A new chief medical officer for Wales will be in post from next month, as Dr Sir Frank Atherton prepares to step down from the role after eight-and-a-half years.

There is “nothing at this moment to suggest” so-called grooming gangs are “a particular concern in Newport”, according to a senior Gwent Police officer.

People would be given a vote on whether to remove badly behaving Senedd Members from office between elections under plans ...