Blaenau Gwent County, Wales News

THE council is warning local people to be on the lookout for a telephone scam offering them money back on their Council Tax.

A GRIEVING grandmother spoke of her family's loss yesterday after her 16-year-old granddaughter died from a heart attack.

TRADING Standards and Gwent Police have teamed up in a bid to make elderly residents feel more secure in their homes.

SANTA will be making a visit to Festival Park Shopping centre. He is due to arrive at 4.30pm on Thursday, November 12, with his new grotto taking pride of place amongst the festive lights and decorations.

THE Quins leapfrogged Cross Keys and moved up the table into 10th position after this comfortable win over struggling Ebbw Vale.

THROUGHOUT the winter months, members of Blaenau Gwent Council's waste and recycling team will be attending PACT meetings.

THE phenomenally successful anti-texting film Cow made its premiere on the small screen this week.

THE threat of closure hangs over four of our police stations after a secret document leaked onto the internet.

A DANGEROUS car that was sold has led to the prosecution of a man from Blaina. Andrew Sheehy, who sold vehicles at the roadside and on the internet has been reprimanded by Blaenau Gwent Council for breaching trading standards laws.

AN EBBW Vale man yesterday denied a string of sexual offences against three children aged under 16.

A HEALTHY eating project in Blaenau Gwent has been nominated for a national award.

AN ABERGAVENNY community group is holding a public meeting calling for The Hill College to be kept for education.

A CLAMPDOWN on the cars of Abertillery has many traders worried for the future of the town.

THE third in a series of successful Valleys Idol On Tour concerts is to be staged in Nantyglo next week.

Tony Blair's ascension to the position of President of the European Council has just dominated a Brussels press conference held by Gordon Brown and David Miliband.

MORE THAN 100 campaigners opposing the building of a mountainside wind farm in Blaenau Gwent say the fight to stop it is a oevery much still ona following an appeal by the developer.

HEAVY rain and flash flooding led to 13 people being rescued from homes and vehicles across Wales yesterday.

A body found in a river in south Wales has been identified as an 83-year-old woman, police have said.

A NEW reflective garden in Brynmawr is being hailed a success after attracting more than 800 visitors since its opening three months ago.

A SURVEY has revealed a worrying lack of awareness about NHS Direct among older people.