A theatre performance telling the story of chartist Mary Frost – who played a key role in the 1839 Newport Rising – is coming to Blackwood Miners’ Institute this summer.
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5K race festival and Welsh Championships coming to Caerphilly
Caerphilly is set to host a major new running event this summer, with the town welcoming the Welsh 5K Championships as part of a new road racing festival.
Father-of-two shares his testicular cancer experience ahead of charity marathon
This October, 55-year-old Jonathan Gomez will tackle the Marathon Eryri, in the Eryri National Park, for Tenovus Cancer Care.
How much progress has been made on Caerphilly’s new leisure centre?
Scheduled to open in March 2027, the “state-of-the-art” leisure centre forms a key part of Caerphilly County Borough Council’s ‘Caerphilly 2035’ regeneration masterplan.
Town’s proposed new Next store could create 21 jobs
The firm has submitted an initial planning application for an empty unit at the Gallagher Retail Park.
Welsh Labour has ‘learnt lessons’ from by-election defeat as FM sets out vision
First Minister Eluned Morgan spoke to Caerphilly Observer about Welsh Labour’s Senedd election campaign.
Councillor quits Labour after being frozen out over library cuts criticism
Nelson councillor Brenda Miles has resigned from the Labour Party, nearly a year after being frozen out after she objected to Caerphilly Council’s library closure plans.
Senedd election candidates confirmed for Blaenau Gwent Caerffili Rhymni
A total of 42 candidates will stand for the Blaenau Gwent Caerffili Rhymni constituency at May’s Senedd elections.
Candidates confirmed for Senedd race in Casnewydd Islwyn
A total of 41 candidates will stand for the Casnewydd Islwyn constituency at May’s Senedd elections.
Car wash people smugglers jailed for 19 years each
Two people smugglers, who trafficked hundreds of illegal migrants across Europe by hiding them in boats, lorries and cars in an operation ran from a Caerphilly car wash, have been jailed.