Bargoed, United Kingdom News

The first post offices to be awarded a share of a new A 4.5m fund to help sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses keep their businesses open have been announced.

Not all good ideas start with: "Why don't we cycle across Wales?" But the WRC-BRC cycle idea to raise money for charity by cycling from Holyhead to Cardiff did - and Mark Lewis was one of the organisers who planted the gem for the event, which has raised a fortune for Spinal Injuries Research and the Wales Air Ambulance this week.

It's a busy time for many of the participants of the WRC-BRC Cycle, and Gwyndaf Evans' co-driver Huw Lewis is one of them.

An event has been held to mark progress in the first phase of a 34m revamp of a south Wales valleys town.

YOUNGSTERS have been getting a glimpse of the stars as part of a new initiative.

THIS weekend Bargoed Carnival will be taking place on Heolddu Playing fields where there will be lots.

A NEW supermarket to the south of Blackwood would take trade away from the town centre, an inquiry heard yesterday.

A BARGOED man is the first person in Wales to win a car for using the DVLA's online service to tax vehicles.

AN inspirational headteacher has won a national award in recognition of his efforts to turn around a Valleys school.

FANCY some fish and stitch? These colourful, cuddly and, most importantly, non-calorific creations are the work of Bargoed-born champion knitter Kate Jenkins.

POLICE are appealing for help in finding Susan Porter, 58, who was last seen at her home in Heol Brecon, Bargoed, at 10pm on Monday.

An NHS Trust has been ordered to say sorry to relatives of a man who bled to death after a mistake during surgery.

Gwent Police is appealing for information to locate missing 17-year-old Shelbea Drucker.

The cost of the 3,419.25 bill for the work on his Westminster house was claimed under the additional cost allowance, which MPs can use to fund a second home.

BRITAIN'S Got Talent sensation Jamie Pugh has revealed how he nearly walked away from the show after a tabloid newspaper branded him a liar.

MAJOR regeneration schemes have earned Caerphilly county borough council three prestigious awards.

'My voice made a few laugh, but I shut my eyes and got on with it'Singer Greg Pritchard wows Britain's Got Talent with his unusual voice FORMER hotel worker turned Britain's Got Talent star Greg Pritchard has admitted he nearly gave up singing - because people laughed at his high voice.

LIKE any proud mum Lianne Williams wants to see her daughter on her first day of school.

AFTER four heart attacks and a quadruple heart bypass, Horace Eales was told he had just 10 years to live.

More than 350 new park and ride spaces along rail lines in south east Wales will be created in a 6m scheme.