Children are being urged to show their creative side at this year’s Caerphilly Flower Festival with a decorative wheelbarrow competition. Individuals and groups aged under 16 can enter their floral wheelbarrows to…
Almost 300 motorists stopped by Gwent Police for not wearing seatbelts
Almost 300 motorists in the Gwent area were stopped for not wearing a seatbelt during a recent safety crackdown. The All Wales seatbelt campaign, which ran for two weeks last month, saw…
World Indoor Bowls Championship returns to Pontllanfraith
Bowls players from across the globe will join together in Pontllanfraith this week at the World Indoor Bowls Council Championship. Caerphilly County Borough Council has said it is proud to be working…
Match report: Bedwas RFC 22 Aberavon RFC 33
Principality Welsh Premiership, Saturday April 14 2012. Match report by John Meredith and photography by Ian Lovell Bedwas slipped to their eighth successive defeat but victory for Aberavon maintained their push for…
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood calls for more council apprenticeships
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood has called for councils across Wales to create more apprenticeships. The Assembly Member for South Wales Central made the call while on the campaign trail in Caerphilly…
Caerphilly MP Wayne David’s blog: April 16
Reform of the House of Lords On May 9 the Queen will be coming to the House of Lords to deliver her “Queen’s Speech”. This will set out the Government’s “agenda” for…
Risca PACT meetings announced
The next round of Partnerships and Communities Together (PACT) meetings for the Risca area are to be held over the coming weeks. Residents are invited to attend the public meetings to find…
Investigation launched after pollution found in Caerphilly Castle’s moat
An investigation has been launched by Environment Agency Wales after reports of pollution in the moat of Caerphilly Castle. Officers from the government agency have found a fuel or oil based substance…
Caerphilly County Borough gets touring art gallery
Caerphilly County Borough is to get a new mobile art gallery. Instead of being fixed in one place, the Awen Gallery will move from location to location across the county borough. To…
Community unites in candlelit vigil for missing Abertridwr man
A community stood united on Sunday night with a candlelit vigil for one of its members who has been missing for over a week. More than 300 people attended the vigil at…