Wales welcomes Hen Galan, Welsh New Year
While much of the world welcomed the start of 2026 on 1 January, in Wales there is still one more chance to ring in the year. Hen Galan, known as the Welsh Old New Year, is celebrated according to the…
Echoes from the Past, From Wales to Greenland
From time to time, powerful states reveal how they see the world not through policy papers, but through passing remarks. Recent debate over Greenland’s strategic importance and the current discussions underway by the U.S government to ‘buy’ Greenland, particularly in…
Welsh Couple Celebrate second £1M National Lottery Win
A courier driver and a mental health practitioner from Mid-Wales are celebrating an extraordinary Christmas miracle after securing a second £1,000,000 National Lottery win, seven years after their first. Richard Davies, 49, and Faye Stevenson-Davies, 43, first won £1M in…
Reform UK, ‘The Biggest Party in Great Britain’
Reform UK has moved from the margins to the centre of UK politics, with recent polling and election results showing the party competing at the highest level. This rise across the United Kingdom places Reform UK as the biggest party…
Patients treated in store cupboards as corridor care ‘normalised’
Patients are being treated in store cupboards, break rooms and toilets as so-called corridor care becomes the norm in Welsh hospitals, the Senedd has heard. Senedd members warned that treating patients in inappropriate areas has become a “daily reality” rather…
Two paedophiles jailed for 58 years for sexually abusing five girls in Bury and parts of Wales
Two men have been jailed for committing a series of sexual offences against five teenage girls more than 25 years ago. The Crown Prosecution Service’s dedicated Organised Child Sexual Abuse Unit prosecuted Imtiaz Ali, 53, and Manzorr Hussain, 54, following…
Developers Have Fully Fixed Only Four of 163 At-Risk Buildings in Wales Eight Years After Grenfell
Developers have fully fixed only four out of 163 at-risk buildings in Wales more than eight years on from the Grenfell disaster, which claimed the lives of 72 people. The warning came as the Senedd debated a building safety bill…
10 years in prison for Bargoed man involved in the supply of drugs
37-year-old Peter Ian Yandell, from Bargoed, was arrested at his business premises on June 11. Officers from Tarian, the Regional Organised Crime Unit for southern Wales, executed the warrant at Yandell’s vehicle workshop in Tredegar. Yandell had been using the…
Storm Claudia Triggers Amber and Yellow Weather Warnings across England and Wales
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) is urging the public to take extra precautions ahead of Storm Claudia, which is set to lash England and Wales with torrential rain and fierce winds on Friday. Amber weather warnings…
Wales Delays GP Prescriptions for New Weight-Loss Drugs
The Welsh Government has confirmed that GPs will remain unable to prescribe new weight-loss drugs such as tirzepatide (Mounjaro) because NHS Wales is not yet equipped to handle the significant demand expected once the treatments are made widely available. Rollout…