Llanbradach Archives

Extensive damage caused to footbridge after being hit by skip lorry

Significant damage has been caused to a railway footbridge in Llanbradach.

Transport for Wales has told Caerphilly’s Senedd Member that a railway footbridge in Llanbradach will not be closed permanently.

The bridge across the Rhymney Valley rail line was shut in April after reportedly being damaged three months previously.

A 42-year-old man is due in court this morning after armed police were called to a stretch of road near a busy roundabout.

VE Day, which will be held on Friday, May 8, marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.

Erin Hancock is raising money for the Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital Charity, which saved the lives of her brother and sister.

Daniel Carlo Depace, 30, was jailed for four months at Newport Magistrates’ Court earlier this month.

Gwent Police say the total value of the thefts, which all happened in Llanbradach, amounts to around £6,000.

Fundraisers have been set up by flood-hit communities to repair the damage caused by Storm Dennis.

A police appeal has been launched after a 41-year-old man was threatened with a knife by a group of men at a property in Llanbradach.