Archive for 2011
Huge demand for Welsh medium education in Caerphilly County Borough
 | The demand for Welsh medium education is soaring, according to Caerphilly County Borough Council. Figures recently produced for Caerphilly County Borough Council, show that 700 additional children of primary school age will need to be educated through the medium of Welsh by 2016 and by around 1,000 pupils at secondary level by 2020. |
Welsh Assembly date for Bedwas-based Peter’s pasty campaign
 | A campaign by Bedwas-based Peter’s Food Service to get the corned beef pasty recognised as the national dish of Wales will hand in a 2,000 name petition to the Welsh Assembly. |
Blackwood sees increase in number of visitors
Blackwood has seen a 6% increase in visitors to the town centre compared to this time last year. |
Caerphilly’s Community Safety Wardens get on their bikes
 | Caerphilly County Borough Council’s team of ten community safety wardens have been given bikes to help them get around better. |
Riots: Metropolitan police planned to hold all suspects in custody
Exclusive: leaked strategy amounts to a blanket policy of mass imprisonments and could lead to legal challenge, say lawyers |
Teenager dies of suspected overdose
Four men and a woman arrested on drug-related charges after Serena Harding, 16, found unconscious in Stockport park |
Caerphilly Business Forum blog: We should be optimistic about the future
A glance at the news has been pretty depressing lately. In the last couple of weeks we’ve gone from riots and children looting to the desperate scramble for university places before the fees go up … it can only have left some people wondering what’s going on in the minds of young people in Britain. |
Residents urged to decorate their bikes ready for the Tour of Britain 2011
Residents are being encouraged to give their old bicycles a fanciful makeover to help welcome the Tour of Britain to Caerphilly County Borough next month. |
Libya: Cameron urges Gaddafi to give up fighting immediately
British PM says Gaddafi regime is in ‘full retreat’ but situation is ‘very fluid’ with ‘no room for complacency’ |
Two arrested over murder of 77-year-old woman
Judith Richardson’s body was found at her home in Hexham after her handbag was discovered 25 miles away in Newcastle |
Louise Mensch claims Anonymous and LulzSec threatened her children
Corby MP alleges hacking groups have warned her off using Twitter via email and says she has reported incident to the police |
Wales’ Rugby World Cup squad announced
Sam Warburton will lead Wales at the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand after Warren Gatland named the Cardiff Blues flanker as captain for rugby’s showpiece tournament. |
