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Council chief calls for more private sector investment in Blaenau Gwent

A senior council chief wants to see a Gwent county borough start working with the private sector to entice investment there.

A former pub in Bargoed could be developed further to include a new takeaway, with flats above.

Council tax bills could go up across Newport in April, but the city council’s draft budget proposals have avoided public service cuts.

Bargoed Rugby Club is hosting its President’s Charity Day to support the Welsh Rugby Charitable Trust on Saturday January 17.

However, Idris Davies School in Abertysswg, Ysgol y Lawnt in Rhymney, and Y Cwmpawd Gilfach have all reopened.

Over recent months, numerous postboxes across the borough have been temporarily out of action – but now they’re returning with a modern twist.

A former butcher’s shop in Pengam could become short-stay accommodation, according to new proposals lodged with Caerphilly County Borough Council.

The former Tredegar Junction Hotel in Pontllanfraith could be demolished to make way for new housing.

Environmental regulator Natural Resources Wales has launched an investigation after pollution was reported in a tributary of Nant Caeach near Nelson.

A rogue trader who conned a homeowner into paying thousands of pounds for unnecessary roofing work has been ordered to pay more than £6,000.