Green pupils from across the Caerphilly County Borough have been rewarded for helping to recycle thousands of copies of Yellow Pages directories.Caerphilly County Borough Council launched its Yellow Pages Schools Recycling Scheme…
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Garden safety event in Bargoed
Caerphilly County Borough Council’s Trading Standards will be hosting the ‘Garden Safe’ event at Gilfach Bargoed Community Centre on Wednesday March 31.The event will run from 9.30am until 4.30pm, and aims to…
Caerphilly AM to “Walk for Life”
Caerphilly’s Labour AM Jeff Cuthbert will take part in this Sunday’s ‘Walk for Life’ event to raise cash for the Kidney Foundation Wales.The walk will begin at 11am at Ystrad Mynach College…
Death of Bargoed man at hospital “avoidable”
A health board has offered an “unequivocal apology” to the family of a Bargoed man who bled to death at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant.An inquest into the death of 47-year-old…
Caerphilly MP leads sponsored walk in aid of Haiti victims
Caerphilly MP Wayne David has helped raise more than £2,000 in aid of the Haiti earthquake appeal by completing a sponsored walk from Bargoed to Machen.The 15 mile walk was led by…
£100,000 paid out by Jobcente for failings, Plaid reveals
Almost £100,000 was paid to benefits claimants by Jobcentre Plus for failings in its service in the South Wales Valleys region – which includes Caerphilly and Bargoed.The pay-outs, over the last two…
Morrisons supermarket planned for Bargoed
Supermarket giant Morrisons could be opening in Bargoed as part of the town’s major redevelopment.The joint announcement by Caerphilly County Borough Council, Morrisons and developer Simons is a huge boost to the…
£8.3m EU cash boost for Bargoed regeneration scheme
An ambitious regeneration scheme to transform Bargoed has been granted £8.3 million of European cash.The money is a major boost to plans to revamp the town over the next ten years by…
Offenders helped clear snow for community service
Offenders doing community service helped out with the snow last week by clearing snow and ice from various places.As part of their Community Payback scheme, offenders were asked to help clear snow…
Heolddu students rock to samba beat
Pupils at Heolddu Comprehensive School are dancing to a samba beat after it set up its own “Samba School”.Once a week, the corridors rock to the beat as pupils rehearse for their…