Projects bringing locals and armed forces communities together are being encouraged to apply for a funding grant.The Armed Forces Community Covenant Grant, administered by the Ministry of Defence, makes money available to…
Author: Richard Gurner
£6,000 reward on offer over Nelson robbery
A £6,000 reward is being offered for information in connection with a violent robbery on a 63-year-old Nelson man.At around 9.30pm on Thursday September 12, 2013, local man David Rees was walking…
Rugby Union: Bedwas RFC 10 Newport RFC 17
Principality Welsh Premiership, Saturday 20 December 2013. Match report and photography by Ian Lovell.Bedwas paid the price for their lack of control as a strong second half showing by Newport saw them…
Plaid leader appeals for special audit of Caerphilly County Borough Council
The opposition Plaid Cymru group on Caerphilly County Borough Council has called on watchdogs to carry out a special audit to ensure no other decisions were taken by the authority’s officers without…
Caerphilly woman killed in road traffic collision on Pandy Road, Bedwas
A 40-year-old woman has been killed in a motorcycle crash in Bedwas.Police have named the victim as Claire Victoria Franklin from Caerphilly.Ms Franklin was a pillion passenger and was pronounced dead at…
South Wales East AM Lindsay Whittle’s blog: December 24
South Wales East AM Lindsay Whittle’s regular blog for Caerphilly Observer
Caerphilly man wanted by police for skipping bail
Police are appealing for information to locate 37-year-old Gareth Harley who is wanted for breaching his court bail, after he was charged with shoplifting offences in the Caerphilly area.Gareth Owen Meredyn Harley…
Caerphilly Council leader urges members to snub allowance rise
The leader of Caerphilly County Borough Council has urged fellow councillors to snub an agreed allowance rise.The Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales, set up by the Welsh Government, is proposing an average…
School chef reaches competition final
A primary school cook is bidding to be named School Chef of the Year after reaching the regional finals of the competition.Kate Davies, who works at St Gwladys Primary School in Bargoed…
Boy, 14, and sister 11, threatened at Llanbradach train station
A 14-year-old boy and his 11-year-old sister were verbally threatened by a man and a woman as they walked across the footbridge at Llanbradach train station.British Transport Police are investigating the incident,…