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Plenty on at the Miner's Institute

4:23pm Friday 3rd September 2010

THERE'S plenty to look forward to this autumn at Blackwood Miners' Institute.

Exhibition of wind power next week

9:27am Wednesday 1st September 2010

AN exhibition to share information about a wind energy investigation at Oakdale Business Park will be held in the village.

Palace Cinema refurbishment starts in a month

4:43pm Tuesday 31st August 2010

LONG-AWAITED development work on a Risca landmark, described as a "blot on the landscape," will start in a month.

More people leaving Gwent than moving in

12:30pm Monday 30th August 2010

THREE of the five Gwent councils saw more people leaving than moving to the area, according to new figures.

Get your walking boots on to aid vital research

Alysha Bunton with Christian Malcolm, left, and Jamie Baulch

5:45pm Friday 27th August 2010

ALYSHA Bunston, from Blackwood, is only ten but has already been through so much.

Clergy hits out at new burial limits

Vicar of Risca John Blackburn

12:23pm Friday 27th August 2010

BURIALS in Caerphilly borough are now limited to three a day - a move which will cause problems for grieving families, say funeral directors and the clergy.

Thousands of pounds of mobile phones stolen

5:19pm Thursday 26th August 2010

Gwent Police is appealing for information following a burglary where £5500 worth of mobile phones were stolen from a shop in Blackwood.

'Thanks to all at scene of accident'

9:37am Thursday 26th August 2010

AN ELDERLY couple is thanking the people who helped them after their car crashed into a wall in Risca two weeks ago.

Risca man donates musical history to Memo

10:23am Monday 23rd August 2010

A RISCA-born man donated a slice of his musical history to one of the venues he played in his heyday.

Thousands line streets for Blackwood carnival

Cefn Fforest Marching Jazz Band

12:55pm Monday 9th August 2010

THOUSANDS lined the streets of Blackwood to watch the annual local carnival on Saturday.









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