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Kidnapper wanted back in prison following release

Tuesday, June 18, 2024Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Gwent Police has launched an appeal to find 38-year-old Austin Edwards, from Wyllie – who is wanted back in prison following his release.

Rural pub owners win home conversion bid

Tuesday, June 18, 2024Tuesday, June 18, 2024

The owners of a rural pub have won planning permission to convert the property for residential use, despite local concerns about the loss of a “community facility”.

‘It’s changed people’s lives’: Walking football team celebrates wins on and off the pitch

Tuesday, June 18, 2024Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Kay Pritchard told Caerphilly Observer how she approached the club last year looking to create a walking football team which has since “changed people’s lives”.

Former pub and restaurant could become children’s nursery

Tuesday, June 18, 2024Tuesday, June 18, 2024

A former pub in Blackwood could become a children’s nursery if Caerphilly County Borough Council backs new plans.

26-year-old man arrested after Ystrad Mynach drugs bust

Tuesday, June 18, 2024Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Gwent Police discovered a cannabis farm with more than 360 plants over two storeys at a disused commercial property on Bedwlwyn Road

Senedd plan to ban lying politicians ‘unworkable’

Tuesday, June 18, 2024Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Plans to ban Senedd Members for deliberately lying may be unworkable, according to the Welsh Government’s chief legal adviser.

Dainton to captain in Wales in crunch world cup qualifier

Tuesday, June 18, 2024Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Wales, who are one win away from reaching their first ever women’s rugby league world cup, take on the Netherlands away on Saturday June 22.

“Total shock”: Councillor overwhelmed with support following OBE announcement

Monday, June 17, 2024Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Independent councillor for Blackwood, Kevin Etheridge, is set to receive his OBE from the King, but says “it will never change me”.

Teenager raises £2k for charity that has saved his cousin’s life ‘countless times’

Monday, June 17, 2024Monday, June 17, 2024

A 14-year-old rugby player has raised more than £2,000 for a charity close to his heart after tackling a gruelling 107-mile (172km) cycle ride.

Senedd Member stripped of Conservative frontbench role

Monday, June 17, 2024Monday, June 17, 2024

South Wales East Senedd Member Laura Anne Jones has been removed from the Welsh Conservatives’ shadow cabinet while a police investigation into expenses claims takes place.

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