Caerphilly, United Kingdom News

A CAERPHILLY care home worker is on course to pursue his dream of becoming a male model after reaching the final of Mister Wales.

WORK has started on a new cancer centre providing life-saving treatment. The 2.2m unit, based at Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil, is largely funded by the Macmillan cancer charity through local donations.

A DRIVER will appear at Crown court later this month over a crash in which a cyclist died.

A SOUTH Wales firefighter has told how finding a nest of chicks burnt alive led him to chase a fire-starting youth for three miles on foot.

TEENAGERS and students are bearing the brunt of swine flu in South Wales as the number of cases continues to grow.

The infection is related to travel and not to another case of swine flu in a healthcare worker at the same hospital.

ONE of Wales' top film-makers has been ordered to register as a sex offender for making indecent images of children.

A PENYRHEOL man has been jailed for three years after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of a 20-year-old man.

POLICE in Blackwood are using new bicycles and a helmet camera as their latest tool to tackle anti-social behaviour in the town.

GLAMOUR girl Meddy Ford is jetting out to America this week in a bid to pursue her ultimate dream - of appearing in Playboy.

A CWMBRAN firefighter who prevented a horrific rape was honoured with a police commendation.

A WOMAN has been treated in hospital in Wales for swine flu, as three more cases of the virus were confirmed today.

A WOMAN from Caerphilly is among three new cases of swine flu were confirmed in Wales today.

A BUSINESSMAN shot in front of his two-year-old son in a street attack in Central Asia has won an Appeal Court victory against his former employer.

The mother of a man stabbed to death in a row over a stolen motorbike has criticised a three-year jail sentence for his killer at Cardiff Crown Court.

THEY have been saving for their wedding for 18 months but a couple may now have to postpone their dream day - to rebuild their garden wall.

AN idle and drunk teenager who pointed an air rifle in the dark at a police officer has been sentenced to 18 months.

A GROUP of traders from the top of Caerphilly town say the streets where their shops are based, are neglected and are in need of investment.

CHILDREN in Caerphilly are ditching lifts from their parents and using walking buses to get to school instead.

THE SAFER Caerphilly Community Safety Partnership is looking to recruit volunteer "Community Crime Fighters" to help make the Caerphilly county borough an even safer place to live.