For the past seven months users of Pwllypant Village Hall and motorists along the A468/9 Caerphilly bypass have grown used to the sight of fallen bricks since the wall partially collapsed during December’s Storm Darragh.
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Hopes more unwanted council sites can be handed to community groups
Senior councillors in Caerphilly have reiterated their support for handing over surplus or unwanted buildings to community groups.
‘Dreaded but persistent inflation’ drives up school rebuild costs
“Dreaded but persistent inflation” is partly to blame after the budget of a Caerphilly school project increased by nearly £3 million.
Bin cuts and new recycling containers ‘the only way’ council can meet national waste targets
Senior councillors have agreed to reduce collections of non-recyclable waste from a fortnightly to a three-weekly service.
Nearly 3,000 visitors at this year’s Bargoed Summer Music Festival
The event, which debuted in 2024, was held again on Saturday July 12, beating last year’s attendance figures.
Improving recycling rates will ‘take time’ and require ‘massive’ changes
“Massive” changes to waste management at Caerphilly County Borough Council will “take time” to implement, the service’s cabinet member has said.
Food Warehouse proposed for town’s former carpet shop site
The company has applied for planning permission to take over the site of the former Carpetright store on Gallagher Retail Park.
Only one Gwent council funding specialist mental health support scheme
Newport City Council has a specialist programme to address issues such as drug or alcohol misuse among people who are mentally unwell or deal with issues such as homelessness.
Decision day looms for plan to cut bin collections
The council’s ongoing waste strategy sets out a series of immediate and longer-term measures to drive up the borough’s recycling rates.
Library closure critic warns plans hark back to ‘Victorian times’
Community and childcare groups could offer a lifeline to most of Caerphilly County Borough Council’s at-risk libraries, the local authority has said.