Archive for 2010
New community allotment in Bargoed almost ready
Green-fingered Bargoed residents are to get a new community allotment. The Taraggan project will be officially launched on Monday May 24 after two years of planning and fundraising. The new allotment, next to Bargoed Community Centre, is the work of the local community who wanted an educational allotment space for… Continue Reading |
Cwmcarn baby can now be laid to rest
A baby boy found dead behind a local Spar shop can be laid to rest after a coroner formally released his body. The newborn baby was found wrapped in a towel in a carrier bag, which was hanging on a gatepost, behind the Spar in a lane off Newport Road,… Continue Reading |
Gwent Police appoints four new custody watchdogs
Gwent Police has appointed four new volunteer inspectors to check how people in custody are treated. The four will join an existing nine volunteers as part of Gwent Police Authority’s Independent Custody Visiting Scheme. The police authority and the force have said the scheme is vital in raising standards in… Continue Reading |
£280,000 boost for new Bargoed library
 | A scheme to turn a chapel into a library has been boosted by £280,000 worth of Welsh Assembly cash. Hanbury Road Baptist Chapel in Bargoed is to be transformed into a new library as part of the regeneration of the town. Caerphilly County Borough Council approved plans to turn the… Continue Reading |
Ty Darran care home may not close
A Risca care home faced with closure could be given a last minute reprieve after councillors voted to keep it open. Caerphilly County Borough Council’s health social care and wellbeing scrutiny committee went against the recommendation of a council report to close Ty Darran. Instead the committee voted to keep… Continue Reading |
New Zumba class at Blackwood Miners’ Institute
New Zumba fitness classes begin at the Blackwood Miners’ Institute on Wednesday April 14. The classes will run every Wednesday between 7.15pm and 8.15pm at a cost of £4 per session. The Zumba program fuses Latin rhythms and easy-to-follow moves to create a one-of-a-kind fitness program. The routines feature interval-training… Continue Reading |
New Mother and Toddler Dance Group
A new fun packed class for you and your toddler has started at Blackwood Miners’ Institute. The Mother and Toddler Dance Group takes place on Wednesdays between 2.30pm and 3.30pm and costs £2.50 per session. Watch your child grow with confidence as you explore lots of exciting dance rhythms. Contact… Continue Reading |
Hengoed ice cream man sold cigarettes to children
A Hengoed man and his boss have been fined a total of £1,130 by magistrates after they were caught selling cigarettes to children from their ice cream van. Mark Gabriel, of Hengoed, and his boss James Fisher, from Cardiff, were the subject of a trading standards investigation after complaints from… Continue Reading |
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