Police in Blackwood have launched a Top Trumps-style set of cards with officers’ pictures and details on them.The new scheme is aimed at school children in a bid for them to know…
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No Grand National fairytale for Dream Alliance
Dream Alliance, the horse owned by a 22-strong syndicate from Cefn Fforest, had his fairytale return to the Grand National cut short after pulling up on jump 24.The Welsh Grand National winner…
Cefn Fforest horse Dream Alliance 40-1 for Grand National
Welsh Grand National winner Dream Alliance is 40-1 to take glory at Aintree on Saturday in the Grand National.If the horse is first past the post it will cap an already amazing…
Blackwood man given 10 year animal ban after dog beating
A 21-year-old Blackwood man who savagely kicked a dog so hard that it suffered suspected brain damage has been banned from keeping animals for ten years.Miles Simmonds, of Clos Gronw, Blackwood, was…
Hollywood beckons for Cefn Fforest’s Dream Alliance
A Hollywood film director is reportedly close to a deal to bring the story of Welsh Grand National winner Dream Alliance to the silver screen.Born on a disused allotment next to Blackwood…
Cefn Fforest garage boss guilty of Health and Safety breaches
A garage owner been ordered to pay prosecution costs of £14,000 after being convicted of a string of health and safety offences.Gerwyn Brian Charles Evans, who owns Park Service Station, in Bedwellty…
Man, 21, charged after Cefn Fforest dog beating
A 21-year-old Blackwood man has been charged with causing unnecessary suffering to an animal and common assault after a horrifying dog beating.The attack on the terrier cross-breed, named Holly, happened on November…
Cefn Fforest’s Dream Alliance wins Welsh Grand National
A horse born on a disused allotment next to Blackwood rugby club and owned by a group of 23 friends from Cefn Fforest has romped home to win the 60th Welsh Grand…
Cefn Fforest dog beating left animal with brain damage
Police are appealing for information to try and catch the person who beat a dog so badly that it may have suffered brain damage.
The attack on the terrier cross-breed, named Holly by her carers, happened on November 30 at 3pm in Cefn Fforest.
A passer-by stepped in to help the dog and stopped the attack.
Holly, as she was later named, was taken to the Bridge Veterinary Surgery in Pontllanfraith, for treatment.