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Pub landlord aims for £1,500 charity drive in memory of granddaughter caerphilly.observer/news/106…

Pub landlord aims for £1,500 charity drive in memory of granddaughter

A pub landlord is hosting a fundraising evening this weekend to support the charity that helped his family following the death of his granddaughter.

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Bar owner’s late-night plans approved amid neighbours’ noise complaints caerphilly.observer/news/106…

Bar owner’s late-night plans approved amid neighbours’ noise complaints

A Caerphilly bar owner’s late-night plans have been largely successful, despite stiff opposition from some neighbours over noise and disturbance concerns.

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Town centre flats approved amid parking and ‘prison block’ claims caerphilly.observer/news/106…

Town centre flats approved amid parking and ‘prison block’ claims

Plans for 72 new homes in Caerphilly town centre have been approved despite parking concerns and claims the new flats will resemble “prison blocks”.

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Council inviting formal bids to run Blackwood Miners’ Institute caerphilly.observer/news/106…

Council inviting formal bids to run Blackwood Miners’ Institute

Caerphilly Council has upped its search for a new organisation to take over the running of Blackwood Miners’ Institute.

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Decision day nears for 72 homes to replace town’s indoor market caerphilly.observer/news/106…

Decision day nears for 72 homes to replace town’s indoor market

Plans for dozens of new homes in the centre of Caerphilly are nearing a final decision, in a £21 million project to replace the town’s former indoor market v.1

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‘No evidence’ to back calls for traffic-calming in ‘rat run’ village caerphilly.observer/news/106…

'No evidence’ to back calls for traffic-calming in ‘rat run’ village

Calls for traffic-calming measures to stop drivers using a village as a ‘rat run’ have been unsuccessful.

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16-year-old boy arrested after suspected bomb hoax closes school caerphilly.observer/news/106…

16-year-old boy arrested after suspected bomb hoax closes school

A 16-year-old boy from the Wrexham area has been arrested after a suspected bomb hoax forced the closure of St Martins School on Thursday.

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Pupils and staff evacuated as police investigate ‘threat’ to school caerphilly.observer/news/106…

Pupils and staff evacuated as police investigate 'threat' to school

Pupils and staff at St Martins School were evacuated on Thursday morning, Caerphilly County Borough Council has confirmed.

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Student nurse runs Cardiff Half Marathon one year after open-heart surgery caerphilly.observer/news/106…

Student nurse runs Cardiff Half Marathon one year after open-heart surgery

A student nurse who underwent open-heart surgery just 12 months ago has completed the Cardiff Half Marathon alongside her sister, raising almost £1,000 for charity.

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Burglar who was ‘menace to community’ jailed for four years caerphilly.observer/news/106…

Burglar who was 'menace to community' jailed for four years

A burglar who stole thousands of pounds worth of equipment, cash, and a motorcycle from businesses in Nelson and Tonypandy has been jailed for four years.

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Wales wheelchair rugby league team hits £10,000 world cup target caerphilly.observer/sport/10…

Wales wheelchair rugby league team hits £10,000 world cup target

The campaign was set up after the squad lost its front-of-shirt sponsor at short notice, leaving a funding gap for costs not covered by tournament organisers.

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The M4 improvements being considered by the Welsh Government caerphilly.observer/news/106…

The M4 improvements being considered by the Welsh Government

Ministers concede public transport alone will not fix M4 gridlock, announcing an 18-month study to select a road-based solution.

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Fashion students reimagine old unusable school uniforms caerphilly.observer/news/106…

Fashion students reimagine old unusable school uniforms

Discarded and damaged school uniforms from Caerphilly are being turned into fashion garments and retail stock as part of a project to reduce textile waste.

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Meningitis survivor, 7, wins BBC Young Hero award after raising thousands caerphilly.observer/news/106…

Meningitis survivor, 7, wins BBC Young Hero award after raising thousands

A seven-year-old meningitis survivor from Cefn Fforest who has raised thousands of pounds for charity has been named a Young Hero at a national awards ceremony.

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Missing Nissan Jukes recovered by police and investigation continues caerphilly.observer/news/106…

Missing Nissan Jukes recovered by police as investigation continues

Police launched an investigation after 13 cars - including 11 Nissan Jukes - went missing across Caerphilly County Borough in a single 24-hour period last week.

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Senedd backs calls for a ‘polluter-pays’ principle in dealing with contaminated land caerphilly.observer/news/106…

Senedd backs calls for a ‘polluter-pays’ principle in dealing with contaminated land

Plaid Cymru MS Niamh Salkeld led a debate on the issue, a day after Caerphilly Council backed calls for a national inquiry into potentially contaminated land.

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Depleted Crosskeys Bowls Club draft in ‘Dad’s Army’ to win Super Eights competition caerphilly.observer/sport/10…

Depleted Crosskeys Bowls Club draft in ‘Dad’s Army’ to win Super Eights competition

Despite four of their eight main players being unavailable on the day, the team overcame the odds to lift the trophy and take home £700 in prize money.

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“We can’t keep burying our heads in the sand”: Council backs contaminated land inquiry caerphilly.observer/news/106…

"We can’t keep burying our heads in the sand": Council backs contaminated land inquiry

Calls for a national inquiry into potentially contaminated land have won the unanimous support of councillors, after warnings the authorities could not afford to “keep burying our heads in the sand”.

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Opposition leaders clash with First Minister over Welsh independence caerphilly.observer/news/106…

Opposition leaders clash with First Minister over Welsh independence

First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth clashed with opposition party leaders over independence and Wales’ place in the UK following his attendance at a YesCymru rally.

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Primary school at ‘centre of village’ community saved from closure caerphilly.observer/news/106…

Primary school at ‘centre of village’ community saved from closure

Deri Primary School has been saved from potential closure, following an impassioned speech from a local councillor and community calls to rescue it v.1

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