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‘I will never fill his shoes’: Whittle pays tribute to predecessor Hefin David

Friday, October 24, 2025Friday, October 24, 2025

“I will never fill his shoes but I promise you I will walk the same path that he did, and I can pay no finer tribute to an excellent man.”

Plaid Cymru claims historic victory as ‘Mr Caerphilly’ elected to Senedd

Friday, October 24, 2025Friday, October 24, 2025

Plaid Cymru has secured a historic by-election win in Caerphilly, seeing off Reform UK to take the vacant Senedd seat.

Polls close in Caerphilly Senedd by-election

Thursday, October 23, 2025Friday, October 24, 2025

Throughout the day, people across the Caerphilly constituency have been voting to decide who will represent the community in the Welsh Parliament.

Caerphilly Senedd by-election: As it happened

Thursday, October 23, 2025Friday, October 24, 2025

Residents across the Caerphilly constituency have been casting their votes today in a hotly-contested Senedd by-election.The election follows the sudden passing of incumbent Labour MS Hefin David, who died in August, aged just 47.Our…

Mother who went viral after by-election debate speaks out on social media abuse

Thursday, October 23, 2025Thursday, October 23, 2025

The mother who challenged Reform UK’s by-election candidate Llyr Powell over his campaign’s anti-immigration rhetoric has spoken out against the barrage of abuse she has received on social media.

Annual Gwent Poppy Appeal launched in Blackwood

Thursday, October 23, 2025Thursday, October 23, 2025

The Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal for Gwent has today been launched in Blackwood.

New plan to tackle ‘waste’ of empty homes amid growing demand for housing

Thursday, October 23, 2025Thursday, October 23, 2025

Rising demand for temporary accommodation in Newport is fuelling a new plan to tackle the “waste” of empty homes.

Value-for-money questions over council’s Information Station move

Thursday, October 23, 2025Thursday, October 23, 2025

Newport City Council has faced value-for-money questions over moving its Information Station for public services.

Concerns over potential wind farm’s impact on mineral resources

Thursday, October 23, 2025Thursday, October 23, 2025

A firm behind plans for a windfarm straddling both Caerphilly and Torfaen county boroughs could be in dispute with both councils over access to important mineral resources. 

Senedd debates calls to save ‘essential’ stroke services

Thursday, October 23, 2025Thursday, October 23, 2025

Politicians have debated calls to safeguard full stroke services at Bronglais Hospital after more than 17,000 signed one of the biggest petitions in the Senedd’s 26-year history.

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