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Last week I was delighted to discover amid the Welsh Conservative Shadow Cabinet reshuffle that after requesting to stay, I’ll be remaining in my...
Back in 2017, I started raising concerns about the way in which ideology was trumping common sense when it came to issues around people identifying as...
Fresh branding in place and new directorial team firmly at the helm, Perform Chepstow’s Academy and Advanced Youth Theatre groups gave five...
The first events of 2024 Caerleon Arts Festival are about to start and it is brilliant to see the community buzzing with excitement, eagerly awaiting...
Last month Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament elected a new First Minister, Vaughan Gething. As the first Black head of Government in Wales, the UK...
THERE is nothing dignified about animal trophy hunting. That is why I spoke from the Labour frontbench in Parliament about the importance of finally...
Next month the Senedd will celebrate 25 years. Twenty five years is a milestone worth marking - a time to reflect and a time to look forward. It is...
A TEENAGE ballet dancer from Newport is set to dance at a major competition in the USA. Charlie-Beth Smith was selected to represent Great Britain...
Every so often something we hear brings home how the NHS has the power to save and change lives. Our headlines are usually full of stories of the...
Thank you to Newport East Falklands veteran, Mike Hermanis, for asking me to join him, along with other ex-servicemen and bereaved family members in...
Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden has said she is “grateful” for being given “another shot at life” a year on from finding a cancerous...
If there are those who think that Monmouthshire is an oasis of privilege and wealth set aside from the rest of Wales, I am sorry to disabuse them. ...
Most people have heard of the Bank of England, but many might not realise what impact it has on their day to day lives. As the UK’s central bank,...
Bonnie and Clyde Wales Millennium Centre Cardiff "Another relaxing night of theatre" a man in the crowd remarked, following the unannounced...
Congratulations go to our new First Minister Vaughan Gething, on becoming leader of Welsh Labour and the first black leader in Europe. This is a...
I had the honour of being invited to address a vigil outside Caerffili Castle in solidarity with the people of Gaza. The vigil itself was a poignant...
As new First Minister, Vaughan Gething must put solving poverty at the heart of his administration. Gething is no stranger to poverty, having held...
As this will be my first column since Mark Drakeford stood down as First Minister, I would like to thank him for his public service. While my party,...
Last week I was delighted to join staff, students and guests at USW Newport to learn more about investment in the new HYDRA Innovation and Research...
Imagine a bunch of bureaucrats coming up to you demanding you relinquish 20 per cent of your – yes, your – property, no questions asked. You’d...
PRESTATYN-born Karl Wallinger, who starred in The Waterboys and then World Party, has died aged 66. The frontman formed World Party in 1986,...
After years of campaigning, I’m absolutely delighted to see the Newport to Ebbw Vale line re-open. It has been a long time coming, it will now not...
Welsh singer Charlotte Church said she was spreading a “loving message” as she joined a pro-Palestine rally following the backlash she received...
Welsh National Opera Death in Venice Wales Millennium Centre It is highly laudable for WNO to share the Wales Millennium State with No Fit State...
Like other councils in the area, we have been busy working to balance our books for the services we will continue to offer residents in the coming...
March 6, 2024, marked 40 years since the start of the miners’ strike. As the Welsh Labour Member of the Senedd for Islwyn I know how powerful the...
This week the Senedd will be debating the Welsh Government’s final budget, the final chance members to scrutinise the Welsh Government’s...
In February I was proud to stand shoulder-to-shoulder in solidarity with steelworkers from Llanwern as they marched through Newport in protest of Tata...
A CONSERVATIVE former Welsh secretary said changes to the boundaries of MPs’ constituencies will result in “a weaker Welsh voice”. The number...
THE Senedd voted to withhold its consent to an “ill-conceived” UK bill amid concerns it amounts to a gagging order and rides roughshod over rights...
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As Torfaen MS, I recently visited the Tŷ Hafan charity shop in Cwmbran to hear how it raises money to support the incredible work Tŷ Hafan...
The Torfaen Play Service Volunteer Awards were held at Congress Theatre in Cwmbran last week. The awards celebrate those who give up their time to...
Recently, steelworkers from Llanwern and across the UK, along with Newport’s Labour councillors, Jayne Bryant and John Griffiths MS, Ruth Jones MP,...
WALES' role in UK-EU relations has greatly diminished since Brexit, with open democratic debate replaced by diktat and decisions made in the shadows,...
THE Conservatives will need to “win the confidence” of Welsh voters ahead of an election after what has been a “challenging” year, the Welsh...
RISHI Sunak has offered his support to protesting farmers in Wales. Farmers across Wales have objected to the Welsh Labour government’s proposals...
THE public are seeing the “green shoots” of the economy improving, the prime minister has told supporters in Wales. Speaking at the Welsh...
Forty years on from the miners’ strikes, it’s hard not to conclude that history is in danger of repeating itself. A UK Government destroying our...
THE Welsh Government has been accused of rowing back on a promise to pay the real living wage to homelessness and housing support workers. Mabon ap...
MICHAEL Sheen will be interviewed by people who are autistic, neurodivergent or learning disabled on a BBC show. The half-hour special called The...
It’s St David’s Day next week; an opportunity to celebrate the very best of Welsh life and to show just how much Wales has to offer at home and...
THE Welsh Government’s new farm subsidy scheme will “decimate farming communities in Wales”, Rishi Sunak has warned. Farmers will have to...
One of the key aspects of my work is getting out and about to all parts of the Caerphilly constituency. I have had the opportunity to visit some...
This weekend I was in Newport at a rally to support our steelworkers, including those at Llanwern. It’s been quite a month for the steel industry...
WALES’ education minister Jeremy Miles is one of the two men hoping to become the next first minister of Wales. As voting opens in the Welsh...
GAVIN And Stacey star Rob Brydon has dismissed rumours that the British sitcom will be returning to screens, but said he would “love it if it were...
VOTING has begun on Friday for the two candidates vying to be the next first minister of Wales. Jeremy Miles, the current minister for education and...
WALES’ education minister Jeremy Miles is one of the two men hoping to become the next first minister of Wales. As voting opens in the Welsh...
VAUGHAN Gething, Wales’ economy minister, became the first of two men to declare they wanted to be the next first minister of Wales. As voting...