RISCA Christmas Market and Lantern Parade took place at the weekend. The annual event is organised by Caerphilly County Borough Council and Risca West and East Community Events Group. The market and parade is always a popular festive occasion and took
PONTYWAUN village saw hundreds turn out for the switch on of the first set of Christmas lights in the area for a decade. After securing a 50-50 deal with Caerphilly Council, Pontywaun was fully lit up for the first time in ten years. Before the merger
THE organiser of a festival in Usk held over the weekend said he is sure this year’s was the best attended yet. The Usk Festival was visited by 5,000 people in 2013 but David Samson said he was sure numbers to the town were up on that total and that good
HUNDREDS turned out for the sixth annual Santa fun run through Monmouth today. Locals, dressed as Santa, reindeers, elves and Christmas trees, gathered at the Monnow Bridge in the town centre to complete a 2.1km (1.3 miles) dash for charity. The event
AN illegal tattooist has received a heavy fine after Caerphilly County Borough Council’s Environmental Health team discovered his illicit activities via social media. Stephen Stevens, aged 24, of Duke Street, Abertillery, appeared at Caerphilly
A FORMER curator of Newport museum and art gallery has slammed proposals by the city’s council that the service could move from its current base. Bob Trett, who lives in Caerleon, worked at the museum for 16 years from 1984. He said it was clear
PERHAPS it's the number of stories we've done about Second World War veterans this past week, but I can't help thinking how important our past is to our present and future. We reported on the death of Newport D Day veteran Frank James, who once
IT’S not surprising that Newport Gwent Dragons’ bonus point win in Bucharest went under the radar on another bumper weekend of European rugby.No eyebrows would have been raised when getting to the Challenge Cup, Pool Three encounter while glancing through
A CHEPSTOW man who admitted possessing more than 3,000 indecent images of children, some as young as six, has avoided jail. Lee Jones, aged 46, of Somerset Way, pleaded guilty to six counts of possession of indecent images of children at a Gwent
THE first line-up for a summer music festival that will be held in Chepstow next May has been announced.The Sunrise Celebration will be held for the second year running in Piercefield Park from May 21 until May 24. Kosheen’s Sian Evans, Sam and the Womp
THE National Assembly for Wales has been named the “Most Sustainable Public Sector Organisation in Government” in the Public Sector Sustainability Awards. The prestigious accolade was awarded to the Assembly by the Institute of Public Sector Estates
FOODBANKS in the Caerphilly county borough have received a helping hand this Christmas, thanks to generous donations from council staff.Staff from across Caerphilly County Borough Council took part in a ‘fashion for food’ day recently where they donated
