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Wales’ largest council-owned solar farm could be built near Penyrheol and Abertridwr

Tuesday, June 22, 2021Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Senior councillors look to approve £434,000 of funding to look at the project’s feasibility and develop a full business case. If all goes well, the council would then look at approving the construction early next year.

Coronavirus time capsule presented to council leader

Tuesday, June 22, 2021Tuesday, June 22, 2021

A coronavirus time capsule put together by young people from across Caerphilly County Borough has been presented to leader of the council, Cllr Philippa Marsden.

Primary school pupils awarded for campaign against single-use plastics

Tuesday, June 22, 2021Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Crumlin High Level Primary School received the Plastic Clever Schools award for taking action to reduce its use of single-use plastics.

BBC Wales’ The Tuckers filming new series in Senghenydd

Monday, June 21, 2021Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Welsh sitcom The Tuckers has been seen filming a new series in Senghenydd.

Man jailed for historical sexual abuse

Monday, June 21, 2021Monday, June 21, 2021

A Llanelli man has been jailed for 11 years after he was found guilty of historic sexual abuse.

Opposition groups urge council to avoid legal action over waste plant

Monday, June 21, 2021Monday, June 21, 2021

Opposition groups on Caerphilly County Borough Council have joined forces, calling on the local authority to avoid legal action over a new controversial waste recycling plant.

Cwmcarn Forest Drive gearing up for reopening after “significant” investment

Friday, June 18, 2021Tuesday, June 22, 2021

On Monday, June 21, Cwmcarn Forest Drive will welcome its first visitors for almost seven years.

Bid to end ‘blanket ban’ on memorial benches in council-owned cemeteries

Friday, June 18, 2021Friday, June 18, 2021

Councillors in Caerphilly have called for an end to a “blanket ban” on memorial benches in council-owned cemeteries.

Caerphilly Castle should be a “leading international heritage attraction”

Friday, June 18, 2021Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Head of Cadw Gwilym Hughes has said the number of visitors Caerphilly Castle attracts is “far short of what it it could be”.

Easing of restrictions on hold, Welsh Government announces

Thursday, June 17, 2021Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Further easing of coronavirus restrictions in Wales will not go ahead on Monday, the Welsh Government has said.

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