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This is a profile for the central postcode in Blackwood which is NP12 1PY. Neighbourhood profiles vary significantly from postcode to postcode.

Often, many of the people who live in this sort of postcode will be skilled older families living in terraces.

Neighbourhoods fitting this profile are found in Coventry, Stevenage, Gosport and Outer London suburbs such as Enfield, Sutton, Dartford and Romford.

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Schools

Find out the performance data, locations and contact details of your local schools. All the vital information you need to help make educational decisions for your children.
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Crime

The Gwent Police force is responsible for policing the Caerphilly Council local authority area.
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Council tax

The average council tax per household in Caerphilly council is £818.00, compared to an average in Wales of £980.15.
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Local news

Shock of £45m lottery win couple

10/11/2009 14:56:53

A couple from south Wales speak of the "funny couple of minutes" as their £45.5m win on Euromillions sank in.
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Stadium damage to cost thousands

10/11/2009 13:39:23

The cost of damage at Swansea's Liberty Stadium - blamed on Cardiff City fans - is put at thousands of pounds.
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Police review 28 unsolved murders

10/11/2009 11:04:12

Twenty eight murders dating back as far as World War II have been subject of reviews, South Wales Police reveal.
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'Abuse rises' at children's games

10/11/2009 06:39:54

A football official says the behaviour of coaches, parents and players in children's matches is the worst he has ever known.
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Payout after prison drugs stroke

09/11/2009 19:29:29

A man jailed for a murder he did not commit could receive compensation for a stroke after taking heroin.
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Jones ousted by X Factor fans

09/11/2009 11:19:12

South Wales teenager Lucie Jones has became the fifth contestant to be voted off ITV1's The X Factor.
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Matches off due to Wales friendly

09/11/2009 07:11:06

Coaches of grassroots football teams are angry after being told they cannot play on the same day as a Wales friendly fixture.
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Striker in court on drink charge

09/11/2009 11:31:06

A drink-driving charge against Cardiff City and Scotland striker Ross McCormack is adjourned until later this month.
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Seventh arrest over £4m tax fraud

09/11/2009 13:43:26

A woman is questioned over tax fraud, days after six people were arrested as part of the same investigation.
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Gruffudd learned lines with baby

09/11/2009 07:15:12

Hollywood star Ioan Gruffudd reveals he read his lines for his latest project, a children's TV show, to his new daughter.
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Army band heads remembrance event

08/11/2009 14:36:27

The Army's last all-brass band leads Wales' national Remembrance Sunday parade.
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Newyddion

22/01/2009 09:40:23

BBC Wales' Welsh-language online news service
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Contact us

14/07/2003 12:19:25

Do you have a story? Here's how to tell us about it
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Local news

20/10/2004 12:05:07

News sources for south east Wales on the internet
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Picasso premiere

10/11/2009 06:59:46

£1.4m painting is a first for National Museum Wales
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Railway Stations

Pengam (1.36 miles away), Arriva Trains Wales

Gilfach Fargoed (1.70 miles away), Arriva Trains Wales

Hengoed (1.77 miles away), Arriva Trains Wales

Bargoed (2.16 miles away), Arriva Trains Wales

Ystrad Mynach (2.77 miles away), Arriva Trains Wales

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