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Theatre group Las Vegas-bound after surprise announcement

Thursday, June 13, 2024Thursday, June 13, 2024

New Horizons Youth Theatre are set to take the stage in Las Vegas after being selected as one of only five Welsh groups to take part in an international competition.

‘A long way to go’ to eradicate racism in Wales

Thursday, June 13, 2024Thursday, June 13, 2024

Jenny Rathbone led a Senedd debate on racism following an inquiry on the Welsh Government’s anti-racist Wales action plan.

Thumbs up for town’s new £33.6m leisure centre

Thursday, June 13, 2024Thursday, June 13, 2024

The “leisure and wellbeing hub” will be built on former industrial land between the town’s railway station and Caerphilly Business Park.

Additional learning needs reforms ‘not delivering’

Thursday, June 13, 2024Thursday, June 13, 2024

Alun Davies, who steered the Additional Learning Needs (ALN) Act through the Senedd, said the reforms had to deliver a sea change in learners’ experiences.

Summer football festival sees more than 700 women and girls descend on Caerphilly

Wednesday, June 12, 2024Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Caerphilly Castle Ladies and Girls FC welcomed more than 700 women and girls to its annual summer football festival at Virginia Park over the weekend.

MS slams Welsh Government for delaying ‘long-overdue’ council tax reforms

Wednesday, June 12, 2024Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Plaid Cymru’s Peredur Owen Griffiths criticised the Welsh Government’s “unilateral” decision to abandon a joint commitment to make council tax fairer by 2026.

Authority backs ‘modest’ reforms to how Welsh council tax is calculated

Wednesday, June 12, 2024Wednesday, June 12, 2024

The Welsh Government recently said it will bow to public opinion and defer any reforms until 2028.

Police confirm body found in woodland is missing 17-year-old

Wednesday, June 12, 2024Wednesday, June 12, 2024

The body of a teenage boy found in woodland near Graig y Rhacca has been identified as 17-year-old Iestyn George.

Police want to speak to woman after alleged theft in Blackwood

Wednesday, June 12, 2024Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Gwent Police are searching for a woman after items were allegedly taken from a shop on Cliff Road, Blackwood.

Disabled people facing ‘David and Goliath’ battle for support

Wednesday, June 12, 2024Wednesday, June 12, 2024

The Senedd health committee took evidence about the Welsh Government’s plans to reform direct payments which allow disabled people to arrange their own care and support.

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