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Tag: Blackwood

Cricket club set to return to action after missing entire season due to pandemic

Thursday, July 8, 2021Thursday, July 8, 2021

Blackwood Town Cricket Club has bought new kits after a £300 donation from Wales and West Utilities.

FAW criticised by deputy minister over handling of women’s football revamp

Tuesday, July 6, 2021Wednesday, October 18, 2023

The Football Association of Wales (FAW) has been criticised by a Welsh Government Deputy Minister for the way it communicated its revamp of women’s football in Wales

Credit union bucks trend during lockdown

Wednesday, June 30, 2021Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Bank of England (BoE) figures show that, in the six months to June, Smart Money Cymru Credit Union (SMCCU) saw a massive 35% uplift in loans to its members.

Notice of application for a premises licence: The Dog House, Blackwood

Friday, June 25, 2021Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Notice is given that we Marcus & Lisa Hobbs have on the 22/06/2021 applied to Caerphilly County Borough Council, as the Licensing Authority, for a premises licence in respect of the The Dog House of Mountain Road, Mynyddislwyn, Blackwood, NP11 7BB.

Taekwondo star “honoured” after Team GB selection for Tokyo Olympics

Friday, June 4, 2021Friday, June 4, 2021

Lauren Williams, 22, from Blackwood, is among the five Taekwondo athletes to have been chosen by the British Olympic Association to compete in Tokyo.

Refurbished credit union branch reopens after merger

Thursday, June 3, 2021Thursday, June 3, 2021

Smart Money Cymru has reopened the former Islwyn Credit Union branch oIN Blackwood following a merger between the two credit unions last year.

Independent councillor appointed to committee after being ‘blocked’

Wednesday, June 2, 2021Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Blackwood councillor Nigel Dix, who was ‘blocked’ from joining the council’s planning committee, has now been accepted onto the committee.

Bomb scare after grenade found in garden shed

Tuesday, June 1, 2021Tuesday, June 1, 2021

The grenade was taken away by Gwent Police and examined by the Explosives Ordnance Disposal team, which confirmed it was not live.

More dispersal orders coming into force this weekend

Friday, May 28, 2021Friday, May 28, 2021

Dispersal orders will be in place in Newbridge, Cefn Fforest, and part of Blackwood this weekend, Gwent Police has announced.

Car sales company can stay at former bus depot site – despite residents’ concerns

Monday, May 24, 2021Monday, May 24, 2021

GKT Car Sales applied for a change of use to the former Perry’s Coach depot at Woodfield Street, Woodfieldside, near Blackwood.

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