Caerphilly County, Wales News

A CHEPSTOW family was left devastated after an arson attack wreaked havoc on their home and destroyed nearly all their possessions.

A commemorative napkin celebrating the first ever Welsh rugby victory over the All Blacks in 1905 has been discovered by archivists packing to move home.

After supposedly being refused permission of march in Bristol, the closest to the West country the far-right group came was EDL's Welsh branch, the WDL, who made plans for marches in Swasea and Newport.

Everybody was in the pink... 9:10pm Sunday 1st November 2009 Comments Have your say PEOPLE across Gwent dressed in pink on Friday to raise money for breast cancer charities.

A MOTHER of two has been reunited with the waitress who saved her life after she began choking on a migraine pill.

GWENT Police is appealing for information to locate a missing man from the Caerphilly area.

POLICE have confirmed the man killed in a crash involving a car and an ambulance at Whippingham on Sunday is 53-year-old Robert Hammond, of Esplanade, Sandown.

TRIATHLETE Helen Jenkins has urged the Welsh Assembly Government to do more to prevent teenage girls from smoking.

A man has died and another person was seriously injured in a crash between a car and an ambulance on a 999 call on the Isle of Wight.

A giant tortoise which was taken from his purpose-built log cabin has been discovered safe and well.

A 43 year old man discovered deceased at an address in Hafod y Mynydd, Rhymney at approximately 3am on Saturday morning has been named as James Mark Hamley.

A PONTYPOOL man who put up a A 500 reward to find the "sick" person who bludgeoned a dog to death with a hammer has more than doubled his offer in a bid to bring someone to justice.

A CALDICOT man appeared in magistrates' court in connection with an alleged assault at Chepstow bus station.

Three cats have been shot in Newport within a mile of one another. The family pets were shot with an air pellet gun.

Come and celebrate Cadwa TMs 25th anniversary at Walesa TM largest Castle, Caerphilly Castle on Thursday 29 October 2009 .

PROPOSALS to slim down Newport council have emerged from the first stage of a major electoral review.

THE heartbroken mum of a 34-year-old who died in a motorbike accident has told the Echo she knew her son's bike would eventually kill him.

After six years of having their logo virtually the same, featuring "Boudreaux the Nutria," the New Orleans Zephyrs of the Pacific Coast League have significantly altered their appearance.

A VALLEYS man given a three year community order after admitting to downloading indecent images of children.

Two mining disasters at the same pit, which between them claimed the lives of more than 500 men and boys, are being remembered at a service.