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World Darts Championships to get underway

Friday, December 15, 2023Friday, December 15, 2023

The World Darts Championship gets underway on Friday December 15 – with Markham’s Gerwyn Price aiming to become a two-time world champion.

Power grid plan approved despite residents’ fears it will ‘blight’ their ‘idyllic’ village

Friday, December 15, 2023Friday, December 15, 2023

Llanfabon residents argue the development would lead to increased noise, light pollution and traffic.

Community turns out in force to plant 180 trees

Friday, December 15, 2023Friday, December 15, 2023

A total of 180 trees were planted last month – 60 in a park off Bartlett Street and 120 at Porset Brook Field, off Bedwas Road.

Eglwysilan Church to hold its final service

Friday, December 15, 2023Friday, December 15, 2023

The decision to close the church, near Abertridwr, to services was taken by the Ministry Area Council (MAC) earlier this year.

Libanus Lifestyle: Community hub going from strength-to-strength

Friday, December 15, 2023Friday, December 15, 2023

Work converting the former chapel into the strong community asset it is today began in 2015, with the building modernised and its churchyard converted into a vibrant garden.

“We are in a crisis”: Homelessness charity shares struggles of rough sleepers in winter

Friday, December 15, 2023Friday, December 15, 2023

Hayley Thomas, founder of homelessness charity HCT, wants the council to make it easier for people in need to ask for help.

Van firm strikes multi-million pound deal to buy its base from landlords

Thursday, December 14, 2023Thursday, December 14, 2023

A van firm that once operated out of its director’s spare room has now bought its own property in a £2.2 million deal.

Council could force sales of listed buildings if owners fail to protect them

Thursday, December 14, 2023Thursday, December 14, 2023

Senior councillors have backed a new proposal aimed at preserving the county borough’s most at-risk listed buildings.

Owners of long-term empty homes could have council tax bills quadrupled

Thursday, December 14, 2023Thursday, December 14, 2023

There are 1,008 so-called long-term empty homes across the county borough, including 131 that have stood empty for a decade or longer.

Dealer who played “leading role” in cannabis and ketamine supply jailed

Thursday, December 14, 2023Thursday, December 14, 2023

Connor Sainsbury, 21, or Brynhyfryd, Pontlottyn, has been jailed for three years and eight months.

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