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Work to refurbish footbridge underway

The work is expected to last more than six weeks, with the footbridge scheduled to reopen to pedestrians on August 28.

Alfred Lerwill, from Senghenydd, has celebrated his 100th birthday.

Efforts by health bosses to attract another doctor to take over the practice have failed after it was advertised nationally.

The candidates clashed over issues such as the NHS, climate change, education, food banks and of course, Brexit.

Voters in Caerphilly will hit the polling stations on Thursday, December 12 for the third General Election in five years.

Candidates from Labour, Plaid Cymru, Conservatives and Brexit Party will all take part.

Councillors have backed a campaign calling for a national strategy to be created to help prevent sudden cardiac deaths among young people.

He said: “I was very pleased to receive a vote of confidence from party members in Caerphilly, where was I born and live.”

On October 14, 1913, an explosion tore through Universal Colliery, killing 439 people – making it Britain’s worst ever mining disaster.

A Cadw spokesman said an independent review of feral pigeon management had taken place.