Residents in Bargoed and Blackwood are being reminded to close and lock their doors and windows following a number of burglaries in the area.Over the last week, eight houses have been targeted…
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Appeal after Bargoed attack left woman in hospital for 12 days
Police are appealing for information after an assault in Bargoed High Street left a woman in hospital for 12 days.At 4.40pm on Monday March 1, a 41-year-old woman was attacked by two…
Appeal for witnesses after Bargoed woman terrorised on train
A Bargoed woman was threatened and screamed at by a complete stranger as she made her way home on the train.British Transport Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident, which happened…
Police community drop-in day, Pengam
Residents of Fairview, Pengam, are invited to attend a community drop-in day on Thursday April 22.People of all ages are welcome to attend the Community House on Clos Ceirw between 10am and…
Lindsay Whittle hits campaign trail with former Plaid leader
Former Plaid Cymru leader Dafydd Wigley paid a whistle-stop visit to Caerphilly yesterday to support local general election candidate Lindsay Whittle.Dafydd Wigley, who served both in Parliament and the Welsh Assembly, joined…
Caerphilly pupils rewarded for recycling Yellow Pages
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…
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…