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Tag: Cefn Fforest

Leisure centre could close for good without “significant investment”

Wednesday, July 26, 2023Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Pontllanfraith Leisure Centre has been closed without a guarantee it will reopen, after the council announced it needs “significant investment”.

Residents still in the dark over planning to allow 300 new homes near Cefn Fforest

Friday, June 23, 2023Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Persimmon Homes’ original application was presented to Caerphilly County Borough Council’s planning committee in October 2018.

“We should have been relegated”: Football club defies the odds to win league and cup double

Wednesday, May 24, 2023Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Cefn Fforest AFC have risen from the ashes and gained promotion into the Gwent County Premier Division after losing all of their equipment in a fire.

Welsh Grand National winner Dream Alliance dies

Monday, May 1, 2023Monday, May 1, 2023

Dream Alliance, the horse that won the 2009 Welsh Grand National and whose story inspired a Hollywood film has died at the age of 22.

Four-and-a-half years on, and still no decision over 300 homes appeal

Tuesday, April 18, 2023Wednesday, October 18, 2023

The Welsh Government has refused to confirm when a decision will be made on a planning appeal for 300 homes near Cefn Fforest.Independent councillor Kevin Etheridge is against the development and said…

Memorial held for Gwent’s longest-serving GP who was a ‘pillar of the community’

Tuesday, April 18, 2023Tuesday, April 18, 2023

A memorial commemorating the work of a doctor who served in the NHS for more than 50 years was held at his former surgery.

Air rifle seized by police in Cefn Fforest – no arrests made

Wednesday, April 5, 2023Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Police were called to Cefn Fforest Miners’ Welfare Ground on Monday April 3 after reports that a firearm had been fired in the park.

93-year-old man taken to hospital after car crash

Wednesday, March 15, 2023Wednesday, March 15, 2023

A 93-year-old man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a collision in Cefn Fforest on Wednesday morning.

Dream Horse: Movie about champion racehorse wins two Bafta Cymru awards

Monday, October 10, 2022Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Dream Horse had been nominated in the Best Actor; Feature Television/Film, Make Up and Hair; Photography and Lighting: Fiction; and Sound categories.

Dream Horse: Movie about champion racehorse gets five Bafta Cymru nominations

Wednesday, September 7, 2022Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Dream Horse has been nominated in the Best Actor; Feature Television/Film, Make Up and Hair; Photography and Lighting: Fiction; and Sound categories.

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