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Tag: Lindsay Whittle

‘It will be horrendous’: Why villagers are uniting to stop a new McDonald’s

Thursday, November 20, 2025Thursday, November 20, 2025

Residents fear delays, gridlock, and more pollution on the already congested A472 – and they say the fast-food chain isn’t listening.

Polling day and candidates announced for Penyrheol by-election

Wednesday, November 19, 2025Wednesday, November 19, 2025

A by-election will be held in the Penyrheol, Trecenydd, and Energlyn ward on Thursday December 11, to contest the seat left vacant following Lindsay Whittle’s election to the Senedd.

Tributes to a ‘dedicated public servant and a much-loved local character’

Wednesday, November 19, 2025Friday, November 21, 2025

Tributes have been paid to the long-serving Van ward councillor Christine Forehead, who has passed away at the age of 81.

MS calls on Welsh Government to back calls to reopen railway line through Nelson

Friday, November 14, 2025Friday, November 14, 2025

The Welsh Government should support calls for the reopening of Nelson’s railway line to passengers, Plaid Cymru’s deputy leader has said.

Calls to end ‘national disgrace’ of veteran homelessness

Friday, November 14, 2025

James Evans warned it was unacceptable to have veterans sleeping on the streets, arguing that guaranteeing them a home should be a matter of “principle, not paperwork”.

‘Something fundamental has happened within the political scene’

Wednesday, November 12, 2025Wednesday, November 12, 2025

South Wales East MS Peredur Owen Griffiths discusses Plaid Cymru’s recent win in the Caerphilly Senedd by-election.

Councillors bid farewell to ‘Mr Caerphilly’ after his election to Senedd

Wednesday, November 12, 2025Wednesday, November 12, 2025

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

Wednesday, November 12, 2025Wednesday, November 12, 2025

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.

‘This should not be happening in one of the richest countries in the world’

Tuesday, November 11, 2025Tuesday, November 11, 2025

In his first blog for Caerphilly Observer since his by-election victory, Plaid Cymru MS Lindsay Whittle discusses poverty in Caerphilly, his first few weeks in the job, and more.

Could tactical voting block Reform in future elections?

Monday, November 10, 2025

Thomas Lockwood, of York St John University, looks at what the recent Caerphilly by-Senedd election result means for Reform UK.

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