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Vaughan Gething has said the General Election is a chance for an ‘end to Tory chaos’ (PA)
Politics

General Election is chance for ‘end to Tory chaos’, says Vaughan Gething

The First Minister of Wales said he looks forward to making the case for Labour over the coming weeks.
22 May 2024
David TC Davies (Victoria Jones/PA)
Politics

Labour looking to regain Welsh seats that turned blue in 2019

Labour looking to regain seats lost in 2019 and oust big Conservative names at the General Election.
22 May 2024
Vaughan Gething has refused calls to show evidence for why he sacked Hannah Blythyn from the government. (Ben Birchall/PA)
Politics

Welsh First Minister refuses to show evidence for minister’s sacking

Vaughan Gething has rejected calls to show evidence that led to his decision to sack Hannah Blythyn from the Welsh government.
21 May 2024
Money left over from Vaughan Gething’s Welsh Labour leadership bid will no longer stay with the party. (Ben Birchall/PA Wire)
Politics

Labour not keeping Vaughan Gething’s unspent leadership donations

The party announced that the £31,000 left over from Mr Gething’s leadership run would be given to ‘progressive causes’.
21 May 2024
Dylan Cope died of sepsis days after being discharged from hospital (Family handout/PA)
Crime

Boy, nine, died of sepsis after ‘miscommunication’ between hospital staff

Dylan Cope, from Newport, died on December 14 2022 of sepsis from a perforated appendix.
21 May 2024
Dylan Cope died of sepsis days after being discharged from hospital (Family handout/PA)
Crime

Boy, nine, died of sepsis days after hospital discharge, coroner hears

Dylan Cope died on December 14 2022 at the University Hospital of Wales.
20 May 2024
Rural Affairs Secretary Huw Irranca-Davies with farmer Richard Anthony (Welsh Government/PA)
Politics

Welsh farmer ‘more confident’ about the future following delay to subsidy scheme

Welsh farmer, Richard Anthony, has welcomed news of a delay to the Sustainable Farming Scheme.
14 May 2024
Welsh Secretary David TC Davies has been accused of breaching the ministerial code (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Politics

Labour calls for investigation into alleged ministerial code breach

Shadow Welsh secretary Jo Stevens has written to the director of the Welsh Office asking for an investigation into a possible rule breach.
13 May 2024
Darren Millar, Conservative MS for Clwyd West and his Whippet, Blue (Dogs Tust)
Politics

MSs fighting for the ‘pawblic’ vote in first Senedd Dog of the Year competition

Politicians in Cardiff Bay and their dogs are going paw-to-paw in the first Senedd Dog of the Year competition next Thursday.
13 May 2024
The aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, above Arthur’s Seat and Salisbury Crags in Holyrood Park, Edinburgh (Jane Barlow/PA)
Environment

How to see Northern Lights in the UK tonight

Everything you need to know about the Northern Lights
11 May 2024
Vaughan Gething has called for Tata Steel to hold off on plans to close blast furnaces in Port Talbot (PA)
Politics

Welsh FM urges Tata Steel to wait for Labour government before cutting jobs

Vaughan Gething said the company should not go ahead with the ‘irreversible choice’ of closing its blast furnaces now.
10 May 2024
Hywel Morgan died after rescuing a group of children caught in a riptide (Dyfed-Powys Police/PA)
Crime

Family demands closure after waiting two years for inquest

The family of a ‘hero’ who helped rescue children caught in a riptide in 2022 have said they want answers, at a pre-inquest review on Thursday.
9 May 2024
Brian Whitelock appeared before Swansea Crown Court on Wednesday (PA)
Crime

Man admits killing retired horsewoman but denies murder

Brian Whitelock appeared before Swansea Crown Court on Wednesday where he pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Wendy Buckney, 71.
8 May 2024
David Maggs, who was jailed for murdering his wife (Gwent Police/PA)
Crime

Man who murdered his wife among two further deaths at Welsh prison

David Maggs and Michael Horton died within an hour of each other at HMP Parc, taking the number of people to die at the jail in recent weeks to nine.
7 May 2024
Vaughan Gething in the Senedd (Welsh Government/PA)
Politics

Wales First Minister denies he misled Covid inquiry over deleted messages

He said the lost information was a ‘real embarrassment’ but a message leaked to the Nation.Cymru news website casts doubt on Mr Gething’s version
7 May 2024
Vaughan Gething was the health minister during the pandemic (Ben Birchall/PA)
Politics

Vaughan Gething could be forced to return to Covid inquiry over deleted messages

Vaughan Gething may have misled the UK Covid-19 Inquiry when he denied intentionally deleting WhatsApp messages, leaked messages appear to show.
7 May 2024
Vaughan Gething has been criticised (PA)
Politics

Welsh FM narrowly wins vote to reject investigation into controversial donation

A Senedd vote for a probe into a donation received by Vaughan Gething during the Welsh leadership race was rejected by two votes.
1 May 2024
The Prime Minister has echoed calls for an independent investigation into a donation received by the First Minister of Wales, Vaughan Gething.
Politics

PM backs calls for investigation into Welsh FM’s campaign donation

Rishi Sunak supported calls for an independent investigation into the controversial donation during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday.
1 May 2024
Tata Steel’s Port Talbot steelworks in South Wales (PA)
Business News

Welsh First Minister to urge Tata to ‘look again’ at furnace plan on India visit

Vaughan Gething, the leader of the Welsh Labour government, has announced his intention to lobby Tata in Mumbai next week.
30 Apr 2024
The case was heard at Swansea Crown Court (Tim Ireland/PA)
Crime

Tractor driver who left woman fearing she could be ‘decapitated’ spared jail

Martin Roch, 51, of Maiden Wells near Pembroke, was handed a 24 week suspended sentence for dangerous driving.
29 Apr 2024
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Crime

Teachers ‘cannot comprehend’ school stabbing incident

Fiona Elias and Liz Hopkin were stabbed during an incident at Amman Valley School in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire on Wednesday.

26 Apr 2024