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Soaring demand puts strain on Gwent hospitals
10:13am Tuesday 9th March 2010
LARGE increases in demand for orthopaedic and other acute hospital services in Gwent is creating gaps in capacity and increasing costs for meeting waiting times targets.
ISLWYN ROW: 'I'm backing Labour' - shortlist hopeful
4:30pm Monday 8th March 2010
ONE of the Islwyn men who did not make the shortlist to fight for the seat is sticking with the Labour Party and backing a London-based candidate.
Risca bridge won't be named after councillor
12:20pm Monday 8th March 2010
A PROPOSED footbridge in Risca will not be named after a former councillor who served the town for 45 years before his death in 2008.
Students show they have the X-factor
9:32am Monday 8th March 2010
STUDENTS at Coleg Gwent showed they had the X factor by constructing an entire set for a project.
Money raised for Haiti
8:40am Sunday 7th March 2010
SCHOOLS and other organisations in Caerphilly have been raising money for the victims of Haiti doing various events for the cause.
Man fined for health and safety offences
2:03pm Friday 5th March 2010
A BUSINESS man from Cefn Fforest has been ordered to pay £14,000 prosecution costs and was given a two-year conditional discharge for health and safety offences at work.
Islwyn Labour shortlist row continues
10:08am Thursday 4th March 2010
LABOUR Party members in Islwyn remained shocked yesterday by the resignation of four councillors from the party, with cracks beginning to show as some grassroots members begin to follow suit.
Council tax to rise by nearly three percent
4:30pm Wednesday 3rd March 2010
CAERPHILLY borough can expect a 2.9 percent council tax rise for the coming year, after it was passed at a full council meeting last week.
Valleys men awarded after saving crash cyclist
9:23am Wednesday 3rd March 2010
THREE Valleys men are to be rewarded for helping to save the life of a cyclist who went under the wheels of a truck in a horrific crash.
Viewers have one day to digital switch over
4:20pm Tuesday 2nd March 2010
GWENT homeowners will need to retune their televisions as the digital switch over comes to South East Wales tomorrow.
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