Shortcomings in how Gwent Police protects vulnerable people will be subject to closer examination by the area’s directly elected police and crime commissioner.
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Solicitors volunteering to teach pupils about sexual consent
Solicitors are volunteering to discuss issues around sex and consent with pupils in secondary schools across Gwent.
‘On the hoof’ free Christmas parking plan fails to win support
Surprise proposals for free Christmas parking across Caerphilly County Borough have failed to win enough council support.
Council to withdraw from anti-nuclear partnership
The council put forward plans to withdraw from Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA), which it joined in 1996.
‘We’re piling up laws never delivered’: former minister criticises own government
Labour’s Alun Davies has accused the Welsh Government of “piling up laws” that are “never delivered”, painting a picture of a pattern of incompetence over the past decade.
Councillors bid farewell to ‘Mr Caerphilly’ after his election to Senedd
Members of Caerphilly County Borough Council have bid a fond farewell to Lindsay Whittle, who has joined the Senedd after 49 years in local government.
Message of unity from council’s new leader
Cllr Jamie Pritchard has been named the new leader of Caerphilly County Borough Council, and has pledged to work across party lines for the benefit of the borough’s residents.
Reform Senedd Member faces 14-day suspension for racial slur
South Wales East MS Laura Anne Jones was also found to have breached the Senedd’s rules on discrimination, but she was cleared of allegations of fraudulent expenses.
Free parking confirmed for Newport city centre in festive run-up
Free parking will be available in seven of Newport’s car parks on Saturdays in the run-up to Christmas, the city council has confirmed.
Separate Welsh legal jurisdiction ‘inevitably developing’
The Welsh Government’s chief legal adviser flatly denied reports a separate Welsh legal jurisdiction is off the agenda, telling the Senedd: “I said no such thing.”