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George Thompson
Politics
UK Government ‘betraying Wales’ over rail funding, Plaid leader says
Rhun ap Iorwerth called for the First Minister of Wales to condemn the UK government’s Welsh rail funding.
By
George Thompson
10 Jun 2025
Politics
Welsh FM accused of doing ‘nothing’ to protect pensioners from winter fuel cut
Darren Millar, leader of the Welsh Conservatives, called for Eluned Morgan to apologise to the pensioners affected by the change last winter.
By
George Thompson
10 Jun 2025
Business News
Nigel Farage calls for ‘re-industrialisation’ of Wales
Nigel Farage has called for the blast furnaces in Port Talbot to be reopened and for Wales to start producing coal again.
By
George Thompson
9 Jun 2025
Crime
Police administrator jailed for leaking information to drug dealer boyfriend
Lucy Langmead, 44, and Daniel Cozens, 37, were sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court on Tuesday after admitted various charges.
By
George Thompson
3 Jun 2025
Crime
Trial of man accused of killing baby girl in car park crash delayed
Flaviu Naghi, who faces two charges of causing the death of six-month-old Sophia Kelemen, will now go on trial in January 2026.
By
George Thompson
2 Jun 2025
Environment
Wales sees sunniest spring on record
Provisional figures from the Met Office show Wales has had its sunniest spring, beating the figure from 2020.
By
George Thompson
29 May 2025
Crime
Driver jailed for killing girl, 3, in crash after taking 20 lines of cocaine
Rawal Rehman, 36, of Lambton Road, Manchester, was given a 12-year sentence at Manchester Crown Court on Tuesday.
By
George Thompson
27 May 2025
UK
Three died in blaze at former RAF base after part of building ‘collapsed’
Firefighters Martyn Sadler, 38, and Jennie Logan, 30, died alongside member of the public David Chester, 57, in an incident on May 15.
By
George Thompson
27 May 2025
UK
Plans for North Wales metro service unveiled by Welsh Government
More rail and bus services, pay as you go technology and station improvements have been promised for North Wales over the next decade.
By
George Thompson
22 May 2025
UK
Welsh Tory calls for rap trio Kneecap to be dropped from festival line-up
Darren Millar has called for the band to be removed from the Green Man Festival after a band member was charged with a terror offence.
By
George Thompson
22 May 2025
Crime
Man found not guilty of preventing burial of two babies
Zilvinas Ledovskis, 50, of Swansea, was found not guilty after the prosecution said it would be presenting no evidence against him.
By
George Thompson
20 May 2025
Crime
Former MP appears in court charged with harassing ex-wife
Katie Wallis, the former MP for Bridgend, who was previously known as Jamie, appeared before Cardiff Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
By
George Thompson
19 May 2025
Politics
Reform a ‘one-man personality cult’, leader of the Welsh Tories to say
Darren Millar, leader of the Welsh Tories, will address his party at the Welsh Conservative Conference in Llangollen on Saturday.
By
George Thompson
16 May 2025
Politics
Kemi Badenoch insists Tories should not be written off at Welsh conference
The Tory leader suggested her party faces a long, hard battle to return to power and prominence as she spoke at the Welsh Conservative Conference.
By
George Thompson
16 May 2025
Politics
Conservative leaders will not rule out deals with Reform and Plaid in Wales
Kemi Badenoch and Darren Millar declined to rule out doing deals with other parties to secure becoming the next Welsh goverment.
By
George Thompson
16 May 2025
Politics
Welsh Tories in vow to introduce winter fuel payment, if elected
Darren Millar said the party would offer the boldest manifesto.
By
George Thompson
15 May 2025
Crime
Woman who disappeared after leaving work died of stab wounds, coroner told
Paria Veisi was found dead at a property in the Penylan area of Cardiff on April 19, seven days after she went missing.
By
George Thompson
15 May 2025
Crime
Man appears in court over school stabbing trial collapse
Christopher Elias, from Neath Port Talbot, appeared before Swansea Magistrates’ Court over the collapse of a school stabbing trial in October 2024.
By
George Thompson
14 May 2025
Politics
Welsh First Minister says she will not use ‘divisive language’ on immigration
Welsh Labour leader Eluned Morgan refused to say whether she supported the Prime Minister saying the UK risked becoming an ‘island of strangers’.
By
George Thompson
13 May 2025
UK
Foragers rescued from Welsh island after eating suspected hemlock
Two experienced foragers were rescued from Sully Island off the coast of south Wales earlier this month.
By
George Thompson
13 May 2025
Politics
No ‘formal relationship’ possible between Plaid and Reform
Plaid Cymru and Reform UK are predicted to be the biggest parties in Wales at the next election.
By
George Thompson
7 May 2025
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