Judith Climer, who set-up a food co-operative in memory of her late husband, has been awarded a British Empire Medal in the New Year’s Honours list.
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Man arrested in connection with Halifax robbery
Armed police were called to Blackwood High Street at 4pm on Wednesday December 27, after a man, claiming to have a firearm, threatened staff
Armed police called to robbery at Halifax branch
Gwent Police said it was called at 4pm today, Wednesday December 27, to the bank on High Street after a man, claiming to have a firearm, threatened staff.
Business rate relief cuts a ‘sure-fire way to lose a high street’
Cllr Nigel Dix said traders in his hometown of Blackwood were “struggling to make ends meet”.
Argoed couple’s Christmas toy drive is ‘like a friend giving you a hand’
Gemma Baker and Layton Jones, who run Salvaged Creations Wales, I-Make, CIC, organised the collection at ASDA, Blackwood.
Blackwood man, 29, pleads guilty to holding indecent images of children
Ashley Carol, 29, of Morrison Street, Blackwood appeared at Newport Magistrates Court on December 15.
Former pub to be converted into five-bedroom home
The now-closed Coal Hole Inn will now be turned into a five-bedroom house after planning permission was approved.
Libanus Lifestyle: Community hub going from strength-to-strength
Work converting the former chapel into the strong community asset it is today began in 2015, with the building modernised and its churchyard converted into a vibrant garden.
“We are in a crisis”: Homelessness charity shares struggles of rough sleepers in winter
Hayley Thomas, founder of homelessness charity HCT, wants the council to make it easier for people in need to ask for help.
As Barclays shuts yet another branch, meet the community bank that hasn’t closed its doors
Not-for-profit Smart Money Cymru is a credit union that turned itself into a bank for the benefit of the community.