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Bedwas up to seventh in league after seven-try victory

Tuesday, May 9, 2023Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Seven-try Bedwas breezed past Tata Steel for a well-deserved win on a warm afternoon in Port Talbot.

King’s Coronation celebrated across Caerphilly County Borough

Tuesday, May 9, 2023Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Residents across Caerphilly County Borough came together over the weekend to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III.

Community heroes named Coronation Champions by Royal Voluntary Service

Monday, May 8, 2023Monday, May 8, 2023

Rachel Walby, 42, of Lansbury Park, Caerphilly, and Marian Curtis, 75, from Oakdale, were at Sunday’s star-studded event as guests of honour.

Caerphilly Observer marks tenth anniversary in print with 250th edition

Monday, May 8, 2023Monday, May 8, 2023

Originally launched by myself as a website on July 28, 2009, our independently-owned title successfully launched a fortnightly print edition in May 2013 because of reader demand.

Crimestoppers: the charity providing an anonymous link between the public and the police for 35 years

Monday, May 8, 2023Monday, May 8, 2023

Crimestoppers, the crime-fighting charity, has been an anonymous link between the UK public and the police for 35 years.

Retiring headteacher of Risca Comprehensive School takes leave over health issues

Monday, May 8, 2023Monday, May 8, 2023

The well-respected headteacher of Risca Community Comprehensive School has announced he is taking a leave of absence because of ill-health.

Pandemic negatively affected pupils’ reading skills, but standards improving

Sunday, May 7, 2023Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Children’s reading skills have suffered because of the pandemic, according to a report by Wales’ schools watchdog Estyn.

Community hub running new welcoming space during summer months

Friday, May 5, 2023Friday, May 5, 2023

Libanus Lifestyle in Blackwood is one of a number of venues across the borough running a welcoming space over the summer.

Price in fight to become first-ever British women’s welterweight champion

Friday, May 5, 2023Friday, May 5, 2023

Lauren Price MBE takes on former European champion Kirstie Bavington in Birmingham on Saturday May 6.

“An attack on democracy” – opposition councillors slam proposed constitution changes

Friday, May 5, 2023Friday, May 5, 2023

Opposition councillors have branded proposed changes to Caerphilly Council’s constitution as an “attack on democracy”.

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