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The Latest Breaking News from Wales

Plaid Cymru’s victory in Caerphilly points to a new kind of electorate

The Welsh town’s byelection was a two-party race – but this time neither Labour nor the Conservatives were in it

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2025

John Curtice says Labour in ‘severe trouble’ in Wales after humiliating by-election defeat

Plaid Cymru ‘now well placed to provide Wales with its next first minister’, says top pollster

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2025

Friday briefing: How Plaid beat Reform (and left Labour in Senedd byelection dust)

In today’s newsletter: Labour has been the largest party in Wales at every general election since 1922. Last night, that history came to an abrupt and painful end – but it was also a disappointing evening for Nigel Farage

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2025

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London’s violent crime hotspots: Interactive map reveals tide of knife attacks and other assaults across capital

Capital accounts for almost a third of knife offences in England and Wales, research shows

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2025

Labour suffers crushing defeat in Caerphilly by-election with record vote collapse as Plaid Cymru holds off Reform

Labour came a distant third with only 11.02% of the vote - as swing of almost 27% from the party

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2025

Plaid Cymru ousts Labour in Caerphilly byelection

Rhun ap Iorwerth’s party seizes Senedd seat, beating Reform UK into second place

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2025

High turnout in vital Caerphilly Welsh Parliament by-election as votes counted

Plaid Cymru and Reform UK hoping to do well in Labour stronghold.

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2025

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No 10 accepts people are ‘disappointed with the pace of change’ as Plaid Cymru celebrates Caerphilly byelection win – as it happpened

Lindsay Whittle seized the Senedd constituency from Labour and resisted a fierce challenge from Reform UK

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2025

Shoplifting convictions in England and Wales hit eight-year high

The age profile of people convicted for shoplifting has shifted in recent years towards older groups.

Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2025

Detectorist uncovers what could be Wales’s biggest treasure hoard buried in a muddy field

David Moss slept with the coins in his car for three days before passing them on to experts

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2025

New rules will allow police misusing force in England and Wales to ‘walk away scot-free’

Critics say boosting protections for officers at misconduct cases, introduced after fatal shooting of Chris Kaba, will undermine rule of law

The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2025

HIV prevention jab approved for use in England and Wales – here’s how it works

The first ever injectable drug that can prevent HIV has been approved for use in England and Wales.

The Conversation · Oct 23, 2025

Drug dealer admits murder of woman who was shot dead during gang turf war

Marcus Huntley, 21, shot dead Joanne Penney, 40, after she opened the door of a flat in south Wales on March 9 this year.

Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2025

Crime in England and Wales: Latest numbers and trends

Knife crime is down 5% year on year and is 7% below pre-pandemic levels.

Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2025

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Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2025

Homicides fall to lowest level since police records began in 2003

Some 518 offences were recorded in the year to June, a decrease of 6% from the previous 12-month-period.

The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2025

‘The police weren’t interested’: what’s driving the rise in private prosecutions?

The long read: As the police and courts continue to struggle with the legacy of austerity, many people are seeking alternative routes to justice – but it could be making matters worse

The Conversation · Oct 22, 2025

The new species of flesh-eating dinosaur that once roamed south Wales: an imaging technology revolution

Imaging technology has revolutionised palaeontology, allowing scientists to study fossils that are buried deep in the rock or too small to handle. Two recent studies I was involved with show some of the technology’s potential, including one that discovered a new dinosaur species that loomed over other carnivores it lived…

The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2025

Caerphilly byelection could signal ‘fundamental realignment’ of Welsh politics

If Labour loses the Senedd seat, it will be a huge blow for party that has dominated politics in Wales for a century

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The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2025

Wales boss Steve Tandy wants players to talk about turmoil facing domestic game

The Welsh Rugby Union has proposed to halve the number of professional men’s sides in Wales from four to two.

The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2025

UK weather map: Where Storm Benjamin is set to bring 75mph winds and heavy rain this week

Met Office issues three yellow weather warnings as heavy downpours and strong gales to lash across UK

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2025

Widow who took husband to Dignitas tells peers law must change

A special scrutiny committee is to begin on Wednesday on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.

Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2025

MP: Coal tip safety should be fully funded to prevent repeat of Aberfan disaster

In 1966, a spoil-heap landslide crushed Pantglas Primary School in the coal-mining village of Aberfan near Merthyr Tydfil, killing 144 people.

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2025

Rail funding in Wales is an ‘injustice’, says First Minister

Welsh politicians have complained that the country was short-changed over the HS2 scheme, connecting London and the West Midlands.

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2025

Why the fall of this Labour political fortress could spell disaster for Starmer

NEWS ANALYSIS: Since 1918 Labour has never lost in Caerphilly, but now this Welsh constituency could be the latest scalp for Nigel Farage, says political editor David Maddox

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2025

‘I don’t know anyone who is voting Labour’: How Reform is turning a red heartland light blue

This south Wales constituency has been deemed a safe Labour seat for over a century, but voters on streets of Caerphilly tell Holly Evans they are fed up – and think Nigel Farage’s Reform might be the answer

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