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Deputy leader attacks “toxic” culture of online abuse towards councillors

Thursday, January 6, 2022Thursday, January 6, 2022

Cllr Jamie Pritchard has revealed he has had to report threats and online abuse to the police.

Changes to Covid testing rules to ease demand for PCR tests

Wednesday, January 5, 2022Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Anyone who tests positive for Covid-19 using a lateral flow test, without showing symptoms of the virus, will no longer need to confirm their result with a PCR test.

Schools to get £5.5m funding to become more Covid-secure

Wednesday, January 5, 2022Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Schools in Caerphilly County Borough will get £5.5m funding to become more Covid-secure, as part of a Welsh Government package.

Price vows to “come back better” after World Championships defeat

Wednesday, January 5, 2022Wednesday, January 5, 2022

On his Instagram story, Gerwyn Price posted: “I will practice harder, I will sacrifice more, I will succeed. I will do everything it takes to be the best.”

Stress and mental health illnesses increase amongst council workforce

Tuesday, January 4, 2022Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Despite overall staff sickness being down, the amount of working days lost to stress, depression, anxiety, mental health and fatigue had increased.

Should owners of empty houses pay more council tax?

Tuesday, January 4, 2022Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Owners of homes left empty for more than a year should pay 50% more council tax, the leader of the council’s Plaid Cymru group has said.

Councils to receive extra funding from Welsh Government

Tuesday, January 4, 2022Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Caerphilly County Borough will receive a 8.5% funding increase from the Welsh Government for 2022/23.

Gold-medallist Lauren Price made MBE in New Year’s Honours

Friday, December 31, 2021Friday, December 31, 2021

Olympic gold-medallist Lauren Price has been made an MBE in the New Year’s Honours list to cap off a remarkable 2021.

Fewer trains running again as Transport for Wales updates emergency timetable

Friday, December 31, 2021Friday, December 31, 2021

More train services are being cancelled by Transport for Wales as it battles staff shortages because of rising Covid cases.

Man who attacked two women and threatened a third jailed

Friday, December 31, 2021Thursday, December 30, 2021

Sobur Miah, 25, who attacked two women and threatened a third in Elliotstown, has been jailed for three years and six months.

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