2008
28 November 2008
Grants of up to £1,000 are available from Blaenau Gwent Council for local people who want to develop sport and physical activities in their communities.
28 November 2008
For those of you who like your workouts early, Ebbw Vale Sports Centre will be open at 6.30am in the New Year.
21 November 2008
A new card that tells people who to call if they suspect a child is in danger has been launched in Blaenau Gwent Council’s pioneering child-safety campaign.
18 November 2008
Student Rhys Deacon’s artwork will soon welcome people to the town of Abertillery after he won a Blaenau Gwent Council competition to design a new logo.
24 November 2008
School improvement measures are being introduced at Briery Hill Primary School in Ebbw Vale as a result of an Estyn inspection report published today (Monday 24 November 2008).
20 November 2008
No! It’s not the world’s second pregnant man - it’s Cllr Jason Owen showing his support for an initiative promoting the importance of sexual health to teenagers in Blaenau Gwent.
17 November 2008
Blaenau Gwent Council’s Trading Standards team are warning shoppers not to get caught out this Christmas.
14 November 2008
Restoration work at Bedwellty House and Park will start early in 2009 – and Blaenau Gwent Council will be appointing the technical team for the £5.55 million project very soon.
14 November 2008
Council tenants in Blaenau Gwent are invited to two show homes to see what improvements transfer to a new, independent not-for-profit housing organisation, Tai Calon Community Housing, would deliver for them.
17 November 2008
Seventeen-year-old Laura Beaton is Blaenau Gwent’s new Youth Mayor after being elected by the Talk it Up youth forum.
14 November 2008
The fitness room at Tredegar Sports Centre reopened to the public.
10 November 2008
School choirs and a Samba band will entertain the crowds at this year’s switching on of the Christmas lights in Ebbw Vale.
07 November 2008
Leanne Connor has been appointed Business Manager at The Works: Ebbw Vale where one of her key responsibilities will be working with local companies to help them win new business.
10 November 2008
Blaenau Gwent Council’s library in Tredegar is to unveil a new look to the public this week (Friday 14 November 2008) after a £100,000 refurbishment.
14 November 2008
Almost £2 million is to be ploughed into projects to regenerate Blaenau Gwent - thanks to partnership working between Blaenau Gwent Council and the Heads of the Valleys Programme.
06 November 2008
Blaenau Gwent Council’s vow to fight doorstep crime and cold callers has paid off after a 96-year-old Abertillery man was stopped from forking out over £300 for an hour’s gardening work.
05 November 2008
Have you wondered how locations for new housing development, employment sites and other projects are chosen in Blaenau Gwent?
07 November 2008
Get under starter’s orders for the next big event in the Mayor of Blaenau Gwent’s charity appeal – a race night in Ebbw Vale.
07 November 2008
An Abertillery teenager has turned his life around thanks to the Blaenau Gwent and Caerphilly Youth Offending Service (YOS).
04 November 2008
Some children in Blaenau Gwent need a family and a home – can you help? Have you considered adoption?
31 October 2008
A series of parades and services have been organised in Blaenau Gwent to mark Remembrance Sunday (November 9).
30 October 2008
A new Parenting Strategy for Blaenau Gwent – put together with the help of local families – has been launched.
31 October 2008
Construction is due to start on the first high quality Extra Care housing development for some of Blaenau Gwent’s older citizens.
30 October 2008
Blaenau Gwent Council is to consider plans for a four-turbine windfarm on the Mynnyd James mountain above Blaina and Cwmtillery.
28 October 2008
Be safe this Bonfire Night – that’s the message from Blaenau Gwent Council’s Trading Standards team.
27 October 2008
Volunteers to help organise the National Eisteddfod of Wales – to be held in Blaenau Gwent in 2010 – packed a public meeting to meet Eisteddfod officers.
24 October 2008
Blaenau Gwent Council’s Trading Standards officers have used enforcement powers for the first time against a business after 30 complaints from customers in 11 months.
20 October 2008
Selling fake clothing on a stall at Ebbw Vale market has landed a trader with a £4,000 fine.
16 October 2008
Cardiff City football coaches will be in Blaenau Gwent to join local youngsters for an exciting five-a-side football tournament during half-term.
20 October 2008
A successful project to help disadvantaged parents in Blaenau Gwent back into work has secured European funding - £35 million has been awarded across Wales.
15 October 2008
Do you fancy reviewing and discussing books you have read with other keen readers?
10 October 2008
Blaenau Gwent Council is ‘raising the aspirations’ of the borough’s children and young people with the launch of a new action plan.
15 October 2008
Blaenau Gwent’s green heroes have been honoured at this year’s Environmental Awards – with a special recognition prize going to a litter-picking dog and its recycling owner.
30 October 2008
Planning Committee Meeting - Thursday, 6th November, 2008 at 2.00 p.m.
24 October 2008
HRH the Prince of Wales visited Blaenau Gwent to travel on the successful Ebbw Valley Railway and see the latest progress on our groundbreaking regeneration projects. Here are the details.
22 October 2008
Young people in Blaenau Gwent have shown their support for local democracy – using the Internet to fire off hundreds of questions to six county borough councillors in an online poll.
20 October 2008
PUBLIC MEETING 6pm Wednesday 22 October 2008 Ebbw Vale Leisure Centre
17 October 2008
The big final of ‘I’m a Councillor Get Me Out Of Here’ is a showdown between Cllr Jenny Morgan and Cllr Den Hughes as Cllr Mark Edwards became the fourth councillor voted out.
16 October 2008
Still in the running for the ‘I’m a Councillor Get Me Out Of Here’ final is Councillors Jen Morgan, Den Hughes and Mark Edwards as Cllr Stephen Bard became the third councillor voted out.
09 October 2008
The Market Hall Cinema and Library in Brynmawr is open for business as usual during its £220,000 refurbishment.
08 October 2008
Ebbw Vale Library celebrates its 50th year of being based in its town centre location this month.
07 October 2008
Blaenau Gwent and Merthyr Tydfil councils have joined forces to help people claim housing and council tax benefits they may be missing out on.
15 October 2008
Hot on the heels of Cllr John Williams, Cllr John Rogers is the second councillor to be ‘evicted’ in Blaenau Gwent’s ‘I’m a Councillor Get Me Out of Here!”
14 October 2008
The first councillor has been ‘evicted’ in Blaenau Gwent’s “I’m a Councillor Get Me Out of Here!”
06 October 2008
Calling all ladies - why not cheer yourself up with a free pamper session at Abertillery Library this month?
10 October 2008
Bedwellty House and Park will be restored to its former glory thanks to funding of over £5million.
08 October 2008
Briery Hill and Pontygof school choirs entertained the audience at the Older People’s Day in Ebbw Vale.
03 October 2008
Free swimming and jet ski sessions will be keeping youngsters in Blaenau Gwent busy this October half-term.
06 October 2008
One of Brynmawr’s most loved buildings, the Market Hall Cinema, is having a £220,000 makeover.
03 October 2008
Author Roger Granelli will be reading extracts from his latest novel ‘Risk’ at Ebbw Vale Library next week.
02 October 2008
A series of open road cycling sessions are being held at Parc Bryn Bach in Tredegar over the next couple of months.
02 October 2008
Brave Blaenau Gwent councillors got to grips with a few slippery customers at the launch of this year’s ‘I’m a Councillor – Get me out of Here’.
Keen golfers clubbed together to raise thousands at the annual Blaenau Gwent Mayor’s golf tournament.
19 September 2008
Blaenau Gwent Council’s town centre managers want your views about the town centres and how they could be improved at a series of drop-in sessions.
22 September 2008
Blaenau Gwent school pupils travelled to Germany for the 18th annual international youth camp.
22 September 2008
Blaenau Gwent Council’s third ‘I’m a Councillor – Get me out of Here’ event will be launched at Blaentillery Primary School on Thursday 2 October 2008 – with a few shocks in store for the six brave volunteer councillors.
17 September 2008
Tenants and residents of Newtown are celebrating after the Heads of the Valleys programme has thrown a lifeline to allow a community centre to be built in the area.
11 September 2008
A recruitment drive has begun to find people who can play a key role in shaping the future of affordable housing in Blaenau Gwent.
15 September 2008
Post Offices in Blaenau Gwent are the first in Wales to offer customers the opportunity to use touch screens to take part in a local authority consultation about their area.
11 September 2008
Volunteers at a charity shop in Abertillery have brought the sun to town with their summer’s day window display – winning a prize sponsored by Blaenau Gwent Council for their efforts.
29 August 2008
Blaenau Gwent Council is backing the Gwent Gazette’s campaign to highlight the problems of child deprivation and poverty.
09 September 2008
More than 40% of licensed premises checked in a test purchase operation in Blaenau Gwent sold alcohol to an underage teenager.
10 September 2008
Step back in time at a special heritage day at St Illtyd’s Church in Brynithel this month.
04 September 2008
Six new Police Community Support Officers have taken to the streets thanks to joint working between Blaenau Gwent Council and Gwent Police.
02 September 2008
It’s not just books and recordings being checked out at libraries in Blaenau Gwent - local people can take advantage of a free health check-up at the same time.
21 August 2008
The hard work of GCSE students across Blaenau Gwent has paid off as nearly half achieve five or more A* to C grades.
26 August 2008
Heritage Officer Frank Olding is to lead a series of walks highlighting the history of Blaenau Gwent as part of next month’s (September 2008) Wales Valleys Walking Festival.
29 August 2008
Blaenau Gwent is opening the doors to its heritage once again as it’s most popular icon, Tredegar Town Clock, joins in with the celebrations of European Heritage Days.
28 September 2008
Abertillery is to host a three-day continental market from Thursday 4 September until Saturday September 6.
21 August 2008
Three members of ‘Talk it Up’ - Blaenau Gwent’s Youth Forum - are travelling to China to develop their skills as young advocates.
18 August 2008
Youngsters Rhiannon Holpins and Sarah Rose are celebrating after their artwork was chosen to feature in Blaenau Gwent Council’s summer playscheme brochure.
15 August 2008
The annual Lap the lake fun run at Parc Bryn Bach, Tredegar, is on track to become an even bigger success as it combines with a new 10k race.
14 August 2008
Students across Blaenau Gwent are celebrating the county borough’s best ever A-Level results.
13 August 2008
Work on the Foundry Bridge is due for completion early in the New Year with efforts being made to open for pedestrians before Christmas.
11 August 2008
Blaenau Gwent Council is searching for young sports stars to raise the 2012 Olympics flag at the close of the Beijing Olympic Games.
26 August 2008
Athletes carried an Olympic Handover Flag across the three valleys of Blaenau Gwent today (Sunday, 24 August 2008) to celebrate the moment when London and the UK became the host for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
22 August 2008
Refuse and recycling collections in Blaenau Gwent are rescheduled due to the August bank holiday. Council contact hours are also amended. Here are the details.
14 August 2008
Over 100 children and young people joined four leisure centre teams for the exciting final of Blaenau Gwent Council’s Olympics sports challenge.
07 August 2008
Tredegar Library will be undergoing a refurbishment over the next two months., closing on Wednesday 13th August and expected to reopen late October.
13 August 2008
A continental market comes first to Ebbw Vale and then to Tredegar this week.
11 August 2008
An exciting day out for all the family is on offer at Silent Valley Nature Reserve’s annual open day this weekend.
04 August 2008
Would-be entrepreneurs and business start-ups are set to benefit from the opening of a business pre-incubation unit in the Heads of the Valleys.
01 August 2008
Give your sporting heroes the opportunity to be recognised for their hard work by nominating them for Blaenau Gwent Council’s annual Sports Personality of the Year Awards.
29 July 2008
The Mayor of Blaenau Gwent’s first major fundraising event for her annual appeal is a golf tournament at Nantyglo.
24 July 2008
A popular BMX and mountain bike track has established itself as a key destination for biking fanatics across the UK after extending and improving its impressive facilities for users and spectators of the sport.
31 July 2008
Green fingered school pupils, businesses and gardening enthusiasts are celebrating success in the 2008 Blaenau Gwent in Bloom competition.
30 July 2008
Firstly Ebbw Vale, everyone who lives in, works in or visits Ebbw Vale knows that improvement works are taking place in the town centre. How is it going? Well, the contractors are now nearing the end of their 20 week programme. We are hopeful that works will be completed later this month – on schedule.
07 August 2008
Blaenau Gwent is to host the National Eisteddfod of Wales in 2010 - thanks to a partnership agreement between the National Eisteddfod, the Welsh Assembly Government and Blaenau Gwent Council.
24 July 2008
Do you know someone who is working hard for the environment and their communities in Blaenau Gwent?
23 July 2008
Young people are being given the opportunity to enjoy rollerblading and skating fun every Saturday afternoon throughout the summer holidays in Ebbw Vale Sports Centre
23 July 2008
CCTV evidence helped convict a man of illegally buying cider for two 16-year-old girls.
21 July 2008
Parc Bryn Bach has once again been chosen to host the standard distance event of the Corus Elite Series, which will see top triathletes from across the world descend on the Welsh Valleys on Saturday 26 July.
01 August 2008
A scheme is to be launched to reduce the effects of a demographic time bomb in the Heads of the Valleys area of Wales. The partnership between royal charity Prime Cymru and Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council is the first of its kind in the area but it’s hoped other local authorities will follow suit and join the project, which is intended to be rolled out Wales-wide.
23 July 2008
CCTV evidence helped convict a man of illegally buying cider for two 16-year-old girls.
21 July 2008
The health suite at Ebbw Vale Sports Centre is closing for the next five weeks for refurbishment. Work starts on Monday 4 August 2008.
22 July 2008
Free activities – from arts and craft to crazy sports, water slides to giant bubbles – come and celebrate Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council’s third annual National Play Day.
10 July 2008
Healthy eating and balanced diets are on the menu at a new training kitchen for young people in Blaenau Gwent.
24 July 2008
Blaenau Gwent Council’s new town centre warden Justin Benger is on a crusade to stop people dropping rubbish.
28 July 2008
Teams from Denmark, Belgium and Holland will set this year's 28th RIS Junior Tour of Wales cycle race alight over August Bank Holiday when it returns to Blaenau Gwent and the roads of South and Mid Wales.
17 July 2008
Artwork – inspired by the iron casting process – has been unveiled in Ebbw Vale by Blaenau Gwent mayor, Cllr Jenny Morgan.
17 July 2008
Renowned Industrial Archaeologist John van Laun is launching ‘The Industrial Archaeology of Blaenau Gwent’ – an authoritative guide to the industrial history of Blaenau Gwent.
14 July 2008
Monday 21st July – Friday 22nd August 2008 Come rain or shine, play workers will be on site at various locations based within local communities. Suitable for 5 – 14 years.
21 July 2008
Three cholera outbreaks swept through South Wales in the nineteenth century killing thousands – today (Tuesday 22 July 2008) an ecumenical service to remember those cholera victims was held at the Cefn Golau Cholera Cemetery in Tredegar.
22 July 2008
Parc Bryn Bach has once again been chosen to host the standard distance event of the Corus Elite Series, which will see top triathletes from across the world descend on the Welsh Valleys on Saturday 26 July.
30 May 2008
Safer Blaenau Gwent and local volunteers are launching a project to encourage young people to spend their spare time fishing. It may be the first project of its kind in Wales.
21 July 2008
The well-loved tales from the riverbank of Ratty, Toad, Mole and friends are brought to life by Gwent Young People’s Theatre in a spectacular open-air production of The Wind in the Willows at Abergavenny Castle.
09 July 2008
This year’s Abertillery 10K Run attracted a strong field of athletes who took advantage of good running conditions to produce some exceptional times – the event is growing in popularity with more entries and a great new junior race.
18 July 2008
The Abertillery Blues Festival is back this weekend - bringing top quality live music to Blaenau Gwent with award winning international musician Robert Cray topping the bill.
09 July 2008
Blaenau Gwent SNAP! – the top photography and biodiversity competition – is back.
04 July 2008
The best of Blaenau Gwent’s school athletes in Blaenau Gwent will go head to head in an exciting county borough sports event next Wednesday (9 July 2008).
01 July 2008
Blaenau Gwent sports centres Summer Playscheme for children aged eight to 12 will be bigger and better this year – with four weeks of fun-packed activities and sports events to celebrate the Olympic games.
14 July 2008
All buildings will be closed to members of the public on 16/17 July 2008 including:
26 June 2008
Ystruth Primary School, Blaina is now a two times Green Flag winner – and pupils have also won first prize in a Keep Wales Tidy recycling competition.
08 July 2008
Health Minister Edwina Hart will today [Tuesday, 8 July] launch a Time Capsule for the Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan hospital in Blaenau Gwent to coincide with the NHS 60th anniversary celebrations.
02 July 2008
Blaenau Gwent’s Youth Forum ‘Talk It Up’ travelled to Brussels in a bid to learn about the work of the European Parliament.
26 June 2008
Blaenau Gwent Big Toddle is part of the huge UK sponsored walk event organised by Barnardo’s. The Toddle will be held at Festival Park, Victoria, Ebbw Vale, on Friday 11 July 2008.
27 June 2008
This summer there will be a big splash for children and young people with free swimming at Blaenau Gwent Council’s sports centre pools in Abertillery, Ebbw Vale, Nantyglo and Tredegar.
26 June 2008
Wales is the first Fairtrade country – and the flag to celebrate its newly won status is here in Blaenau Gwent to raise the profile of the county borough’s Fairtrade campaign.
25 June 2008
Community leaders in Six Bells today (Wednesday, June 25, 2008) host a special celebration of regeneration projects in the village.
20 June 2008
Local business is backing Abertillery’s town festival
24 June 2008
Thousands of visitors went wild as Parc Bryn Bach, Tredegar hosted the biggest biodiversity event in south Wales this year.
16 June 2008
Cllr Des Hillman, Leader of Blaenau Gwent Council, said:
19 June 2008
Children with diabetes, most of them from Blaenau Gwent, took up the challenge of rock climbing, canoeing, gorge-walking and orienteering as part of National Outdoor Adventure Week.
11 June 2008
Everyone who works, lives in or visits Ebbw Vale knows that improvement works are taking place in the town centre. How is it going? Well, the contractors have now been on site for 11 weeks so they are just over half way through the 20 week programme. Work is progressing very well and the contractors are on schedule.
16 June 2008
A dramatic stage in the greening of the former Ebbw Vale steelworks site started this week when high pressure hydro-cannons were used to blast grass seed onto soil that is being ‘manufactured’ on site and then spread over the valley slopes.
13 June 2008
Parc Bryn Bach is fast developing as a major centre for BMX bike riding – a new pump track for beginners to the fast moving two-wheel Olympic sport has opened alongside the park’s national standard circuit.
12 June 2008
The starting gun will go for Abertillery’s popular annual 10k run at 10am on Sunday 29 June 2008.
03 June 2008
Businesses in the Heads of the Valleys are building up trade on their web sites – boosted by expert advice from breakfast networking.
19 June 2008
High quality, handmade craft comes to Tredegar today (Friday 20 June 2008: 10:00am – 2:00pm) as the town plays host to a Craft Market.
27 June 2008
A school uniform grant of £100 is available for children from Blaenau Gwent who are moving up to comprehensive schools in September.
03 June 2008
A massive crane operation vital to dismantling the 60-year-old Foundry Bridge at Abertillery has been successfully completed in just six days.
03 June 2008
Parc Bryn Bach is set to host this years Go Wild – a free, fun for all the family, event – on Saturday 14 June from 11am with special guests, television celebrity otters, Belinda and Bertie.
22 May 2008
Appointments made at Councils Annual Meeting which took place 22nd May 2008.
04 April 2008
Hayley Regan of Blaina is the ultimate winner of the exciting competition organised by Valleys Radio and Blaenau Gwent Council in partnership with Health Challenge Wales.
27 May 2008
A series of play events for children are being held across Blaenau Gwent to celebrate National Childcare Week – and the success of local child care organisations who can now provide places for 1,000 children.
27 May 2008
Abertillery’s new Metropole Cultural and Conference Centre has been voted the winner of the best community benefit development project in Wales at the RICS Awards this month.
28 May 2008
The final station on the new Ebbw Valley railway line opens to the public next week.
29 May 2008
Blaenau Gwent Council has welcomed the Welsh Assembly Government go-ahead for the new £53.7 million hospital at Ebbw Vale.
02 June 2008
Parc Bryn Bach’s second Aquathlon took place on Thursday 29th May drawing a greater number of athletes and kinder weather than that of the first event in April.
05 June 2008
A series of three walks planned for the end of June will take a look into Blaenau Gwent’s rich heritage ahead of the Valleys Walking Festival in September.
05 June 2008
Healthier, happier and two-stones lighter – Nicola Woodyatt’s life has been completely turned around with the help of Blaenau Gwent’s very own Active Living Scheme.
23 May 2008
Blaenau Gwent Council has tripled the number of local childcare places in just five years – and the county borough has achieved 1,000 registered childcare places for the first time.
23 May 2008
Briery Hill Primary School is the first school in Blaenau Gwent to offer a full package of wraparound care to pupils and parents.
23 May 2008
Temporary traffic diversions will be in operation in Abertillery town centre this week when a large crane is set up to lift beams as part of the dismantling of the old Foundry Bridge. Work is expected to continue for five days to Sunday 1 June 2008.
29 May 2008
This week, following my update on Abertillery last time, I’m focusing on news from Brynmawr and Blaina.
16 May 2008
Blaenau Gwent’s newest day nursery is Wiggly Giggly’s – it opened at Ebenezer Chapel, Pontygof, Ebbw Vale last Monday (19 May 2008).
16 May 2008
Blaenau Gwent Council has commissioned contractors Siemens to install traffic lights to improve road safety at Chapel Road in Six Bells.
14 May 2008
After focusing on Ebbw Vale last time, this week I am updating you on Tredegar Town Centre and what’s going on in the town centre this summer.
27 May 2008
Abertillery Blues Festival – now in its fourth year and fast growing to become one of Wales’s major music events – is looking for volunteers to steward at its 2008 events.
09 May 2008
Children and young people from across Blaenau Gwent were honoured in the 10th annual Celebration of Achievement evening recognising their success in a variety of extra-curricular activities.
09 May 2008
Children from Roseheyworth School celebrated the season of new growth and welcomed the summer ahead as they enjoyed their ancestors’ May Day tradition of the dressing of the Maypole at an event held outside Abertillery’s Metropole.
09 May 2008
The biggest learning festival ever held in Blaenau Gwent begins this weekend – as organisations and community groups from across the county borough once again take up the challenge of Adult Learners’ Week (Saturday 17 May – Saturday 24 May 2008).
09 May 2008
The Blaenau Gwent launch of Foster Care Fortnight 2008 – the national campaign to raise awareness of fostering and to recruit more foster carers - will be celebrated with face painting and fun activities at the Little Acorns Nursery in Rassau, Ebbw Vale.
07 May 2008
Parc Bryn Bach – now established as one of Wales’s top venues – will host an Olympic distance triathlon on Sunday 22 June 2008 as part of the Welsh National Triathlon Championships and as one race in the British Triathlon Grand Prix.
08 May 2008
Swimmers of all ages can get involved in lifesaving through Blaenau Gwent Lifesaving Club – recently awarded the Open Water Trophy as the most successful club in Gwent.
08 May 2008
Award-winning author Roger Granelli will be reading from his latest novel and answering questions from library goers when he visits Blaenau Gwent in Adult Learners Week.
08 May 2008
Blaenau Gwent’s Social Services Sensory Team hosted a Deaf British Sign Language event with exhibitions and presentations aimed at raising awareness about Deaf Culture and British Sign Language.
Doors open at 6:30pm on Saturday 3 May for a celebratory performance by century old Abertillery Orpheus Male Choir and her Majesty’s Royal Marines Band.
24 April 2008
Abertillery Blues Festival – now in its fourth year and fast growing to become one of Wales’s major music events – is looking for volunteers to steward at its 2008 events.
24 April 2008
Why not take the plunge? If you are 60 years or over and looking to try something different then Blaenau Gwent’s popular free swimming initiative may be just what you are looking for.
23 April 2008
A charity cricket festival for six-a-side teams is being held on Sunday 8 June 2008 at Beaufort Rugby Club – and teams can book their place now.
21 April 2008
Blaenau Gwent Council held the county borough’s first Young Sports Leaders Conference recently at Ebbw Vale Sports Centre.
24 April 2008
Get your gloves on and those bin bags ready – that was the message to students at Coleg Gwent’s Ebbw Vale Campus.
16 April 2008
Affordable timber framed houses made from home grown Welsh softwood could soon be a reality - providing a major boost for the rural economy – thanks to a pioneering project planned for The Works in Ebbw Vale.
21 April 2008
The new station at Llanhilleth will come into service on the recently-opened Ebbw Valley Railway on Sunday 25 April.
10 April 2008
Organisers of Blaenau Gwent’s Summer Playscheme programme are calling for young artists to have a go at designing the cover for their new 2008 summer activities guide.
09 April 2008
Visitors can now hire bikes at the Parc Bryn Bach – fast becoming known across the UK as a great venue for Bicycle Motocross (BMX) and mountain biking – so that anyone can enjoy exciting cycle ways in spectacular valleys landscape.
09 April 2008
Tredegar Librarian Elaine Price issued her last book on 6 April 2008 - after 44 years of working in libraries in the Heads of the Valleys.
07 April 2008
Parc Bryn Bach is already on the Triathlon map – now Blaenau Gwent Council’s flagship outdoor activities centre is to host a series of Aquathlon events.
A Forest Watch Scheme is launching in Cwmcelyn, to encourage residents to report any suspicious activity in the local woodland to the police.
07 April 2008
The Sensory Team in Blaenau Gwent Social Services will be hosting a Deaf British Sign Language (BSL) information event and exhibition at 10am-4pm on Wednesday 16th April 2008 at The Metropole Cultural and Conference Centre, Mitre Street, Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent.
04 April 2008
Blaenau Gwent keeper Thomas Bradley has signed a 2-year scholarship for premiership chasing Bristol City.
02 April 2008
Tredegar Library will be hosting a sale of stock on Saturday 12th April between 9am – 12noon. Items to be sold will range from books, music, videos, DVDs, books on tape, PSI games and promotional material.
02 April 2008
Two five-year-old identical twins from Bryngwyn Primary School took part in a balloon launch from the Metropole Cultural and Conference Centre, Abertillery with a prize for the balloon to be found and returned from the furthest away landing point.
31 March 2008
Plans for Ebbw Vale to host a unique multi-million pound high-tech visitor centre for the Heads of the Valleys were announced today by Leighton Andrews, Deputy Minister for Regeneration.
28 March 2008
Local companies in Blaenau Gwent and surrounding areas have been taking advantage of the new Corporate Life Membership Scheme, which allows their employees to receive a discount at all four Blaenau Gwent Sports Centres while getting them healthy and active at the same time.
28 March 2008
Blaenau Gwent Council’s Executive, the main decision-making body whose Discussions are open to the Public to attend as observers, will be holding its next meeting in Llanhilleth near Abertillery.
28 March 2008
The Wales Audit Office and PricewaterhousCoopers, independent auditors, say in their annual report that Blaenau Gwent Council has made “good progress” and continues to make improvements in all its services.
27 March 2008
Blaenau Gwent Local Health Board and Blaenau Gwent Council signed off ‘Healthier Future 2’ at a joint meeting held at the Civic Centre, Ebbw Vale, on 27th March 2008.
26 March 2008
Blaenau Gwent Council is hosting an event for people who have reached their 50th birthday and beyond – and would like to find out about their health and welfare or about leisure activities.
26 March 2008
A pioneering biodiversity project in Blaenau Gwent has created over 70 acres of wildlife gardens and meadows and over two miles of natural hedgerow in just four years.
25 March 2008
A new municipal public ‘pay and play’ golf course has been opened in a magnificent hill top location near Tredegar.
21 March 2008
‘You and your health’ – Blaenau Gwent Council’s scheme for people to get a health check at their local library – is back.
20 March 2008
A new municipal ‘pay and play’ golf course opens today (Tuesday, 25 March 2008) in a magnificent hill top location near Tredegar.
20 March 2008
All four main libraries run by Blaenau Gwent Council will be equipped with wireless broadband internet access for local people thanks to a grant of £16,000 from the Welsh Assembly Government
20 March 2008
Tredegar Library will get a major makeover this year – funded by a £100,000 grant from the Welsh Assembly Government.
Blaenau Gwent Council’s Licensing Enforcement officers successfully prosecuted a local driver for using his own private vehicle as a taxi.
20 March 2008
Children from Tredegar and from Beaufort joined in the launch of two new children’s play areas – a £130,000 investment in improvements in line with Blaenau Gwent Council’s Play Strategy.
20 March 2008
Funding for a top quality £6.5 million Extra Care housing scheme for older people at Nantyglo has won approval from the Welsh Assembly Government.
17 March 2008
Blaenau Gwent’s popular and successful Heart of the Valleys Integrated Children’s Centre at Blaina has celebrated the first anniversary of its opening.
14 March 2008
A Blaenau Gwent mining village is celebrating the £15 million restoration that has revived its schools and community facilities. At the heart of it all is the Miners Institute - saved from dereliction and decay.
06 March 2008
Blaenau Gwent Council has successfully prosecuted a Brynmawr taxi and private hire operator for employing an unlicensed driver.
06 March 2008
Blaenau Gwent celebrated Fairtrade Fortnight with a day of school and council events – and a visit from Patrick Jones who helps organise a Fairtrade grapefruit and citrus fruit co-operative in Costa Rica.
06 March 2008
Junior rugby players from Blaenau Gwent –some 250 of them - lined up with Wales international forward Huw Bennett and women’s rugby international Hailey Baxter for Health Challenge Wales.
04 March 2008
School Pupils travelling on 8.40am train from Ebbw Vale Parkway to Cardiff Central tomorrow (Wednesday 5 March 2008) will be joined by Blaenau Gwent Council Leader Cllr Hedley McCarthy.
04 March 2008
Young people from Blaenau Gwent who train to save lives in the water have won a shoal of achievement awards.
04 March 2008
Blaenau Gwent Council is consulting interested parties on proposals which could limit the number of Licensed premises in and around Abertillery town centre. As well as pubs and clubs, other premises such as hot food takeaways are also affected.
06 March 2008
Former British champion, Tony Baldwin, a leading rider with the Blaenau Gwent BMX outfit Tred BMX, made a magnificent came back at the Hayes Winter Series Round 2 held in Middlesex recently.
03 March 2008
Blaenau Gwent schools have the best inspection grades in Wales over the last two years.
29 February 2008
The Aneurin Bevan Stones that stand on the mountainside between Tredegar and Ebbw Vale could soon be lit up as part of a Trail of Light across the Valleys.
29 February 2008
Staff from local firms can now use all Blaenau Gwent Council’s four sports centres at a discount monthly rate.
26 February 2008
Blaenau Gwent Libraries will be celebrating World Book Day with the rest of the UK on Thursday 6 March 2008.
26 February 2008
Blaenau Gwent Council has welcomed the announcement of a new £125,000 investment for the development of new community arts provision in the Heads of the Valleys.
21 February 2008
Two schools in Blaenau Gwent are piloting a new scheme aimed at making school entrances safer for children crossing the road.
14 February 2008
People in Blaenau Gwent have the chance to embrace Community Fit Club a new weight loss and well being programme that allows you to take part in regular fitness activities of your choice at your local sports centre.
13 February 2008
As a result of a case brought by Blaenau Gwent’s Trading Standards section, a Blaina shopkeeper was ordered to pay over £2500 in fines and costs when she appeared at Abertillery Magistrates Court on 7 February 2008.
29 February 2008
The Aneurin Bevan Stones that stand on the mountainside between Tredegar and Ebbw Vale could soon be lit up as part of a Trail of Light across the Valleys. Local people are to be consulted on the plan for lighting at the famous memorial to Bevan – who, as Minister for Health, founded the National Health Service 60 years ago.
08 February 2008
Cllr Hedley McCarthy, Leader of Blaenau Gwent Council, said: “This marks an historic week – passenger train services to Ebbw Vale have successfully re-opened after more than 45 years.
18 January 2008
Looking for new adventures in the New Year? Want to try exciting and Fun Outdoor Activities? Come to Parc Bryn Bach.
15 January 2008
Blaenau Gwent Council Leader Cllr Hedley McCarthy has thrown the local authority’s support behind local campaigns to save six post offices from closure.
11 January 2008
Blaenau Gwent archaeology expert Frank Olding will give the first of a series of weekly talks on how man has shaped the landscape of the British Isles at Brynmawr later this month.
04 January 2008
Blaenau Gwent is set to have its own supported housing project for women and families made homeless as a consequence of domestic abuse.
14 December 2007
“A further meeting was held this afternoon between senior representatives from Capita Symonds, Amey Construction and Network Rail and officials from Blaenau Gwent Council and the Welsh Assembly Government.
04 February 2008
Cardiff City and Bristol City have both signed up talented young footballers from Blaenau Gwent’s Football Academy.
06 February 2008
The hourly service between Ebbw Valley Parkway and Cardiff Central started promptly at 6:40am this morning just before dawn. The railway project is the first in the UK to be led by a local authority.
28 January 2008
Special Olympics judo silver medallist Sarah Gratton, aged 20, has won the title of Blaenau Gwent Sports Personality of the Year at the annual awards held in Ebbw Vale.
18 January 2008
Blaenau Gwent Council is to clamp down on commercial signs and advertisement boards that are being illegally posted on roadsides across the county borough.