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Council tax could increase by 7.9% from April as draft budget unveiled

Residents are facing a 7.9% council tax increase from April under Caerphilly County Borough Council’s draft budget – with £12m worth of service cuts.

Bargoed Town Council is hopeful that plans to create a Covid memorial garden next to the police station will come to fruition.

Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Senedd Member Dawn Bowden talks cost-of-living crisis, rail updates, policing and more in her latest blog.

Markham’s darts star Gerwyn Price has announced he is returning to rugby to play for his local team – Bedwellty RFC.

A new gaming group is starting up in Bargoed library to help children improve their maths and communication skills.

A church in Crosskeys has been saved from demolition after a planning application was refused by councillors.

Gwent Police received reports that a shop on Blackwood High Street had been broken into on Wednesday, January 4, with cash and an iPhone stolen.

Plans to build affordable homes and a shop on the site of a former pub in Pontllanfraith have been approved.

All dead swans and geese found near Caerphilly Castle have been collected, with no new deaths reported in the last week, Cadw has said.

Rhymney and Bargoed train services are currently impacted by heavy rain, according to Transport for Wales.