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Tag: Blackwood

Caerphilly Council’s Pontllanfraith House offices could close due to budget cuts

Monday, December 15, 2014

Caerphilly County Borough Council’s offices in Pontllanfraith could be closed as part of a bid to save £29m over the next three years.

Two adults and a child treated with oxygen after living room fire

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Two adults and a child were treated with oxygen by firefighters after a house fire in Blackwood.A crew from Aberbargoed was called to a report of a living room fire at a…

Blackwood thief wanted by Gwent Police

Friday, December 5, 2014

Police are looking for a Blackwood man who breached his licence conditions after being released from prison.

Argoed cannibal killer Matthew Williams’ cause of death unknown

Friday, December 5, 2014

The cause of death of Argoed cannibal killer Matthew Williams is still unkown, an inquest heard yesterday, December 4.

Production company Barefoot Rascals launch Kickstarter for Manic Street Preachers Holy Bible documentary

Thursday, November 27, 2014

A group of Manic Street Preachers fans are trying to raise £4,000 to produce a documentary on the Blackwood band’s The Holy Bible album.

Police appeal after man tries to catch hold of boy, 11, in Blackwood

Friday, November 21, 2014

An attempt was made to snatch an 11-year-old boy in Blackwood, police have said.

Inquest hears Argoed cannibal murder victim died of “sharp force trauma to face and neck”

Friday, November 21, 2014Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Argoed murder victim Cerys Marie Yemm was killed by “sharp force trauma to the face and neck”, an inquest has been told.

Caerphilly County Borough Council call on residents to discuss cuts at drop-in sessions

Friday, November 14, 2014Friday, November 14, 2014

Caerphilly residents can have their say on council cuts and a council tax rise at a series of drop-in sessions.

Argoed Cannibal Murder: Was it preventable?

Thursday, November 13, 2014Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Questions have been raised into how a man known to have a violent past was able to kill a woman in an act of cannibalism just weeks after he was released from prison.

Argoed cannibal killer’s mother says son should have been ‘sectioned’

Monday, November 10, 2014Wednesday, November 12, 2014

A review will take place into how a man suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, released from prison less than two weeks ago, was allowed to kill a woman in an act of cannibalism in Argoed.

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