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No exams for GCSE, A-level and AS-level students next year

Tuesday, November 10, 2020Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Instead of end-of-year exams, students will be awarded their grades based on “teacher managed” assessments.

Council’s annual ‘Operation Santa’ launches

Tuesday, November 10, 2020Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Operation Santa, which is run by Caerphilly County Borough Council, aims to provide Christmas gifts to children in the borough most at risk of not receiving presents.

Woman, 74, killed after being hit by car

Monday, November 9, 2020Tuesday, November 10, 2020

The unnamed woman was struck by a blue Toyota Yaris on Bryn Road, in Pontllanfraith, at around 8.25am on Monday (November 9).

Caerphilly County Borough marks Remembrance Day despite cancelled services

Monday, November 9, 2020Monday, November 9, 2020

Remembrance services across the borough were cancelled due to the firebreak lockdown, but respects were still paid.

Former captain of Bargoed RFC is new WRU chairman

Monday, November 9, 2020Monday, November 9, 2020

Former Bargoed RFC captain Rob Butcher has been named the new chairman of the Welsh Rugby Union.

Plans for 125 new homes will be decided by council, not Welsh Government

Monday, November 9, 2020Monday, November 9, 2020

Campaigners fighting plans for up to 125 new homes in Pontllanfraith have been dealt a blow after it was decided the application will not be decided by Welsh ministers.

Javelin thrower to star in ‘I’m a Celebrity: Get Me Out Of Here’

Monday, November 9, 2020Monday, November 9, 2020

Paralympic gold medalist Hollie Arnold was born in Grimsby, but moved to Ystrad Mynach as a teenager.

Wales win the World Cup of Darts

Monday, November 9, 2020Monday, November 9, 2020

Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton beat England 3-0 in the World Cup of Darts final, which was held in Salzburg, Austria.

Firebreak lockdown in Wales ends

Monday, November 9, 2020Monday, November 9, 2020

Wales’ 17-day firebreak lockdown has ended – with a raft of new national measures introduced.

Emergency workers had rocks thrown at them on Bonfire Night patrol

Friday, November 6, 2020Friday, November 6, 2020

Emergency services workers were verbally abused, threatened and had rocks thrown at them while on a Bonfire Night patrol in Penyrheol.

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