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Plan to turn former Bargoed pub into flats and new takeaway turned down

Council planners have turned down proposals for a new takeaway and seven flats at a former pub in Bargoed.

An angry outburst from the public gallery was directed at two of the defendants charged with the murder of Abertridwr teenager Tristan Kerr.

Newport City Council has chosen the sites from a list of more than 60 put forward by ward members as “areas of concern”.

A former social club in Phillipstown, New Tredegar, is set to be converted into new homes.

Decisions are due on dozens of new homes and the expansion of a business park across Caerphilly County Borough next week.

A murder investigation has been launched following the death of a 17-year-old in Abertridwr.

The council will receive money from the UK Government through its Pride in Place fund, which will be spent in Aberbargoed, Bargoed, and New Tredegar.

Newport City Council is considering a bid for the 2028 competition – a new UK Government project built on the success of the City of Culture scheme.

Caerphilly Council has set out how it plans to create a “cleaner and greener” county borough over the next two years.

A new stand would not result in a Newport football club’s ground becoming “Anfield tomorrow”, a city council planning committee has been assured.