Post Offices in Llanbradach, Senghenydd and Bargoed’s McDonnell Road office are to get makeovers after successfully applying for improvement grants from the Welsh Assembly.Llanbradach, Senghenydd and McDonnell Road are three of 41…
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New Gelligaer guidebook to be published in November
A new guidebook on the Gelligaer Roman Fort is due to be published in November.Gelligaer and Penybryn Communities First, Gelligaer Historical Society, Gelligaer Community Council and Caerphilly County Borough Council, have been…
Regeneration work begins in Bargoed
Work on the latest phase of an ambitious regeneration scheme for Bargoed town centre has begun.Construction work on a new bus station and a scheme to link the new site with the…
Police charge two Bargoed men for Newbridge shop knife raid
Police have charged two Bargoed men after a Newbridge shop was raided at knife point.The robbery happened at approximately 3pm on Wednesday September 1, at Greenfield Stores in Newbridge and robbers made…
Police crackdown on illegal parking in Caerphilly County Borough
Gwent Police recently held a crackdown day against illegal parking – with the help of 22 new student police officers.Officers targeted areas right across the county borough, which were identified as suffering…
Caerphilly AM backs mobile breast cancer screening
A new initiative from the Welsh Assembly Government has announced £1 million of funding for new state-of-the-art mobile breast screening units. Caerphilly AM Jeff Cuthbert said: “I am very pleased with the…
World’s oldest football coach Ivor Powell retires at 93
A Bargoed-born football coach, believed to be the world’s oldest, has hung up his boots at the rip old age of 93.
Mr Powell, who has worked as a coach at the University of Bath for the last 37 years, has seen a remarkable career that included playing for Wales, Blackpool, Queen’s Park Rangers and Aston Villa.
New community allotment in Bargoed almost ready
Green-fingered Bargoed residents are to get a new community allotment.The Taraggan project will be officially launched on Monday May 24 after two years of planning and fundraising.The new allotment, next to Bargoed…
£280,000 boost for new Bargoed library
A scheme to turn a chapel into a library has been boosted by £280,000 worth of Welsh Assembly cash.Hanbury Road Baptist Chapel in Bargoed is to be transformed into a new library…
Tonne of rubbish cleared from Darran Valley
A tonne of rubbish has been cleared from a local beauty spot as part of a national clean-up effort.College students, school pupils, young offenders and local volunteers took a day to clear…