Caerphilly County, Wales News

A group of 12 qualified midwives and nurses from Botswana last year started a tailor-made, three-year course at the University of Glamorgan, funded by their government.

A RAPIST found guilty of carrying out two brutal attacks on the same woman was sentenced to six years in prison.

THREE people were taken to hospital after a collision in Risca yesterday, which left a road closed for three hours.

THE MAKERS of surprise Welsh hit film A Bit of Tom Jones say they are anxiously waiting for The Voice's seal of approval after a copy was flown specially to the star's US home.

THIS weekend why not soak up the festive atmosphere in Caerphilly town centre at the Medieval Christmas Fair.

A SPATE of more than 800 dog attacks in one Welsh police force area was last night branded "horrific" and "unacceptable". The shocking figure, released under the Freedom of Information Act, has led to calls for the laws on dog ownership to be tightened.

A CARE manager and GP convicted after the death of a Gwent dementia sufferer were cleared by the Court of Appeal yesterday.

IMPROVEMENTS to Monmouthshire homes are well under way with more than A 10 million of work carried out since the transfer of the housing stock.

THE FAMILY of a popular Ponthir landlady paid tribute to her after she died from a heart attack last week.

WOMEN living in Blaenau Gwent can expect to live up to five years less than women living in other parts of Wales.

Carwyn Jones and Peter Hain enjoy a joke by Rhodri Morgan [R] Welsh Labour's new leader says it would be difficult to have a "constructive relationship" with a future Tory UK government which cut public services.

PEOPLE in affluent areas of Wales can expect to live more than five years longer than those in the poorest regions - and the gap is growing, according to new figures.

THESE eye-catching aluminium angels were sculpted by an Abergavenny man for his churcha s Christmas flower festival.

A VALLEYS comedy filmed on a shoestring budget in Tredegar will get a red-carpet premiere in Londona s Leicester Square before it hits the big screens in England.

THEY'RE billed as the 100 places in Wales to see before you die. From the seaside splendour of Tenby and Mumbles to the rugged majesty of the Brecon Beacons and Gwydyr Forest, leading historian John Davies has compiled a list of the nation's must-see sights.

Today we have had some sort of justice, however we as a family will always suffer a life sentence Gary Middleton's family A man who punched and killed his girlfriend's father during a New Year row has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.

A BLACKWOOD town councillor has resigned amid claims Caerphilly council tried to censor him.

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CAERPHILLY insurance brokers Thomas Carroll has been awarded a Caerphilly Business Forum Award for its exceptional promotion of health and wellbeing activities among its team of 91 staff.

JAMESTOWN a ' The Robert H. Jackson Center is opening their doors to the community for a celebratory Holiday Open House on Friday, Dec.