The DWP had initially refused to open its Job Centre car park for those attending Remembrance services in Blackwood – but has since U-turned.
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“As we approach the hardest winter months, we’ll see our NHS face greater pressures than ever before”
In her latest blog for Caerphilly Observer, South Wales East MS Laura Anne Jones hits out at the Welsh Government’s handling of the NHS.
Construction of new Welsh medium primary school underway
The new school is being built on the site of the former Cwmcarn High School and will replace Abercarn’s Ysgol Gymraeg Cwm Gwyddon.
“It’s given 72 people the chance to escape a very dangerous place – it’s helped 72 people survive”
Money raised at the Caerphilly Miners’ Centre summer fair back in July went towards train tickets to help 72 people evacuate the Ukrainian city of Marhanets.
Return to winning ways as five-try Bedwas seal bonus-point victory
Bedwas scored five tries as they secured a bonus-point win at the Bridgefield to bounce back from the previous weekend’s defeat at Maesteg Harlequins.
“It is no wonder that people are being asked to wait for unacceptable lengths of time in an emergency when crews are tied up outside hospitals”
South Wales East MS Peredur Owen Griffiths discusses ambulance waits, greyhound racing and energy in his latest blog.
Senedd Member calls for review into NHS capacity over ambulance waits
A Plaid Cymru Senedd Member has called for a review into NHS capacity.Peredur Owen Griffiths, who represents the South Wales East region, was speaking in the Senedd on Tuesday, October 25, after…
Social care workers “overburdened” and undervalued, MS tells First Minister
Social care workers are “overburdened with work”, undervalued and have poorer working conditions than in the NHS, Caerphilly’s Senedd Member has said.
“The carers have been a lifeline to me”
Sixty-four-year-old Philip Robinson lives in Bargoed with his wife, Jane, 59, who has Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
The two Caerphilly County Borough fish and chip shops in the running to be named UK’s best
Two fish and chip shops, one in Maesycwmmer and the other in Trethomas, are going head-to-head to be named the UK’s best.