Should Wales adopt compulsory voting for Senedd elections? (nation.cymru)
“Use your vote” is emblazoned in huge blue letters on the bridge that flanks the main entrance to the European Parliament building in Brussels....
Plaid Cymru criticises selection of Welsh Tory election candidate who lives in Oxfordshire (nation.cymru)
A Plaid Cymru general election candidate has criticised his Conservative rival for living more than 100 miles away in Oxfordshire....
Advocates sound alarm on long Covid in Wales at Michael Sheen’s ‘Nye’ (bylines.cymru)
Activists raised awareness of the devastating impacts of long Covid at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay, ahead of a performance of the play Nye starring Michael Sheen. They collected signatures for The Care Society, a Senedd petition calling for a comprehensive response to the long Covid crisis in Wales. Its key...
Plans for nuclear power site at Wyfla must centre on needs of local community – Llinos Medi (nation.cymru)
Plaid Cymru’s candidate in Ynys Môn for the upcoming General Election says any plans to develop a nuclear power site at Wyfla must centre around the needs and interests of local communities....
Welsh Water sees pollution incidents spike despite £483m spend (www.bbc.co.uk)
Welsh Water’s pollution incidents shot up last year, despite the company spending hundreds of millions of pounds to “improve services”....
Nurses blast Welsh Government after doctors' pay settlement (nation.cymru)
The Welsh Government has been blasted by nurses’ leaders following the pay settlement agreed with doctors which was announced earlier today (7 June)....
Senedd calls for fair share of HS2 funding (nation.cymru)
Labour and the Conservatives have been urged to commit to reclassifying HS2 as an England-only project to “right a £4bn wrong”....
Data shows casualties reduced on roads since 20mph introduction (nation.cymru)
New road collision data published today shows that casualties have reduced on roads since the introduction of the new 20mph speed limits in September last year....
Labour's lead in Senedd election polling down to just 7% over Plaid Cymru (nation.cymru)
The continuing scandals surrounding Vaughan Gething have cut Welsh Labour’s poll lead over Plaid Cymru at a Senedd election to just seven percentage points....
Vaughan Gething’s leadership crisis is a disaster – for Wales, for Labour and maybe even for devolution (www.theguardian.com)
The way in which Vaughan Gething secured his victory in the race to become Labour’s leader in Wales – and the nation’s first minister – was bound to store up problems for him and his party. Bad enough was the crude way in which the largest trade unions placed their collective thumb on the scale in his favour. More...
Gething loses vote of no confidence (nation.cymru)
Vaughan Gething, the embattled First Minister, has lost a vote of no confidence tabled by the Welsh Conservatives....
Award winning artist accuses National Museum of censorship (nation.cymru)
An award-winning Welsh artist has accused the National Museums and Galleries of Wales of censorship by not showing one of his works in the lead-up to the UK General Election....
Vaughan Gething: A whirlwind day for Welsh Labour and the FM (www.bbc.co.uk)
What a day....
Labour and Lib Dem candidates row over support for Gething (nation.cymru)
A blistering row has broken out between a Liberal Democrat general election candidate and his Labour rival over support for Vaughan Gething....
17 arrests following pro-Palestine protests in Welsh capital (nation.cymru)
17 pro-Palestine protesters have been arrested by South Wales Police following demonstrations in Cardiff....
Vaughan Gething to face no confidence vote this week (nation.cymru)
First Minister Vaughan Gething is set to face a vote of no confidence in the Senedd this week – but would his Labour colleagues be likely to break ranks during an election period?...
Mark Drakeford attacks Labour minister over school year (www.bbc.co.uk)
Mark Drakeford has dramatically criticised the Welsh government’s decision to scrap changes to the school holiday....
Yr Hobyd: Tolkien’s The Hobbit to be published in Welsh (nation.cymru)
A Welsh publisher is to release a new translation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic fantasy novel The Hobbit in Welsh....
Election candidate imposed on Wales deleted posts that conflict with Labour policy (nation.cymru)
A think tank director who has been parachuted into a Welsh constituency as its Labour candidate has deleted social media posts from 2023 that conflict with the party’s current policies....
Vaughan Gething: Firm linked to criminal probe donated to first minister (www.bbc.co.uk)
A company that bankrolled Vaughan Gething’s successful bid to become Wales’ first minister was linked to a criminal investigation at the time, the BBC can reveal....
Prominent Welsh left-winger denounces Starmer as he quits Labour after 35 years (nation.cymru)
One of the most prominent left-wing members of Welsh Labour has resigned from the party after 35 years, denouncing the direction it has taken under the leadership of Keir Starmer....
Questions raised over controversial ministerial sacking (nation.cymru)
Questions have been asked of the Welsh Government’s director of ethics about the controversial sacking of a junior minister who was accused of leaking information to the media....
The Welsh activist who’s ready to sail with aid to Gaza (bylines.cymru)
Noraini Binti Husin Jamal (Nora), along with around 1,000 activists from around the world who tried and failed to deliver aid to Gaza, is ready to break the blockade with the Gaza Freedom Flotilla next time....
'Insult to Wales' - former Labour MP slams Starmer for imposing candidates on Welsh constituencies (nation.cymru)
A former Welsh Labour MP has slammed the party for parachuting two candidates with no connection to Wales into safe Labour seats....
Covid inquiry: Vaughan Gething's deleted text row taken 'very seriously' (www.bbc.co.uk)
Concerns that First Minister Vaughan Gething may have deleted text messages during the pandemic are being taken “very seriously” by the Covid inquiry, a representative has said....
