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Labour MPs' concern over UK Government welfare reforms

3 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 todayTwo of Caerphilly County Borough’s MPs have both raised concerns over planned UK Government welfare cuts – with plans to vote against the plans.
Public bodies to move data to £475k-a-year cloud-based system

3 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 technology and IT partnership between a number of Gwent public bodies is to move its data to a cloud-based system. The services are currently hosted on site at the SRS, or Shared Resource Service, which has a base at the Gilchrist Thomas Industrial Estate in Blaenavon. Why is Caerphilly in Gwent?
Robber recalled to prison as police launch appeal to find him

3 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 robber is wanted back behind bars following his release from prison. Jordan Williams, 26, from the New Tredegar area, appeared at Cardiff Crown Court in September 2022, where he was handed a five-and-a-half-year prison sentence for robbery.
Art exhibition 'reflects strength and creativity of those who have been forced to flee war'

4 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 todayAn art exhibition has opened at Caerphilly Library, showcasing the work of a Ukrainian artist and poet-turned refugee. Mother-of-three Olesia Miftahova left Ukraine last year, having initially stayed in the hope the war would end.
Blackwood to benefit from Gwent Police £1m funding boost

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.
Success for Caerphilly Castle Ladies' summer football festival

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.
Man jailed for dangerous driving after causing death of 'true gentleman'

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”.
Bedwas RFC's youth team relaunched ahead of new season

4 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 todayBedwas RFC has relaunched its youth team ahead of the 2025/26 season. Training begins on Tuesday July 1, with the aim of giving young players a route into senior rugby. Steve Laws, the club’s rugby director, said: “When I got back involved with Bedwas it was a priority of mine to get the youth team back up and running.
Money raised for St David's Hospice after summer solstice hike

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.
Police appeal to find teenager missing for six weeks

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 todayPolice are appealing to find a teenager who has been missing for six weeks. Auriel Halilaj, 18, was last seen leaving an address in Pontymister at around 11am on Saturday May 10. He was last seen wearing black bottoms, a grey t-shirt and grey/white trainers.