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Council leader calls for better Assembly relationship

Friday, August 7, 2009Sunday, August 9, 2009

Council leader Lindsay Whittle has called for a better relationship with Welsh Assembly ministers. The Plaid Cymru councillor wants the Assembly to hold a joint cabinet meeting with council leaders in Caerphilly….

Antisocial behaviour crackdown a success

Friday, August 7, 2009Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Police and Caerphilly County Borough Council have declared a recent crackdown on antisocial behaviour a success. During an eight week period from June 1, officers from Gwent Police moved on 40 people…

Cash boost for Risca heritage museum

Thursday, August 6, 2009Wednesday, August 5, 2009

An industrial heritage museum has received a £2,500 lottery cash boost. The Risca Heritage Museum, which is run by the Oxford House Industrial History Society, was given the money by the lottery-funded…

Domestic abuse explored in play

Thursday, August 6, 2009Tuesday, August 4, 2009

School pupils have been learning about domestic abuse through a play co-written by Manic Street Preacher and Blackwood son James Dean Bradfield. The play, called A Lament for Moths, was shown to…

Man crushed to death at Pontllanfraith factory named

Wednesday, August 5, 2009Wednesday, August 5, 2009

A 60-year-old man crushed to death by a forklift truck at his work has been named. Gareth Young, from Ebbw Vale, was killed at the Moulded Paper Company on Newbridge Road Industrial…

Building award for Blackwood foreman

Wednesday, August 5, 2009Tuesday, July 10, 2012

A Blackwood construction worker has been named as one of the top site managers in the country. Paul Phillips, 29, has been selected for a Pride in the Job Quality Award by…

Supermarket plan for Blackwood rejected

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Plans for another supermarket in Blackwood have been thrown out by the Planning Inspectorate for Wales. Developer Develica wanted a supermarket at its Blackwood Gate Retail Park and applied for planning permission…

Council promises tough line on land use

Wednesday, August 5, 2009Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Caerphilly County Borough Council has promised to take a hard line on people who use council land for commercial use without permission. Cllr Ron Davies, cabinet member for regeneration and countryside said:…

Aberbargoed youth arrested after serious assault

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

A 17-year-old Aberbargoed youth has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated burglary and grievous bodily harm. Police have said an 18-year-old had been assaulted at a property in New Tredegar last Thursday…

New Deal jobs boost for Caerphilly county borough

Tuesday, August 4, 2009Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Caerphilly county borough is to get a share of 100 new jobs after an employment company won a new £150 million Government contract. Working Links, a public-private partnership, has won the South…

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