Rhys Williams, Author at Caerphilly Observer

Welsh Blood Service running donation hubs across the borough

Penyrheol Community Centre, Bryn Meadows Golf Club, and the Home Bargains store in Blackwood will host the hubs over the next week.

A wind farm with 14 turbines could be up and running above the Aber Valley by 2025, if it is granted ‘Development of National Significance’ status.

Plans submitted to the council by Cadw in 2021 said the revamp would cost £5 million – but this figure has since doubled.

Bargoed, Bedwas, and Cross Keys will be joined by Newbridge and Penallta in the second tier – but who will the other teams be going up against?

All over-65s should be offered a Covid booster vaccine this autumn, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has recommended.

Sixty-three reports of animals being deliberately attacked with lethal weapons have been made to the RSPCA since the turn of the decade.

Caerphilly dad Chris Thomas took part in an ice hockey tournament to raise money for Ty Hafan – with the team raising nearly £20k for the charity.

A Caerphilly great-great-grandmother who was born and raised in the house she still lives in to this day has celebrated her 100th birthday.

Ynni Cymru, a new publicly-owned renewable energy company, has been launched by the Welsh Government.

Markham’s Gerwyn Price, who won the title back in 2022, was knocked out by eventual winner Rob Cross.