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Tag: Blackwood

Rotary club commemorates King’s Coronation and pays tribute to “dedicated” former chairman

Wednesday, June 28, 2023Monday, July 3, 2023

Blackwood Rotary Club has unveiled a new park bench at Blackwood Bowls Club to commemorate the King’s Coronation and celebrate the life of former bowls club chairman Allen Witchell.

Man jailed for second time after again torturing a hedgehog

Monday, June 26, 2023Tuesday, June 27, 2023

A convicted killer jailed for torturing a defenceless hedgehog has been imprisoned for a second time after admitting doing it again.

Council attacked over £200k office space spend

Wednesday, June 21, 2023Thursday, June 22, 2023

Cllr Nigel Dix has criticised the council for spending almost £200,000 on an office space, whilst staff continue to work from home.

Falklands War veteran awarded British Empire Medal for voluntary work

Tuesday, June 20, 2023Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Falklands War veteran Denzil Connick, from Blackwood, was awarded a British Empire Medal in the King’s Birthday Honours.

New bar set to open at high street shoe shop after council approval

Thursday, June 15, 2023Thursday, June 15, 2023

Shoezone on Blackwood high street is to be changed into a Rhymney Brewery shop and bar.

Blackwood Beach Party returns this summer

Tuesday, June 13, 2023Thursday, June 29, 2023

This comes after last year’s event was cancelled and replaced with the Blackwood Spring Fair following the death of the late Queen.

Playground set on fire and vandalised during school holidays

Friday, June 9, 2023Friday, June 9, 2023

Caerphilly County Borough Council has since repaired the playground on Attlee Road, Blackwood, at a cost of £2,000.

Three developments set to be decided by council planning committee

Friday, June 9, 2023Friday, June 9, 2023

These are the developments in Caerphilly County Borough which will be decided by members of the council’s planning committee next week.

Royal British Legion members pay their respects to the fallen in Belgium

Friday, May 26, 2023Friday, May 26, 2023

Members of the Blackwood and Ebbw Vale branches of the Royal British Legion have paid their respects to those who lost their lives during the First World War.

High street shoe shop could be replaced by bar

Wednesday, May 17, 2023Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Rhymney Brewery has submitted a planning application to Caerphilly County Borough Council to change the former Shoezone into a bar and shop.

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