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Tag: Lindsay Whittle

‘For many Ukrainians living in Wales, this flag is not just a flag’

Friday, May 29, 2026Friday, May 29, 2026

A Senedd Member has rallied to support Ukrainians living in Wales, amid calls for their flag to be removed from outside the Senedd.

‘Shock’ over scale of payout to council’s former chief executive

Thursday, May 21, 2026Friday, May 22, 2026

A payout to the former chief executive of Caerphilly County Borough Council totalled more than £280,000 – according to the local authority’s statement of accounts.

McDonald’s pulls out of plans to open in Maesycwmmer

Thursday, May 14, 2026Tuesday, May 19, 2026

McDonald’s has withdrawn its planning application “following a review of community feedback and further assessment of road safety at the site”.

‘We will not let you down’: Lindsay Whittle MS talks Senedd election results

Monday, May 11, 2026Monday, May 11, 2026

Plaid Cymru MS Lindsay Whittle has said “the hard work starts now” following his party’s successes in the Senedd election.

Senedd election results all in – who’s in and who’s out?

Friday, May 8, 2026Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Every constituency in Wales has now declared its winners, and 96 Senedd Members have been elected. But who’s new, who’s returning, and who’s out?

How much progress has been made on Caerphilly’s new leisure centre?

Monday, April 13, 2026Monday, April 13, 2026

Scheduled to open in March 2027, the “state-of-the-art” leisure centre forms a key part of Caerphilly County Borough Council’s ‘Caerphilly 2035’ regeneration masterplan.

‘Council’s decision to press ahead with changes to home to school transport is truly baffling’

Tuesday, March 31, 2026Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Caerphilly Senedd Member Lindsay Whittle criticises council changes to school transport in this piece for Caerphilly Observer.

Plaid Cymru leader ‘taking nothing for granted’ as party launches campaign in Bedwas

Monday, March 30, 2026Monday, March 30, 2026

Plaid Cymru launched its 2026 Senedd election campaign at Bedwas Workmen’s Hall, where Caerphilly Observer sat down with the man hoping to be Wales’ next First Minister.

Formal plans lodged for bingo hall flats despite parking fears

Monday, March 30, 2026Monday, March 30, 2026

Housing association Wales and West Housing has submitted formal plans to replace a nursery and a former bingo hall in Ystrad Mynach with 24 flats.

‘This is fixable and it has to change’: Wife takes Owain’s Law campaign to Senedd

Wednesday, March 25, 2026Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Ellie James, who is fighting to change the law in memory of her late husband Owain, has taken her campaign to the Senedd.

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