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Tag: Lindsay Whittle

Disabled couple angry at council after parking concerns ‘overlooked’

Friday, February 13, 2026Friday, February 13, 2026

Malcolm and Cheryl Waters, from Trethomas, used to be able to park their car just a few steps away from their front door on Llanfabon Drive.

New food bank to open following ‘increased demand’ in area

Thursday, February 12, 2026Thursday, February 12, 2026

The food bank will be running at Bethel Baptist Church, on Station Terrace, every Monday between 11am and 1pm.

‘One of the most moving accounts I have personally ever heard’

Thursday, February 5, 2026Thursday, February 5, 2026

In this piece for Caerphilly Observer, Caerphilly’s Senedd Member Lindsay Whittle discusses recent Holocaust memorial events, A&E waiting times and more.

Call for action to improve Wales’ low breast cancer screening uptake rates

Thursday, January 22, 2026Thursday, January 22, 2026

South Wales East MS Laura Anne Jones has written to health secretary Jeremy Miles following a Senedd debate on the issue.

‘Overwhelming anger’ over lack of car parking spaces in planned town centre development

Thursday, January 15, 2026

Housing association Wales and West Housing has set out initial plans to demolish two existing buildings in Ystrad Mynach to make way for the redevelopment.

Linsday Whittle demands ‘common sense’ in social housing letting system

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

In this piece for Caerphilly Observer, Caerphilly’s Senedd Member Lindsay Whittle calls for change in the housing system.

Screening crisis: 15,000 ‘missing’ women at risk of breast cancer in Wales

Tuesday, January 13, 2026Tuesday, January 13, 2026

The Senedd’s petitions committee heard only 69% of women invited for screening attended their appointment in 2022/23, below a 70% minimum standard and an 80% target.

MS calls for rethink over flats plans due to lack of car parking

Friday, January 2, 2026Friday, January 2, 2026

Lindsay Whittle has called for a rethink over plans to build 24 flats in Ystrad Mynach without providing any car parking spaces.

Mystery of pointed windows found during Caerphilly Indoor Market demolition solved

Tuesday, December 23, 2025Tuesday, December 23, 2025

The mystery of whether an old chapel or church had been uncovered during demolition of Caerphilly’s old indoor market has been solved.

Potential loss of 125 jobs at aluminium factory raised in Welsh Parliament

Wednesday, December 17, 2025Wednesday, December 17, 2025

The potential loss of 125 jobs at a Bedwas aluminium plant has been raised in the Senedd, with the Welsh Government saying it “stands ready” to support workers.

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