Drug advice service for youngsters looking for new name
An advice service which helps youngsters having problems with drink and drugs is looking for a new name. Run by the charity Crime Reduction Initiatives, the CRI Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent Young Person’s Substance Misuse Service is calling on local youngsters to come up with new name and win an iPod shuffle. |
Blackwood Library Bookworms sing latest book review in bizarre YouTube video
 | Libraries are usually the place to be quiet, but for one reading group it was the perfect setting for a singsong book review. |
Number of police officers in Gwent falls by 31
The number of police officers in Gwent has fallen by 31 in one year, new figures reveal. Gwent Police, as of September 2011, has 1,477 officers, compared to 1,508 in September 2010. |
Breastfeeding support group awarded grant from Caerphilly Town Council
 | Caerphilly’s new breastfeeding support group ‘Full Circle’ has received a grant of £150 from Caerphilly Town Council. Jessica Starr, one of the mothers who set up the group said: “We are so pleased that the town council have awarded us this funding. |
Safer Caerphilly kicks off its Six Nations safety campaign
Police, trading standards and community safety wardens have begun a campaign to reduce alcohol related crime and disorder in town centres during the Six Nations. |
Bargoed cinema plans set to get go-ahead
Councillors are set to agree plans to fund a £5million cinema and retail development in Bargoed town centre. Members on Caerphilly County Borough Council’s cabinet will be recommended next Tuesday to agree to the authority building a cinema for lease to a national operator. |
Gelligaer’s Greenhill Primary School gets official opening
 | Gelligaer’s Greenhill Primary School has been officially opened by Education Minister Leighton Andrews and Caerphilly County Borough Mayor Vera Jenkins. |
Appeal for information following burglary in Brithdir
Gwent Police is appealing for information following a burglary at a property in Harcourt Terrace, Brithdir, New Tredegar, on Friday January 20. |
Workers strike at Crumlin’s Pot Noodle factory
Workers at the Pot Noodle factory in Crumlin have gone on strike over a pension dispute with employers Unilever. Members of the Unite union are taking part in the industrial action on Thursday in a series of 11 days of strike action at sites across the country. |
Caerphilly Council earns almost £4m through its investments
Caerphilly County Borough Council has made a profit of almost £4million on its investments – despite losing £1.5m in the collapse of the Icelandic banks. |
Caerphilly Business Forum blog: Ask not what Caerphilly can do for you; ask what you can do for Caerphilly
 | Earlier this week our neighbours in Newport were featured in a report on five cities that were primed for growth and five which were expected to struggle in the year ahead. |
Bedwas pub told to improve before it can reopen
A Bedwas pub that was shut down by police has been told to improve before it can reopen. Gwent Police was called to the White Hart Inn, in Church Street, on Saturday January 7 following an incident and made a closure order under the Licensing Act – meaning the pub had to shut immediately. |