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Half a million pounds to be spent upgrading children’s play areas

Friday, July 23, 2021Friday, July 23, 2021

The £495,000 funding for the project comes from the council’s Welsh Housing Quality Standard (WHQS) programme.

Police appeal after two 16-year-old girls reportedly assaulted

Friday, July 23, 2021Friday, July 23, 2021

The incident reportedly happened at around 10.45pm on Sunday, July 18 near the New Duffryn Pub on Commercial Street, Aberbargoed.

Two Laurens flying the flag for Caerphilly County Borough in Tokyo

Thursday, July 22, 2021Thursday, July 22, 2021

Boxer Lauren Price, from Ystrad Mynach and Taekwondo’s Lauren Williams, from Blackwood, will be representing Team GB in Tokyo.

Health Minister urges people who are ‘pinged’ by app to self-isolate

Thursday, July 22, 2021Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Last week, more than 600,000 people across Wales and England received a notification from the mobile app telling them to self-isolate.

Former headteacher of Cwmcarn Primary School struck off

Thursday, July 22, 2021Wednesday, July 28, 2021

The former headteacher of Cwmcarn Primary School has been struck off for a minimum of two years by the Education Workforce Council.

Choir finds its voice once again after pandemic disruption

Thursday, July 22, 2021Thursday, July 22, 2021

In 2019, Aber Valley Male Voice Choir marked its 60th anniversary – but the coronavirus pandemic soon stopped the choir in its tracks.

Town centre fireworks display among winter events cancelled due to Covid

Wednesday, July 21, 2021Thursday, July 22, 2021

Caerphilly town centre’s annual firework display, Christmas lights switch-on and lantern parade will not go ahead this year due to uncertainty around the coronavirus pandemic.

Price reaches quarter-finals after resounding win over fellow-Welshman Clayton

Wednesday, July 21, 2021Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Gerwyn Price beat Jonny Clayton 11-3 to book a spot in the darts World Matchplay quarter-finals.

Peredur Owen Griffiths MS: “Without a healthy local media, democracy simply does not work”

Wednesday, July 21, 2021Wednesday, July 21, 2021

In his first blog for Caerphilly Observer, recently-elected South Wales East MS Peredur Owen Griffiths discusses local journalism, his background and his new role in the Senedd.

Closure order placed on house after persistent antisocial behaviour

Wednesday, July 21, 2021Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Magistrates have placed a closure order on a house in Pontlottyn in a bid to tackle persistent antisocial behaviour and criminal activity.

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