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18-year-old dealer who advertised drugs on Snapchat jailed

Friday, January 15, 2021Friday, January 15, 2021

Ethan Pope, 18, of Lewis Drive, Caerphilly, has been sentenced to three years in a young offenders institute after pleading guilty to a string of drug offences.

Savings pot will be a “godsend” for council

Friday, January 15, 2021Friday, January 15, 2021

The council has more than £140 million in useable reserves – which is one of the highest levels in Wales.

Stricter rules to be put in place in supermarkets

Friday, January 15, 2021Friday, January 15, 2021

As well as limits on the number of customers in store, shops will also be required by law to provide hand sanitiser and put social distancing signs up.

Negative Covid test needed before travelling to Wales

Friday, January 15, 2021Friday, January 15, 2021

Passengers travelling to Wales from outside the Common Travel Area will have to test negative for coronavirus before being allowed to depart, as part of new rules coming into force on January 18.

Transport for Wales to reduce services due to coronavirus

Friday, January 15, 2021Friday, January 15, 2021

The timetable changes will be introduced across the rail network from Monday, January 25.

Senedd Members favour election going ahead in May

Thursday, January 14, 2021Thursday, January 14, 2021

Senedd Members support this year’s election going ahead as planned, but a proposed Welsh Government bill could delay it by six months.

Free parking introduced at five country parks

Thursday, January 14, 2021Thursday, January 14, 2021

Caerphilly County Borough Council’s cabinet has agreed to remove the existing pay and display fees in five of the authority’s country parks.

Opposition councillors hit out at proposed council tax increase

Thursday, January 14, 2021Thursday, January 14, 2021

A proposed council tax increase of 3.9% is included in Caerphilly County Borough Council’s draft budget proposals.

The opera singer who has battled the long-term effects of Covid for nearly a year

Thursday, January 14, 2021Friday, January 15, 2021

Lee David Bowen has battled Post-Covid syndrome, or Long Covid as it has become known, since last February.

Inquest into care home deaths to begin

Thursday, January 14, 2021Thursday, January 14, 2021

Fresh questions were raised about a £15m investigation into care home neglect following the death of the man at its centre – Dr Prana Das – in January last year.

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