Archive for 2011
Wales’s James Hook inspires Six Nations win against Scotland
• Scotland 6-24 Wales |
Gwent Police rapped by watchdog after emailing 10,000 CRB checks to journalist
Gwent Police has been formally criticised by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after it accidentally emailed the details of 10,000 CRB checks to a journalist. |
Six Nations 2011: Warren Gatland looks for Welsh blue-sky thinking
Scotland are in a sunnier mood on the eve of their meeting with Wales at Murrayfield this weekend |
Renewed calls for M4 relief road after Newport fire
Renewed calls have been made for the M4 relief road to be built after a fire in the Brynglas Tunnels closed the motorway for three hours this morning. |
New ‘Living roof’ for Bargoed allotment building
 | A dilapidated allotment building has been given an eco-makeover thanks to a “living roof”. While clearing an area of wasteland ready for new allotment plots in Bargoed, council workers came across a the rundown building among the overgrowth. |
Labour MEP urges UK Government to think again on Remploy redundancies
A Welsh Euro MP has written to the UK coalition Government urging it to reconsider staff redundancies at several Remploy factories. |
National award for Caerphilly Council team
A team of council workers who help vulnerable residents by arranging support has won a national award for its work. |
Former Woolworths, Bargoed, to re-open as Original Factory Shop
 | The old Woolworths building in Bargoed is to be re-opened by The Original Factory Shop. The national retailer has signed a lease for the building which is currently being re-fitted. |
Gate plan to tackle antisocial behaviour in Blackwood
Plans to stop antisocial behaviour in Blackwood by ‘gating off’ a lane have moved forward. Caerphilly County Borough Council’s cabinet has agreed to support the proposed ‘gating order’ for the lane at the rear of numbers 37 to 73 Chartist Way, Blackwood. |
Plane crashes at Cork airport
Six people confirmed killed after commuter plane from Belfast crashes on third attempt to land in fog |
Lord Oakeshott attacks David Cameron over ‘soft’ bank deal
Peer who has quit Lib Dem front bench says banks have negotiated ‘soft deal’ that does not match commitment laid out in coalition agreement |
Guinness group Diageo misses profit forecasts
Shares in group behind Johnnie Walker and Blossom Hill fall as first-half results disappoint City |
