Tom Hicks

4 days ago | caerphilly.observer | Tom Hicks

Support quality, independent, local journalism…that mattersFrom just £1 a month you can help fund our work – and use our website without adverts. Become a member todayGwent Police has announced it’s secured an additional £1million in funding to bolster neighbourhood policing and increase patrols in antisocial behaviour hotspots. The money, provided by the UK Government, will be spent patrolling areas such as Blackwood, Cwmbran, Tredegar, and Abergavenny, according to the force.

4 days ago | caerphilly.observer | Tom Hicks

Support quality, independent, local journalism…that mattersFrom just £1 a month you can help fund our work – and use our website without adverts. Become a member todayCaerphilly Castle Ladies and Girls FC have celebrated their biggest ever summer football festival, which saw more than 1,200 players take part across the weekend. The festival, which was held at Virginia Park in Caerphilly, welcomed more than 120 girls’ and women’s teams, who played across Saturday June 21 and Sunday June 22.

4 days ago | caerphilly.observer | Tom Hicks

Support quality, independent, local journalism…that mattersFrom just £1 a month you can help fund our work – and use our website without adverts. Become a member todayTributes have been paid to a “true gentleman” who died after being hit by a car while walking his dog in Nelson. Paul Chaplin, 66, has been described as an “amazing and wonderful man” by his family, who went on to say “not a day goes by where we don’t think of him”.

5 days ago | caerphilly.observer | Tom Hicks

Support quality, independent, local journalism…that mattersFrom just £1 a month you can help fund our work – and use our website without adverts. Become a member todayAround 300 people walked to the top of Twmbarlwm over the weekend, helping raise crucial funds for St David’s Hospice Care. The five-mile walk began at 7pm on Saturday June 21, where walkers set off towards the summit of the 419-metre high hillfort to mark the summer solstice.

5 days ago | caerphilly.observer | Tom Hicks

Support quality, independent, local journalism…that mattersFrom just £1 a month you can help fund our work – and use our website without adverts. Become a member todayAlmost halfway through the season and the South East Wales Cricket League is beginning to take shape for Caerphilly-based sides. Starting things off in Division Two and Newbridge knew they’d be up against it, away to second placed Pontypridd. Batting first, Newbridge managed a total of 175 runs, all out after 41 overs.