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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War of words over council spending amid claim of ’empire-building’
Opposition figures in Caerphilly have questioned the county borough council’s spending on top officer salaries, accusing the local authority of “empire building”.
Memorial bench a ‘place for reflection’ after new pieces unveiled
A year after unveiling a D-Day memorial bench in Llanbradach, the same blacksmith has added extra pieces to commemorate VE Day.
Community calls on council to ‘bring on the wall’ after Storm Darragh collapse
Children’s safety is being put at risk because of council inaction to replace a fallen wall at a well-used community hall, it has been claimed.
Questions asked over Tfw pledge to fix railway footbridge, five years after it was damaged
The Tynygraig footbridge, in Llanbradach, was struck by a skip lorry in 2020 – and is yet to be replaced, despite a pledge to do so by the end of 2024.
Decision to axe ten libraries branded ‘devastating’
Ten libraries across Caerphilly County Borough will close at the end of August under council cost-cutting plans.
Brownfield land and empty shops could hold key to council’s regeneration plans
Brownfield sites and empty shops will be targeted in a new strategy for attracting businesses to Caerphilly County Borough.
Call to close footpath crossing railway line dismissed
Councillors have rejected calls to remove a footpath south of Ystrad Mynach which crosses the Cardiff to Rhymney railway line.
Council pauses ‘crazy’ pitch fees hike and says it will find “middle ground”
The leader of Caerphilly County Borough Council has confirmed a proposed 75% hike in sports pitch fees will be paused, as a “late consultation” begins.
Councillors clash over budget and use of unspent reserves
Labour and Plaid Cymru councillors in Caerphilly are at odds over how best to use unspent money in the local authority’s reserves.