New railway station at Energlyn to meet Caerphilly demand
Growing demand for trains in Caerphilly has prompted plans to open a new £5.2m station north of the town centre.
Building work will start later this year on a station to serve the growing community around Energlyn and Churchill Park.It will provide direct trains to Cardiff and Rhymney up to twice an hour when it opens at the end of the year.
It is part of wider plans to improve Valley Lines services ahead of the electrification of the network by 2019.
The station - to be built between Aber and Llanbradach - also aims to ease congestion on roads, according to Network Rail.
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"This proposal is driven by our
plans to transform the railway in Wales and, when delivered, will mark a
huge improvement for Energlyn and Churchill Park," said route director
Mark Langman.
HMS Sutherland returns to Invergordon
A warship that cut short a visit to a Highlands port to join military operations off Libya has returned to the town.
HMS Sutherland was in Invergordon in March 2011 to be given the freedom of the county of Sutherland.It left the port a day earlier than expected but at the time the Royal Navy would not comment on the reason why.
About four months later the navy confirmed the frigate had been diverted to the Mediterranean.
HMS Sutherland and other warships blockaded Libyan ports as part of Nato operations against Col Gaddafi and his forces.
Following the collapse of the Gaddafi regime, the ship carried out anti-piracy work off the Horn of Africa.
HMS Sutherland and its crew came back to Invergordon on Saturday and will remain in the town until Wednesday.
The Type 23 frigate has been involved in Exercise Joint Warrior.
David Craig admits Neil Lennon abuse on Facebook page
A man who admitted posting
a picture of Neil Lennon covered in bullet wounds on a social
networking site will find out next month if he is to be jailed.
David Craig also posted abuse about the Celtic manager and
Rangers slogans on his Facebook page after the so-called Old Firm "shame
game" in March 2011. At Glasgow Sheriff Court he admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner likely to cause fear and alarm.
The 24-year-old was released on bail and sentence was deferred until March.
The court was told that on 2 March 2011, there was a game between Celtic and Rangers at Celtic Park.
'Sectarian hostility' Prosecutor Mark Allan told the court that the match took place in "even by the standards of this game, a particularly volatile atmosphere" and said that in the aftermath there developed an "escalating climate of violence, community disorder and sectarian hostility".
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