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Elderly man hurt in Risca crash

9:46am Monday 9th August 2010

AN ELDERLY man suffered serious head injuries after his car collided with a wall and lamppost in Risca.

Records tell of Crumlin UFO encounters

2:12pm Friday 6th August 2010

IS THERE extra-terrestrial life out there? And if there is, did it visit Crumlin in 1998?

Risca vet is UK’s first to be bone specialist

9:50am Thursday 5th August 2010

A RISCA vet became the first in the UK to gain a specialist qualification in the study of human bones and joints.

Abercarn mine memorial at 'wrong site'

1:26pm Tuesday 3rd August 2010

ABERCARN residents are asking why they weren’t consulted on a memorial stone dedicated to the 268 victims of one of Gwent’s biggest mining disasters.

Pupil's designs to be used on buses

8:30am Sunday 1st August 2010

PUPILS at a Caerphilly school will have their artwork displayed on Stagecoach buses in South Wales.

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Pupils raise money for animals

8:30am Saturday 31st July 2010

A CAERPHILLY school has raised more than £250 for charity by doing a sponsored dog walk.

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Abercarn mines disaster memorial unveiled

5:33pm Friday 30th July 2010

IT IS nearly 132 years since one of Gwent’s biggest mining disasters, but a memorial stone was finally unveiled yesterday for the 268 colliers who lost their lives on "our September 11".

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Joy as Newbridge Memo saved with £2.9 million lotto cash

4:30pm Wednesday 28th July 2010

WORK to restore Newbridge's historic Memo and Institute could start in October this year after campaigners secured £2.9 million of Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) cash, it is announced yesterday.