Families are being offered free swimming and fitness lessons to take part in a new parenting skill scheme.Caerphilly County Borough Council’s leisure centres have teamed up with charity Drugaid to offer the…
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300 tonnes of pallets alight in Cross Keys
Firefighters are tackling a blaze of around 300 tonnes of wooden pallets at the Blackvein Industrial Estate in Cross Keys.Fire crews were called to the estate just before 3am this morning.There are…
Police appeal on stolen power tools
Gwent Police is appealing for help in tracking down the owners of these stolen power tools.The items were recovered from a vehicle in the Newbridge area and a property in the Blackwood…
Caerphilly MP backs Gordon Brown
Caerphilly MP Wayne David has backed Prime Minister Gordon Brown during this week’s Labour Party Conference in Brighton.
Mr David spoke to CaerphillyObserver.co.uk following Mr Brown’s keynote speech to conference delegates on Tuesday.
He said: “It was a good speech. It was a speech of an international statesman where he set out his vision of the fight.”
Grants for new Caerphilly businesses available
Business start ups in Caerphilly County Borough are being urged to apply for grant money to help them get off the ground. The Heads of the Valleys Seed Capital Fund can help…
Crèche opens in Heolddu Comprehensive School
A new crèche has been opened at Heolddu Comprehensive School in Bargoed with Welsh Assembly Government funding.As a result of the funding through the Assembly’s Flying Start programme the crèche, formerly situated…
New school to be built in Penyrheol
Cwm Ifor Primary School in Penyrheol will be torn down and replaced with a new £5m state-of-the-art school – Caerphilly County Borough Council has announced. The project will be funded through £4.04m…
Appeal after rape at Glamorgan University
An 18-year-old girl has been raped at a Glamorgan University halls of residence. The attack happened at the Glamorgan Court Halls of Residence in Treforest in the early hours of Saturday, September…
Have your say on Caerphilly buses
Bus passengers across Caerphilly County Borough will get the chance to have their say about their local services on Friday at a bus users’ surgery. Organised by Caerphilly County Borough Council and…
Crumlin plastics firm fined £18,000 after finger accident
Plastics firm A Schulman, based on the Croespenmaen Industrial Estate, has been fined £18,000 after a worker lost three fingers as he cleaned a machine. The company admitted three health and safety…