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UK rankings show Gwent Police in good light

4:30pm Friday 12th March 2010

GWENT Police is holding its own among the Welsh forces, according new national rankings.

Blackwood ‘stute stages theatrical first

The cast of A Good Night Out in the Valleys

3:01pm Friday 12th March 2010

BLACKWOOD staged a theatrical coup last night, hosting the sell-out premiere of the first National Theatre Wales production.

Are you a business minded person with an interest in the arts?

4:30pm Thursday 11th March 2010

ARE you willing to give up some of your spare time to help develop Caerphilly Youth Theatre?

Labour to decide Islwyn candidate

12:57pm Thursday 11th March 2010

THE Labour candidate to contest the controversial Islwyn seat will be decided today.

Heads of the Valleys work to bring 200 jobs

9:00am Thursday 11th March 2010

THE next stage of transforming a Valleys road into a dual carriageway will begin in 2012 after a construction firm was awarded the £116 million contract, it was announced yesterday.

Safer route to school for pupils

4:20pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

PUPILS at a Caerphilly school will be able to get to school safer after a grant of £400,000 was obtained from the Welsh Assembly.

Over 100 protest to save Risca care home

Protestors at Caerphilly council office last night

1:15pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

MORE than 100 angry protestors gathered at Caerphilly council headquarters last night, demonstrating against the possible closure of a Risca care home.

Calls for bilingual Welsh juries rejected

10:37am Wednesday 10th March 2010

JUSTICE Secretary Jack Straw has rejected calls for bilingual juries in cases where much of the evidence was likely to be given in Welsh.

ISLWYN ROW: Councillor re-joins Labour

4:30pm Tuesday 9th March 2010

ONE of the Valleys councillors who resigned from Labour in protest about the Islwyn shortlist rejoined the party on Sunday.

Strike disrupts Gwent services

12:06pm Tuesday 9th March 2010

SERVICES across Gwent were disrupted yesterday as civil servants went on strike and problems are expected to continue today.










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