months following a major investigation by covert RSPCA inspectors.David Brinley Braddon was given the maximum possible custodial sentence, along with a…
Caerphilly AM backs presumed organ donation consent
Jeff Cuthbert, Labour’s Assembly Member for Caerphilly, has backed moves to introduce presumed consent for organ donation in Wales.Mr Cuthbert welcomed yesterday’s announcement by First Minister Carwyn Jones AM that the Welsh…
Caerphilly firm ordered to pay £10,000 after worker lost fingers
A Caerphilly-based engineering firm has been ordered to pay £10,000 by a court after one of its workers lost four fingers and the top of his thumb as he used an unguarded…
CCTV images released in Caerphilly town assault police appeal
Gwent Police has issued these two CCTV pictures in an appeal for information following a serious assault.A 32-year-old man was found on a pathway near Addison Way, in Graig-Y-Rhacca, with serious head…
Caerphilly AM opens Caerphilly credit union
Caerphilly AM Jeff Cuthbert has opened the refurbished Smart Money office in Caerphilly after they received a grant of £26,526 from the Welsh Assembly Government.The grant was used for improvements to the…