A rapist guilty of attacking the same woman twice has been jailed for years.Adam Powell, 28, of Sycamore Crescent, Ty Sign, Risca, was found guilty of two rape charges by a jury…
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Caerphilly Council Christmas waste collection dates
Caerphilly County Borough Council has announced the dates for its refuse, recycling and green waste collections over the Christmas period.There will be no collections on Christmas Day, so this will have a…
Caerphilly Business Forum gives cash boost to charity
A Welsh cancer charity will receive a cash injection of more than £3,000 – thanks to a weekend of events organised by the Caerphilly Business Forum.
Proceeds from the Caerphilly Business Forum’s annual awards ceremony and the forum’s sell-out fashion and beauty event, All About Eve, raised a combined £3,500 for Cancer Research Wales.
Held at The Bryn Meadows Golf, Hotel and Spa, the two events raised money for the charity by holding an auction at the awards ceremony and by donating all proceeds from ticket sales at the fashion and beauty event.
New homes for Maesycwmmer after planning appeal
Maesycwmmer is to get a new development of 95 houses after a Welsh Assembly planning inspector overturned a decision by Caerphilly County Borough Council.The local authority had originally rejected the plans for…
CCTV released after Hengoed train station attack
British Transport Police have released CCTV footage of a teenager they want to speak to in connection with an assault at Hengoed train station.
At about 3.30pm on Sunday September 13, a teenager was attacked with a metal pole by another teen.
The attacked teen was on the Cardiff-bound platform at Hengoed railway station when a youth riding a girl’s pink mountain bike approached and started talking to him.
Dr Who’s TARDIS spotted at Caerphilly Castle
Dr Who’s TARDIS has landed on top of Caerphilly Castle to help boost visitor numbers at the historic monument.
The blue police box, which is located on top of the Inner Gatehouse tower, will be lit up during the night and will remain at the castle until the New Year.
The castle was used to film some of the scenes in the final two episodes of the BBC Wales production, broadcast on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day.
MP criticises Christmas rail works
Islwyn MP Don Touhig has said the decision to stop trains between London and South Wales for 10 days over Christmas and the New Year as “simply appalling.”
Over the Christmas period rail passengers who want to visit family and friends face chaos as Network Rail announced plans to shut the service between Bristol and Newport for engineering works from Christmas Eve until January 4 2010.
Rail services between Newport and Bristol and Newport and Gloucester will be replaced by coach services on December 27.
Council leader Whittle calls on Plaid defector to quit
Lindsay Whittle, the Plaid Cymru leader of Caerphilly County Borough Council, has called for Welsh Assembly Member Mohammad Asghar to quit his South Wales East regional seat after he joined the Conservatives.Councillor…
Crumlin arsonist jailed for toddler murder
A Crumlin man who murdered a three-year-old girl when he set fire to her Liverpool home in a revenge attack has been jailed for life.
Graham Heaps, 44, was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court after he was convicted of the murder of toddler Francesca Bimpson on Monday.
He will serve at least 28 years behind bars.
Caerphilly crackdown on adults buying booze for kids
The Safer Caerphilly Community Safety Partnership is a cracking down on adults who buy alcohol on behalf of under 18s.Caerphilly County Borough Council’s Trading Standards and Gwent Police are running the ‘proxy…