Archive for April, 2010
Labour’s Wayne David launches general election campaign
 | Caerphilly MP Wayne David has today officially launched his campaign for re-election as the Labour candidate. Earlier today Prime Minister Gordon Brown called the election for May 6 and drove to Buckingham Palace to officially ask the Queen to dissolve Parliament. |
General election to be called for May 6
Prime Minister Gordon Brown is expected to call the general election for May 6, the BBC reports. Later today he is expected to go to Buckingham Palace to ask the Queen to dissolve Parliament. |
Ron Davies backs Plaid Cymru’s Lindsay Whittle in MP bid
 | Former Secretary of State for Wales Ron Davies today threw his support behind council leader Lindsay Whittle’s bid to become the next Caerphilly MP. Ron Davies, who was a elected as an Independent councillor in Caerphilly in 2008 and serves as a cabinet member in the Plaid-led council administration, said that Lindsay Whittle would make a superb advocate for Caerphilly as a Plaid MP. |
Seized criminal assets fund Aberbargoed project
Funding seized from criminal assets has been used to install railings in Aberbargoed to stop off-road bikers. Officers from the Bargoed Neighbourhood Policing Team secured £1,000 from the Community Cashback scheme. |
Wizard of Oz at Blackwood Miners’ Institute
Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber may still be looking for his Dorothy in BBC TV’s Over the Rainbow but one local theatre group has no such problem. |
British Transport Police urge youngsters to stay safe this Easter
Stay safe this Easter – that’s the message from the British Transport Police to children and youngsters in South Wales. |
ABBA, not Aber, in April Fools’ Day prank
 | A campaign group has reportedly been changing road signs of towns and villages beginning with Aber to read ABBA. A video posted on YouTube shows members of the group replacing the Abertridwr sign with ABBAtridwr. |
Lindsay Whittle hits campaign trail with former Plaid leader
 | Former Plaid Cymru leader Dafydd Wigley paid a whistle-stop visit to Caerphilly yesterday to support local general election candidate Lindsay Whittle. |
Nut-free bakery opens in Oakdale
 | A businessman whose two daughters suffer with severe nut allergies has opened a specialist nut-free bakery in Oakdale. Fed up with not being able to buy his two children birthday cakes with a guarantee of no nuts, former Avana Bakeries and Memory Lane Cakes managing director Mike Woods decided to set up The Just Love Food Company. Mr Woods said: “Since my children were diagnosed with severe nut allergies in 2001, I have struggled to find suitable food products on the market dedicated to nut allergy sufferers. |
Honeybee apiary planned for Trethomas
 | The Honeybee population in Caerphilly County Borough could be boosted after plans for a new apiary were unveiled. Caerphilly County Borough Council is to lease land near Trethomas to the Cardiff, Vale and Valleys Beekeeping Association for a new apiary The proposed nursery apiary will allow enthusiasts to learn all about beekeeping. |
Blackwood students’ success in national beauty therapist contest
 | Two Blackwood students have scooped top prizes at a national hairdressing competition. Coleg Gwent students Angie Reynolds, 17, and 18-year-old Becki Jenkins had success at the national finals of the Association of Hairdressers and Therapists (AHT) competition in Blackpool. |
Free swimming in Caerphilly County Borough this Easter
Youngsters in Caerphilly County Borough can take advantage of free swim sessions during the Easter break, including caneoing, snorkeling and water polo, in any of the council’s pools. |