Archive for January, 2010
Caerphilly Miners’ community centre plan gathers pace
 | The campaign to transform Caerphilly District Miners’ Hospital into a community centre is gathering pace. The Caerphilly Miners Community Centre Management Committee, which was set up last year to try and keep the main building for the community, held its first event on Saturday. |
Plaid Cymru AMs question private treatment for NHS staff
Plaid Cymru AM Leanne Wood has written to Health Minister Edwina Hart after it was revealed that the NHS paid for treatment in the private sector for seven of its staff. |
85-year-old woman robbed in Bedwas home
Police are appealing for information after an 85-year-old woman was robbed in her own home. Two men, both aged about 18, broke into the elderly woman’s house on Pandy Road, in Bedwas, through an unsecured door between 7.30pm and 8pm on Saturday January 23. |
Community centre plan for Caerphilly Miners’ Hospital
 | Caerphilly District Miners’ Hospital could be bought and turned into a community centre. The Caerphilly Miners Community Centre Management Committee was set up last year with the aim of keeping the historic main building open for community use. |
Caerphilly residents swap motorbikes for bicycles
Residents have traded in their off-road motorbikes for bicycles as part of a police scheme. People in Bedwas, Graig-Y-Rhacca, Llanbradach and Lansbury Park areas of Caerphilly handed over 17 off-road vehicles such as motorised bikes, trikes and quads. |
Blackwood’s Big Balloon Festival cancelled
 | Blackwood’s annual Big Balloon Festival has been scrapped after poor weather ruined past events. A report to Caerphilly County Borough Council by its chief executive Stuart Rosser said that despite attracting thousands of people, the event had run its course and should be axed. |
Positives from Llanbradach community meeting
A public meeting held by concerned Llanbradach residents in the wake of a recent sex attack on an 11-year-old girl has calmed the fears of villagers. |
Second council warning over phone scam
Residents are being warned for the second time by Caerphilly County Borough Council not to give out their personal details over the phone because of a council tax scam. |
Christmas drink drive success for Gwent Police
 | Just 0.4% of drivers stopped through Gwent Police’s Christmas anti drink-drive tested positive for alcohol. In total 20,578 drivers in Gwent were stopped as part of the campaign, which ran from December 1 to January 1. |
Caerphilly firm offers free Fairtrade tea
A Caerphilly-based food and drink wholesalers is giving away a year’s supply of Fairtrade tea. TDL Food and Drink, based on the Pontygwindy Industrial Estate, supplies Fairtrade and ethical products to businesses across South Wales. |
Lindsay Whittle launches general election campaign
 | Lindsay Whittle, the leader of Caerphilly County Borough Council, has launched his latest bid to unseat Labour MP Wayne David as Caerphilly’s representative in Westminster. |
Caerphilly Council still clearing rubbish backlog
 | Extra council staff will be deployed for the rest of the week in a bid to clear the rubbish and recycling backlog brought on by last week’s heavy snow. |