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About

Caerphilly Observer is an award-winning independent news service for Caerphilly County Borough. We have a website and a fortnightly newspaper with circulation of 10,000 distributed through a wide variety of outlets including shops, newsagents, petrol stations, council offices, and libraries.

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Editorial Policy

Our editorial policy is to cover the issues and events that affect and reflect the lives of the people of Caerphilly County Borough.

We aim to be fair and objective and, where possible, explain things in a meaningful way with context and analysis.

We don’t always get it right and factual mistakes and errors, where identified either by ourselves or readers, will always be corrected as soon as possible. We will highlight such corrections online and in print where appropriate.

All of our reporting is carried out under the auspices of IPSO’s Editors Code of Practice and the National Union of Journalists’ Code of Conduct.

Complaints

Caerphilly Observer is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) and adheres to the Editors’ Code of Practice (www.ipso.co.uk/editors-code-of-practice).

View our complaints policy and procedure.

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Write To Us

Caerphilly Observer,
Caerphilly Miners Centre for the Community,
Watford Road, Caerphilly,
CF83 1BJ

For details on how to make a complaint against us, please read our complaints policy.

Our team

Richard Gurner
Editor and Publisher
richard@caerphilly.observer
Follow @RichardGurner

Rhys Williams
News Editor
rhys@caerphilly.observer
Follow @RhysWilliamsCO

Nicholas Thomas
Local Democracy Reporter
nicholas@caerphilly.observer
Follow @NThomasWales

Joanne Burgess
Photography and multimedia content
joanne@caerphilly.observer

Who owns us?

Caerphilly Observer is Published by Caerphilly Media Ltd. Registered Office: Caerphilly Miners Centre for the Community, Watford Road, Caerphilly, CF83 1BJ. Incorporated in Wales No. 07604006
VAT Registration No. 112976315.

Caerphilly Media Ltd is a locally-owned and locally-based company. Its sole director and owner is Caerphilly Observer editor and publisher Richard Gurner, who set up the title back in 2009.

Our work is predominantly funded through advertising, although we are trying to lessen our reliance on this through our membership scheme, where readers can financially contribute to our work.

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Legal & Public Notices

  • Caerphilly County Borough Council public noticesThursday, July 9, 2026
  • Notice of application for a premises licence: Hollybush RFCTuesday, June 16, 2026
  • Notice of application for a premises licence: Cefn Fforest Miners Welfare HallFriday, June 12, 2026
  • Caerphilly County Borough Council public noticesThursday, June 11, 2026
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