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Born into a pandemic – meet two of Bargoed’s lockdown babies

Monday, March 29, 2021Monday, March 29, 2021

Codi Ryan Price and Cohan Dyl Gauden were born as the coronavirus pandemic took hold and have celebrated their first birthdays in lockdown.

Coronavirus rates in Caerphilly below Welsh average

Monday, March 29, 2021Monday, March 29, 2021

Coronavirus rates in Caerphilly County Borough are now marginally below the Wales-wide average.

Recruitment company buys back 20% stake from development bank

Monday, March 29, 2021Monday, March 29, 2021

Caerphilly-based recruitment company ALS Managed Services buys back 20% stake from the Development Bank of Wales.

Council pressing ahead with school merger plans

Friday, March 26, 2021Friday, March 26, 2021

Plans to merge Llancaeach Junior School and Llanfabon Infants School in Nelson have moved a step closer.

Fraudster who lied about his father’s death to con friends and ex-partner jailed

Friday, March 26, 2021Friday, March 26, 2021

Scott Newland, 25, of Y Cilgant, Penyrheol, scammed £30,000 out of his victims between April and October 2020, which he put towards clearing a £40,000 gambling debt.

Cocaine dealer and cannabis grower jailed

Friday, March 26, 2021Friday, March 26, 2021

Darryl Skym, 25, of Coronation Terrace, Senghenydd, has been jailed for three and a half years.

Plans to rebuild and expand school to be considered

Friday, March 26, 2021Friday, March 26, 2021

The council’s cabinet will consider plans to replace the current Plasyfelin Primary School building with a larger school on the same site.

Welsh Government lifts stay local rule

Friday, March 26, 2021Friday, March 26, 2021

The stay local rule is to be lifted from Saturday, March 27, meaning people will be able to travel anywhere within Wales.An interim all-Wales travel area will remain in place until April…

Legal action could be taken against council over waste plant plans

Thursday, March 25, 2021Monday, June 21, 2021

A resident campaigning for the council to reverse planning permission given for a new waste site in Cwmfelinfach is preparing to take legal action.

Rugby field vandals will be prosecuted, police warn

Thursday, March 25, 2021Thursday, March 25, 2021

Vandals behind criminal damage at Bargoed Park will be prosecuted, Gwent Police has warned.

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