SUPERMARKET
THREATENS TO BAN PUPILS
Mr Darren Rawlings, manager of Somerfield supermarket in Caldicot town
centre, has threatened to ban pupils from Caldicot Comprehensive School
following a number of incidents of anti-social behaviour including shop
lifting, abuse to staff, graffiti and climbing on the roof. He complained
that large numbers of pupils gathered around the supermarket before school
each morning. In reply, Mrs Susan Gwyer-Roberts, headteacher of the school,
pointed out that the school has made every effort to minimise nuisance
behaviour, including the erection of a fence around the school and the
introduction of a lunchtime pass system.
A number of local traders
met with Inspector Jeff Smith of Caldicot police to discuss their concerns
over groups of youths who gathered in the town centre causing damage and
intimidating customers.
CALL FOR
FASTER ACTION ON SECOND SUPERMARKET
Caldicot Regeneration Group has called upon Monmouthshire County Council
to speed up the process of drawing up plans for a second supermarket in
Caldicot so that these can be put to prospective buyers. Mike Rice, Chairman
of the Regeneration Group, claimed that the delay meant that Caldicot
was “losing business”. He also called for the money raised
from the sale of the site, on the playing fields of Caldicot Comprehensive
School, to be re-invested in the school.
HOUSE PRICE
WATCH
The cheapest property advertised in the local press for sale in Caldicot
at the end of April 2007 was a one-bedroom flat near Caldicot Cross at
£109,950. The cheapest house was a one bedroom end of terrace in
Stafford Road at £127,950. As in March, the most expensive property
was a four-bedroom detached house in Budden Crescent at £315,000.
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