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Tag: Colin Mann

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”.

Memorial bench a ‘place for reflection’ after new pieces unveiled

Friday, June 27, 2025Friday, June 27, 2025

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

Thursday, June 5, 2025Thursday, June 5, 2025

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

Wednesday, May 14, 2025Wednesday, May 14, 2025

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’

Wednesday, May 14, 2025Monday, May 19, 2025

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

Wednesday, April 9, 2025Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Brownfield sites and empty shops will be targeted in a new strategy for attracting businesses to Caerphilly County Borough.

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