The number of children registered for home education across Caerphilly County Borough has risen by 76% since before the Covid-19 pandemic started, new figures reveal.
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Cancelled bin collections to resume after Storm Eunice
Bin collections are set to resume having been cancelled on Friday due to Storm Eunice.
Former cafe could be demolished to make way for flats
Plans to demolish the former Pit Stop Cafe and replace it with six one-bedroom flats have been submitted.
Questions asked over new playground built next to busy road
The playground has been built in Pontllanfraith to replace a park lost to a new 123-home development.
Religious Education set to be revamped in new school syllabus
The new syllabus does not intend to make learners religious or non-religious, but aims to be “objective, critical and pluralistic”.
Council tenants’ rent to go up by 2%
The increase will equate to an average increase of £1.84 per week, bringing the average rent up to £93.62 a week.
Memorial plaque will be “securely stored” when former GP surgery is demolished
Demolition work is expected to begin on March 28, 2022, by Kier Construction, on behalf of Caerphilly County Borough Council.
School pedestrian zones to be made permanent after trial
Pedestrian zones which were introduced near three primary schools as part of a trial have been made permanent.
Grandfather of nurse who died after Wyllie Bends crash calls for safety measures to go further
New safety measures will be introduced along the road between Ynysddu and Wyllie, but the grandfather of a nurse who died after a crash on the road wants more to be done.
School crossing patrol motion rejected, but Blackwood School patrol to be reviewed
Councillors have rejected a motion to review the council’s school crossing patrol service – but the decision not to replace the patrol at Blackwood Primary School will be reassessed.