Building work on a £330,000 drive-through McDonald’s restaurant in Newbridge has begun. Contractors Opco started the 12-week build last week with the restaurant due to open before Christmas.Twenty full and part-time jobs…
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Newbridge pub prosecuted for underage alcohol sale
A Newbridge pub owner has been fined £400 for selling alcohol to two underage girls.Kim Walker, who owns the Newbridge Hotel, High Street, Newbridge, was prosecuted after the sale of two bottles…
Newbridge man banned from Blackwood shops over drunken behaviour
A Newbridge man has been banned from every shop on Blackwood High Street because of his drunken behaviour.Rodney Glen Peplar, 47, of Bryngwyn Cottages, Newbridge, was handed a two-year Criminal Antisocial Behaviour…
Newbridge open for business says Caerphilly County Borough Council
Newbridge is very much open for business while regeneration work is taking place, Caerphilly County Borough Council has said.Work has already been completed at lower High Street and Victoria Terrace while the…
Risca PACT meetings announced
The next round of Partnerships and Communities Together (PACT) meetings for the Risca area are to be held over the coming weeks.Residents are invited to attend the public meetings to find out…
Four community projects to share almost £750,000 grant money
Four community projects in Caerphilly County Borough are to share almost £750,000 in grant funding from the Welsh Government’s Community Facilities and Activities Programme (CFAP).The funding is part of a larger £5.7…
Trading Standards warn of Microsoft phone scam
Trading Standards has issued a warning to residents to be on their guard against phone scammers after a Newbridge woman was targeted.Nicola Taylor was contacted by someone claiming to be from Microsoft…
Improved bus service for Newbridge
Bus company Stagecoach has announced changes to its services between Newbridge and Blackwood.
From January 23, passengers from Pantside, Newbridge, will be able to travel through to Blackwood without changing buses.
Stagecoach is combining Routes 5 and N1 into a new service operating between Blackwood, Oakdale, Croespenmaen, Crumlin, Newbridge and Pantside.
Newbridge’s £11.9 million regeneration set to begin
The £11.9 million regeneration programme of Newbridge town is set to begin.Work is due to begin in late January on the EU-backed scheme aimed at making Newbridge a more attractive place for…
Fundraising campaign hits £17K for Newbridge boy’s operation to walk
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.