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Category: Opinion

Peredur Owen Griffiths highlights ‘stark’ difference between Plaid and Reform

Friday, September 12, 2025Friday, September 12, 2025

In his latest blog for Caerphilly Observer, Plaid Cymru MS Peredur Owen Griffiths discusses the upcoming Senedd by-election, and pays tribute to the late Hefin David.

‘Hefin cared greatly for his constituency and for the people who lived there’

Thursday, September 4, 2025

Delyth Jewell, the Plaid Cymru Senedd Member for South Wales East, pays tribute to her late Senedd colleague Hefin David.

‘Great to see so many faces’: Ruth Jones MP reflects on summer constituency visits

Friday, August 29, 2025

In her latest blog for Caerphilly Observer, Newport West and Islwyn MP Ruth Jones discusses recent visits across the constituency over the summer.

‘With Hefin’s passing, Wales has lost one of its most talented public representatives’

Friday, August 22, 2025Monday, August 25, 2025

Former Caerphilly MP Sir Wayne David reflects on the life of the late Caerphilly MS Hefin David, who he described as a “close colleague and a true political and personal friend”.

Hefin held a desire and a duty to serve the public and his community, and he did

Wednesday, August 13, 2025Thursday, August 28, 2025

Caerphilly Observer’s editor and publisher Richard Gurner shares his thoughts on the late Hefin David.

‘Summer of sadness’: Delyth Jewell MS on impending library closures

Tuesday, August 12, 2025Tuesday, August 12, 2025

In her monthly blog for Caerphilly Observer, South Wales East MS Delyth Jewell expresses her dismay at the closure of ten “cherished cathedrals of community”.

Council deputy leader talks town centre regeneration plans

Friday, August 1, 2025Friday, August 1, 2025

Council deputy leader Jamie Pritchard, who is responsible for regeneration, discusses ongoing council plans to transform town centres.

After 160 years of Welsh settlement in Patagonia, Indigenous voices are finally being heard

Wednesday, July 30, 2025Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Swansea University’s Geraldine Lublin explores the impact of Wales’ Argentinean settlement on indigenous people, 160 years on from its establishment.

‘This is a significant disadvantage for the Armed Forces community in Wales’

Tuesday, July 29, 2025Tuesday, July 29, 2025

In his latest blog for Caerphilly Observer, South Wales East MS Peredur Owen Griffiths calls for easier health service access for Armed Forces personnel.

Gwent PCC: Police ‘ramping up efforts to tackle crime and antisocial behaviour’

Monday, July 28, 2025Friday, July 25, 2025

In her latest blog for Caerphilly Observer, Gwent’s police and crime commissioner, Jane Mudd, discusses efforts to tackle crime and antisocial behaviour over the summer months.

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