Caerphilly Observer

2 days ago | caerphilly.observer | Chris Haines

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 todayWales is only training around a third of the necessary secondary school teachers, with nowhere near enough recruits and no improvement in sight, an education chief warned.

5 days ago | caerphilly.observer | Rhys Williams

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 todayRisca’s annual beach party is back this weekend, bringing sand, deckchairs, funfair rides and more to Tredegar Park. The free-to-enter event is being held between 10am and 4pm on Saturday June 7 and Sunday June 8. It will see the park transformed into a giant beach, with a range of stalls selling sweet treats and hot and cold drinks.

5 days ago | caerphilly.observer | Rhys Williams

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 todayFurther education students aged 19 or older could be eligible for a grant of nearly £2,000. Applications are now open for the Welsh Government’s Learning Grant for Further Education, covering the 2025/26 academic year.

5 days ago | caerphilly.observer | Rhys Williams

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’s annual celebration of the Welsh language and culture will be back in town this weekend – promising a “vibrant day of entertainment and activities for all ages”. Ffiliffest will be held between 11am and 7pm on Saturday June 7, and takes place on Owain Glyndwr Playing Fields, Crescent Road.

5 days ago | caerphilly.observer | Rhys Williams

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 todayA motorcyclist who dragged a police sergeant across a main road while resisting arrest has been handed a suspended sentence and a driving ban. Sgt Tom Brookes was on patrol in Bargoed on Tuesday April 8, when he saw Scott Ryall, 21, “pulling wheelies” and riding a green Kawasaki motorbike dangerously along Angel Way.