Archive for April, 2010
Election battle heats up as Caerphilly’s Labour and Plaid candidates clash
Wayne David, Caerphilly’s Labour candidate for the general election, has crossed swords with Plaid Cymru rival Lindsay Whittle over council spending cuts. |
Blackwood students win BBC Question Time chance
 | Two politics students from Blackwood are to produce an episode of BBC TV’s Question Time after impressing corporation bosses in a competition. |
Crosskeys clean up launches Caerphilly StreetPride
 | Caerphilly County Borough Council has launched a new initiative to encourage people to take pride in the state of their streets. |
Blackwood man stole £70,000 from parking meters
A Blackwood man who stole £70,000 from parking machines he was employed to fix has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years. |
Investigation into Gwent Police personal details leak
UPDATE: Gwent Police rapped by watchdog after emailing 10,000 CRB checks to journalist Gwent Police has launched an internal investigation after the personal details of more than 10,000 people were accidentally sent to a journalist. |
Ystrad Mynach College’s new teaching block complete
Initial work on Ystrad Mynach College’s new £5 million building has been completed. The main shell of the building has been completed and work will now start on fitting the block out ready for students this September. |
Principality Building Society backing Macmillan Cancer
 | Principality Building Society staff from Caerphilly have teamed up with Macmillan Cancer Support to raise tens of thousands of pounds for people affected by cancer in Wales. |
Man jailed for rape of Llanbradach girl, 11
 | A 19-year-old paedophile has been jailed indefinitely after he admitted raping an 11-year-old girl. Joseph Rees, of Llantwit Fardre, Pontypridd, attacked the girl in Llanbradach Park, near the library, on Monday January 4 this year. |
Caerphilly’s Got Talent 2010 audition dates
 | Inspired by the ITV hit TV show Britain’s Got Talent, Caerphilly’s Got Talent is the biggest talent search to be staged in Caerphilly County Borough. |
Plaid’s Ieuan Wyn Jones & Lindsay Whittle call for “fairer” business rates
 | Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones has been campaigning alongside Caerphilly candidate Lindsay Whittle in the town. The pair have called for the current business rates system to be scrapped and replaced by a system of taxation based on profit. |
Elderly woman falls victim to distraction burglary in Nelson
Gwent Police is appealing for information after an elderly lady was the victim of a distraction burglary in Nelson. On Tuesday April 13 a man claiming to need change of a £20 note called on the door of the pensioner’s home on Llwyn Yr Eos, part of the Maes Mabon estate. |
Crosskeys man supported by Caerphilly Council to set up business
A Crosskeys man has realised a burning ambition to set up his own business after being made redundant. Gareth Larcombe, a family man living in Pontywaun, used his redundancy money to retrain as a heating engineer and decided to specialise in installing and repairing eco-friendly log burners. |