Caerphilly County Borough Council has agreed to buy and demolish 23 properties on the A472 in Hafodyrynys.
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Performing arts group wins competition in Ireland
Fourty-five children aged between six and 17 from E.H Elites performing arts group competed at the All Ireland Variety Showdown.
Caerphilly poet’s book launch to raise money for Alzheimer’s charity
The book launch will take place at Caerphilly Municipal Club on Thursday, November 28 to raise money for charity.
Dance partners, aged 7 and 8, to compete at national competition in Blackpool
Latin dance partners Brooke Smith, seven, from Caerphilly and eight-year-old Zac Ryland-Jones from Hengoed, will be competing in Blackpool
Interim chief exec says council “cannot deliver everything and anything”
Interim chief executive Christina Harrhy addressed the community council liaison sub-committee over the proposed budget cuts.
Blackwood Primary School closes due to sickness bug
Blackwood Primary School has closed following reports of a “gastrointestinal infection”.
“If you need to catch a train to work at peak time, you’ll be lucky to get a seat”
In her latest blog for Caerphilly Observer, South Wales East AM Delyth Jewell discusses the “serious problems that train commuters face”.
Lewis School Pengam gets a taste of Indonesia
Welsh and Indonesian cultures were mixed through traditional dances, puppetry and music that the students composed together.
Could more be done by care watchdogs to tackle modern day slavery?
Up to 14 women were said to have been living in a small terraced house in nearby Herbert Street while working round-the-clock shifts at Ashville Residential Care Home.
Chief executive pay scandal costs revealed
More than £1 million of the costs incurred were for the salary of the former chief executive Anthony O’ Sullivan.
