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Tag: Colin Mann

‘False statements’ row over council’s withdrawal from anti-nuclear group

Friday, December 5, 2025Friday, December 5, 2025

An anti-nuclear partnership’s officer has blasted Caerphilly County Borough Council over comments made when it withdrew from the group.

Twinning association to welcome Breton visitors to Caerphilly next summer

Tuesday, November 25, 2025Wednesday, November 26, 2025

A twinning partnership that has linked Caerphilly and Brittany for more than three decades will continue next summer, with Breton visitors being welcomed to the borough once again.

Frustration over railway footbridge replacement delays five-and-a-half years on

Monday, November 17, 2025Monday, November 17, 2025

A railway footbridge damaged five-and-a-half years ago is yet to be replaced, despite promises.

Councillors bid farewell to ‘Mr Caerphilly’ after his election to Senedd

Wednesday, November 12, 2025Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Members of Caerphilly County Borough Council have bid a fond farewell to Lindsay Whittle, who has joined the Senedd after 49 years in local government.

‘Frustration’ over lack of detail on £20m regeneration funding

Thursday, November 6, 2025Monday, November 10, 2025

The UK Government announced in September the borough would receive that sum in Pride in Place Fund cash over a ten-year period.

Staff sickness levels on rise within council’s ‘fatigued’ workforce

Thursday, November 6, 2025Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Caerphilly Council has been urged to address staff sickness absence, after a new report showed it was on the rise.

Plaid Cymru elects its first female council group leader

Tuesday, November 4, 2025Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Aber Valley councillor Charlotte Bishop is the new leader of Caerphilly County Borough Council’s Plaid Cymru group.

Long-serving councillor honoured at Plaid Cymru party conference

Monday, October 13, 2025Monday, October 13, 2025

Llanbradach’s Colin Mann, who first became a councillor in 1977, was presented with a special contribution award at the Plaid Cymru party conference.

Community centre wall repair delays ‘just not acceptable’

Thursday, July 24, 2025Thursday, July 24, 2025

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.

War of words over council spending amid claim of ’empire-building’

Tuesday, July 1, 2025Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Opposition figures in Caerphilly have questioned the county borough council’s spending on top officer salaries, accusing the local authority of “empire building”.

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