Councillors have voted unanimously to award Olympians Lauren Price and Lauren Williams the Freedom of the Borough.
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Councillors back reusable nappies scheme
Caerphilly County Borough Council carried a motion to implement a voucher system to encourage families to switch from disposable nappies to reusable nappies.
When are Stagecoach drivers in Blackwood going on strike?
Stagecoach drivers based in Blackwood have announced the dates they are to go on strike over a pay dispute.
Welsh Government facing calls to outline its GCSE and A-level plans
The Welsh Conservatives have called on Wales’ Education Minister to set out his plans for next summer’s GCSE and A-levels.
First Minister urges PM to reverse scrapping of £20 Universal Credit uplift
First Minister Mark Drakeford has joined forces with the leaders of Scotland and Northern Ireland to call for the £20 Universal Credit uplift to be reintroduced.
Former dinner lady ‘Aunty Florrie’ celebrates 100th birthday
Florence Howarth, a former dinner lady at Cwm Ifor school in Penyrheol, is celebrating her 100th birthday.
The first new council homes for almost 20 years
Caerphilly County Borough Council is now the owner of six new houses on a 55-home estate built on the former site of Bedwellty School in Aberbargoed.
Council ward boundaries changes to go ahead – but some proposals are scrapped
A proposed merger of the Ynsyddu and Crosskeys wards is off, while the Forge Mill estate will remain a part of Ystrad Mynach.
All 12 to 15-year-olds to be offered vaccine before end of October half-term
All 12 to 15-year-olds in Wales will have been offered a coronavirus vaccine by the end of October half-term, Wales’ Health Minister has said.
Health Board chief exec appointed new Welsh NHS boss
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Chief Executive Judith Paget has been appointed as the new Welsh NHS boss.