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Caerphilly gets £1.3m from UK Government fund despite being excluded from priority area list

Friday, November 5, 2021Saturday, November 6, 2021

More than 160 projects across Wales are set to receive a share of £46m, the UK Government’s Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Michael Gove, announced this week.

Stalker who pursued ex-partner in car chase jailed

Friday, November 5, 2021Friday, November 5, 2021

Thomas Harvey, 27, pleaded guilty to stalking, causing criminal damage and two counts of dangerous driving at Newport Crown Court.

Controversial quarry expansion plans deferred by councillors

Thursday, November 4, 2021Thursday, November 4, 2021

Councillor Roy Saralis, chair of the planning committee, described the application as “one of the most controversial” ones he had seen.

123 new houses on former council office site backed

Thursday, November 4, 2021Thursday, November 4, 2021

In total, 83 of the homes on the Chartist Garden Village site will be classed as affordable, and will be managed by housing association Pobl.

A thief raided an ambulance as its crew treated a patient

Thursday, November 4, 2021Thursday, November 4, 2021

The ambulance was unattended as its crew dealt with a patient’s medical emergency.

Senedd Member calls for more to be done to protect people and pets from loud fireworks

Wednesday, November 3, 2021Wednesday, October 18, 2023

South Wales East regional MS Peredur Owen Griffiths, who represents Plaid Cymru, raised the issue in during a Business Questions session in the Senedd.

What exactly are community and town councils and what do they do?

Wednesday, November 3, 2021Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Some view them as an essential part of their community, others describe them as “unnecessary” and call for them to be abolished – so what exactly do they do?

Bus driver strike could continue into New Year

Wednesday, November 3, 2021Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Unite has now warned that drivers will go on strike 24 hours a day, every day, from November 17 until January 10 unless their pay demands are met.

Polls open for Welsh Youth Parliament – but what is it and who’s standing?

Tuesday, November 2, 2021Tuesday, November 2, 2021

The polls are now open in the second ever Welsh Youth Parliament Elections. But what is the Welsh Youth Parliament and how does it work?

£150m fund to insulate social homes in bid to reduce emissions

Tuesday, November 2, 2021Wednesday, October 18, 2023

The Welsh Government will spend £150m to insulate social homes in a bid to reduce Wales’ emissions, it has been announced.

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