A campaign to raise £60,000 for an operation to help a seven-year-old Newbridge boy to walk has raised £17,000.
Curtis Bowditch was born 15 weeks premature, is profoundly deaf and has cerebral palsy.
Due to his cerebral palsy he has to use a walking frame for short distances and use wheelchair for longer distances.
A fun run in aid of the Wales Air Ambulance has raised more than £3,000.Newbridge held its Santa Fun Run on December 4 with over 130 participants.Sue Brown, the event’s spokeswoman for…
People’s memories of Newbridge Memo are being sought for a new arts project.Caerphilly County Borough Council, together with the Newbridge Community Arts Group, want readers to tell them their Memo stories.The council…
Former Paralympian and one of Britain’s most successful Paralympic swimmers Chris Holmes visited Newbridge Leisure Centre last week.The nine-times gold medallist was on the last stage of UK-wide roadshow tour to promote…
Former Paralympian and one of Britain’s most successful swimmers Chris Holmes will be visiting Newbridge Leisure Centre this Friday.The nine-times gold medallist is on a UK-wide roadshow tour to promote the 2012…
South Wales East AM Jocelyn Davies has backed Ceredigion AM Elin Jones’ bid to become leader of Plaid Cymru.Ms Jones, 45, announced her bid to become party leader on Thursday. Current leader…
Venues across Caerphilly County Borough will be opening up in September as part of the European Heritage’s Open Doors programme.Organised each year by the Civic Trust for Wales, the scheme allows people…
Thursday night’s stormy weather saw part of a roof blow off a house in Crumlin and a tree crash down in Newbridge.South Wales Fire and Rescue Service were called to Crown Street…
Wayne David, the Labour MP for Caerphilly, has expressed “serious concern” about the announcement that care home firm Southern Cross will be broken up.Mr David has said he is urging Caerphilly County…
Newbridge-based electronics manufacturer Axiom Manufacturing Services has donated £15,000 worth of equipment to Coleg Morgannwg’s Technology Department at its Nantgarw campus. Mel Jones, curriculum area manager at Coleg Morgannwg said: “We’re extremely grateful…