Gwent Police has welcomed five new Special Constables into service in Caerphilly County Borough.The volunteer police officers, who have the same powers as full-time police officers, will be working in the Bargoed,…
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Blackwood Youth Centre to be re-opened
Blackwood Youth Centre, which burnt down in 2009, is to get a new home after councillors agreed a £610,000 scheme to rebuild it.Caerphilly County Borough Council’s cabinet has said the youth centre…
High-flying GCSE pupils have sights set on Oxbridge
High-flying school pupils with the potential of going to Oxford and Cambridge Universities attended a special course at Coleg Gwent on Tuesday designed to boost their confidence.Crosskeys Campus hosted 35 year 10…
Tributes paid to Blackwood fundraiser Bridget McNally
Tributes have been paid to fundraiser Bridget McNally, from Blackwood, after her eight year battle with cancer sadly came to an end last week.Despite her illness, the 50-year-old raised more than £300,000…
Oakdale wind turbine plans to go on show
The public is to get the chance to see plans for two wind turbines in Oakdale, near Blackwood.An exhibition on the energy development at Oakdale Business Park is being held on Wednesday…
Bus passengers reminded of smoking ban at Blackwood station
Caerphilly County Borough Council has warned people that anyone caught smoking at Blackwood bus station could be fined.The warning comes after a number of complaints to the council’s Trading Standards team that…
Gwent Police seek teenage recruits for cadet programme
Police in Caerphilly are about to launch a new recruitment drive to search for 20 teenage, volunteer police cadets.Over the next three weeks Caerphilly Local Policing Unit is asking students aged between…
Poundland to open in Blackwood in former Woolworths
The former Woolworths store in Blackwood is to open as a Poundland.The new store, on the town’s High Street, will create up to 30 jobs.Councillor Ron Davies, cabinet member for regeneration said:…
Bogus charity collector operating in Cwmfelinfach prosecuted
A bogus charity collector has been prosecuted after being caught by Trading Standards and Gwent Police without a valid licence.Dalius Vaicekauskas, originally from Lithuania, but residing in Llanhilleth and later Fairview, Blackwood,…
Illegal immigrants found by sniffer dog on Blackwood bound lorry
Three would-be illegal immigrants were stopped from entering the country by UK Border Agency officials after they found hiding inside a lorry bound for Blackwood.The two men and a woman, all from…