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Cwmcarn Forest Drive admission fees set to rise

Visitors to Cwmcarn Forest Drive could face price hikes for admission fees as Caerphilly Council tries to shore up the attraction’s finances.

MSs from across the political divide thanked volunteers from the Ruperra Castle Preservation Trust who have been campaigning for 25 years.

The equality and social justice committee took evidence about the use of personal data in the Welsh NHS as part of a short inquiry on data justice.

Labour MS Sarah Murphy called for an update from the Welsh Government on what it is doing to address the ongoing lack of ADHD drugs.

Caerphilly Observer is offering one lucky reader the chance to win a pair of passes to Zip World’s Monsters of the Mine immersive experience.

Further road safety improvements between Gelligroes and Ynysddu following a campaign by the family of nurse Laurie Jones.

Consurio Lounge will open at Castle Court Shopping Centre, in the unit previously occupied by Gatehouse and Glanmor’s tea room.

The council has proposed moving two existing schools – Ysgol Y Lawnt and Upper Rhymney Primary – onto a purpose-built new campus.

Senedd Members have called for urgent action amid concerns that more than a third of children in Wales are living in poverty.

The achievements of the late Wendy Slade, who earned two caps for Wales’ women’s side in the 1970s, have been celebrated in Senghenydd.