Jan Jones

A local community column announces the Ynysddu Mothers' Union meeting, featuring PC Corinna Davies speaking about bogus callers, home security checks and smoke alarms. It also lists a sugar-craft demonstration organized by the Cwmfelinfach Residents Association, an upcoming Lower Sirhowy Valley and Communities Partnership meeting, and regular bingo, quizzes, karaoke, sporting activities and entertainment across Ynysddu, Cwmfelinfach and Wattsville.

A local community column highlights a charity talk by Margery Pryce-Jones of Multi-International Aid about aid to Russian orphans, along with Easter and Holy Week services at churches and community venues across Ynysddu, Cwmfelinfach, Wattsville, Wyllie and Gelli Groes. It also announces community clubs, children's activities, a police talk on bogus callers, the opening of Ben's Barbers Shop, a Subaru enthusiasts' meeting and a schedule of local entertainment and social events.

A community column reports on entertainment at Ynysddu Nursing Home, including a music and karaoke evening, and outlines planned resident activities. It also announces changes to local police surgeries, a police operation targeting overweight lorries using the valley as a shortcut, and warnings about distraction burglaries. Other notices cover a Subaru enthusiasts’ club, Tina Williams’s humanitarian aid collection for people in Kosovo, a community trip to see Stan Stennett’s show Bless them All in Cardiff, and a schedule of local clubs, quizzes, bingo, karaoke and other events.

Residents of Wyllie and Wattsville are opposing proposed post office closures, warning that reduced access would particularly affect elderly people and those without cars. A public meeting will allow valley residents to raise local safety concerns with police and the Caerphilly Community Safety Partnership. The column also reports on community association activities, including a pantomime trip, coffee morning and social evening, alongside local clubs, entertainment and weekly events.

A local community column warns that children are being allowed to ride mini-motorbikes illegally on public land and paths, including the Sirhowy Valley Walk, sometimes without helmets. It praises a resident who reported illegal quad-bike riding on Mynydd Y Grug and urges villagers to provide information to police. The column also reports results from the Crusaders AFC annual quiz, lists classes run by Sardis Community Association, and provides local entertainment and club announcements.

A local community column for Ynysddu and nearby villages announces a Christmas party at Craig y Trwyn Care Home, upcoming church carol services and Christmas events, a poker evening at Ynysddu Rugby Club, and a weekly schedule of bingo, quizzes, karaoke, live entertainment and other social activities.

A local community column reports that free adult computer and Christmas craft classes at Wattsville Pavilion have been extended. It also lists upcoming church services, festive events, club activities and entertainment across Brynawel, Cwmfelinfach, Wattsville, Wyllie, Ynysddu and Gelli Groes. Restoration work at St Theodore’s Church forced the cancellation of a Christmas party but is expected to finish before a candlelight carol service. Council improvements to a river-road stone wall are funded by the Welsh Assembly, while the Lower Sirhowy Valley Partnership is hosting a public meeting with Forestry Commission officers.

A local Ynysddu Christmas fair raised £1,362.70 through donated raffle prizes, stalls and refreshments, with thanks given to the volunteers and supporters. The column also reports on a Mothers' Union presentation, entertainment and shopping plans at a nursing home, a residents' association meeting, advice about trichomonad disease affecting local greenfinches, councillor surgeries, a pantomime trip and regular community activities. Local band Shifting Gear performed a charity concert supporting cancer causes and promoted its CD, Shimmer.

A community column from Ynysddu reports Wyllie's annual remembrance service for ten local men killed in the Second World War, welcomes new police ward officer PC Hywel Walker, and promotes a residents' association trip to see Stan Stennett in a pantomime. It also previews a local quiz team's appearance on BBC's Eggheads, notes the closure of the Pioneer Hotel, highlights the Subaru Car Club, and lists regular entertainment and social events across nearby villages.

Local groups have donated enough supplies for Tina Williams’s next humanitarian aid convoy to Kosovo in Easter 2008, while storage limitations temporarily prevent further donations. The aid effort supports approximately 800 families per convoy, as well as schools and hospitals, in communities still facing severe post-war poverty and limited access to water. The column also announces Remembrance Sunday services in Cwmfelinfach and Wyllie, promotes local clubs and events, reports on a youth consultation about play facilities in Wattsville, and includes an apology for a previously published offensive item.

A community column reports on Ynysddu Primary School’s Harvest Festival, where pupils sang hymns, helped lead the service and displayed vegetables grown in the school allotment. It also lists upcoming local activities across Ynysddu, Cwmfelinfach, Wattsville and nearby villages, including quiz nights, Christmas craft classes and fairs, historical talks, computer courses, police drop-in sessions, a community safety partnership meeting, entertainment and bingo. A memorial stone in Glan-y-nant park has also been repositioned ahead of the annual Armistice Day service.

A local community column highlights activities in Ynysddu and surrounding villages, including Sardis ladies’ guild meetings, social mornings, exercise classes and a walking club. It also announces harvest services at Bethal Chapel, charity coffee-morning fundraising for Macmillan nurses, a residents’ association gathering, an 85th birthday, and entertainment and events at local venues.