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Two councillors who have backed the campaign against a new £55 million Catholic superschool claim that more than 4,000 formal objections have been received
Thousands object to Catholic super-school proposals
Alec Doyle, Local Democracy Reporter Two councillors who have backed the campaign against a new £55 million Catholic superschool claim that more than 4,000 formal objections have been received. Accord...
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December 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Two councillors who have backed the campaign against a new £55 million Catholic superschool claim that more than 4,000 formal objections have been received
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Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens was accused of having a ‘dinosaur-like attitude’ towards the Welsh language, as the issue was raised twice during First Minister’s Questions wp.me/p8Mk4U-1aSU
December 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens was accused of having a ‘dinosaur-like attitude’ towards the Welsh language, as the issue was raised twice during First Minister’s Questions wp.me/p8Mk4U-1aSU
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I have no doubt that if this was in South Wales, closer to the corridors of power in Cardiff Bay, this atrocious situation would never have been allowed to fester how it has.
December 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I have no doubt that if this was in South Wales, closer to the corridors of power in Cardiff Bay, this atrocious situation would never have been allowed to fester how it has.
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With a first Wales cap under his belt, prop forward Danny Southworth is keen for more as he looks to help high-flying Cardiff Rugby continue their excellent start to the season ✍️Simon Thomas
Wales new boy Southworth so grateful as his Wales dream comes true
Simon Thomas Danny Southworth may have been born and raised in Devon, but he has always been very much aware of his Welsh roots. Thanks to that heritage, the prop forward is now an international havi...
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December 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
With a first Wales cap under his belt, prop forward Danny Southworth is keen for more as he looks to help high-flying Cardiff Rugby continue their excellent start to the season ✍️Simon Thomas
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The truth!
Wales/Cymru gets NOTHING from England or Westmonster only money back it stole and isn't it's ri take !
Independence now for Cymru #YesCymru 🏴
Time to bin Westminster and all it's self-serving tumours and parasites and their toxic, slave union!
Wales/Cymru gets NOTHING from England or Westmonster only money back it stole and isn't it's ri take !
Independence now for Cymru #YesCymru 🏴
Time to bin Westminster and all it's self-serving tumours and parasites and their toxic, slave union!
December 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The truth!
Wales/Cymru gets NOTHING from England or Westmonster only money back it stole and isn't it's ri take !
Independence now for Cymru #YesCymru 🏴
Time to bin Westminster and all it's self-serving tumours and parasites and their toxic, slave union!
Wales/Cymru gets NOTHING from England or Westmonster only money back it stole and isn't it's ri take !
Independence now for Cymru #YesCymru 🏴
Time to bin Westminster and all it's self-serving tumours and parasites and their toxic, slave union!
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The UK government has been accused of betraying Wales again after it emerged that while elected Mayors in England have been granted responsibility for police governance in their areas, the Welsh Government will have no such role in Wales ✍️Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-1aF2
December 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The UK government has been accused of betraying Wales again after it emerged that while elected Mayors in England have been granted responsibility for police governance in their areas, the Welsh Government will have no such role in Wales ✍️Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-1aF2
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The UK Government has been accused of redirecting £86 million of Wales’ regional funding allocation to a Whitehall-designed programme that the Welsh Government has no control over ✍️Emily Price
UK Government accused of redirecting millions in Welsh funding to Whitehall scheme
Emily Price The UK Government has been accused of redirecting £86 million of Wales’ regional funding allocation to a Whitehall-designed programme that the Welsh Government has no control over. This w...
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December 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The UK Government has been accused of redirecting £86 million of Wales’ regional funding allocation to a Whitehall-designed programme that the Welsh Government has no control over ✍️Emily Price
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In the last 6 months, the Welsh Labour Gov has sent 2 letters to their UK Labour colleagues asking them to change local housing allowance back to the 50th percentile (Wales has the fastest growing rents in the UK).
An FoI shows that UK Gov haven't bothered to reply to either.
An FoI shows that UK Gov haven't bothered to reply to either.
Wales watching - The midweek briefing
Exclusive: UK Government ignore two Welsh Gov letters, plus Eluned Morgan does an impression...
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December 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
In the last 6 months, the Welsh Labour Gov has sent 2 letters to their UK Labour colleagues asking them to change local housing allowance back to the 50th percentile (Wales has the fastest growing rents in the UK).
An FoI shows that UK Gov haven't bothered to reply to either.
An FoI shows that UK Gov haven't bothered to reply to either.
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The UK Government has been accused of 'turning a blind eye' to what Welsh people want, after over 100,000 people across Wales signed a petition to stop controversial digital ID plans ✍️Emily Price
Over 150,000 Welsh people sign petition calling for digital ID plans to be axed
Emily Price The UK Government has been accused of “turning a blind eye” to what Welsh people want, after over 100,000 people across Wales signed a petition to stop controversial digital ID plans. Pri...
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December 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The UK Government has been accused of 'turning a blind eye' to what Welsh people want, after over 100,000 people across Wales signed a petition to stop controversial digital ID plans ✍️Emily Price
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Being able to understand and speak Welsh is a gift - learning it has been empowering and unexpectedly life changing for me ✍️Mati Haf Davies buff.ly/tVRxcBu
December 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Being able to understand and speak Welsh is a gift - learning it has been empowering and unexpectedly life changing for me ✍️Mati Haf Davies buff.ly/tVRxcBu
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UK Political Parties Call for Investigation into Reform UK Crypto Donations
UK Political Parties Call for Investigation into Reform UK Crypto Donations - Decrypt
The Liberal Democrats have raised concerns over conflicts of interest, after Nigel Farage namechecked Tether in a September interview.
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December 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
UK Political Parties Call for Investigation into Reform UK Crypto Donations
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So, Farage who’d previously failed 7 times to be an MP, decided that in Clacton he’d rely on his old Brexit friends - cheating (and racism) - to get him his win.
With millions now pouring into Reform, it’s beyond time to properly investigate this grubby little man
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
With millions now pouring into Reform, it’s beyond time to properly investigate this grubby little man
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform campaign for Farage’s Clacton seat was a ‘juggernaut’, say candidates
Defeated Tory and Labour rivals describe force of Reform ‘machine’ as police assess claims of overspending
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:22 AM
So, Farage who’d previously failed 7 times to be an MP, decided that in Clacton he’d rely on his old Brexit friends - cheating (and racism) - to get him his win.
With millions now pouring into Reform, it’s beyond time to properly investigate this grubby little man
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
With millions now pouring into Reform, it’s beyond time to properly investigate this grubby little man
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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HS2 now HS3 - The Great Welsh Train Robbery rolls on…
Wales is to fork out another £1.6 billion towards railways in England!
New Liverpool–Hull line has been labelled an “England and Wales” project, despite not a single centimetre of track coming into Wales.
Join YesCymru: www.yes.cymru/join
Wales is to fork out another £1.6 billion towards railways in England!
New Liverpool–Hull line has been labelled an “England and Wales” project, despite not a single centimetre of track coming into Wales.
Join YesCymru: www.yes.cymru/join
December 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
HS2 now HS3 - The Great Welsh Train Robbery rolls on…
Wales is to fork out another £1.6 billion towards railways in England!
New Liverpool–Hull line has been labelled an “England and Wales” project, despite not a single centimetre of track coming into Wales.
Join YesCymru: www.yes.cymru/join
Wales is to fork out another £1.6 billion towards railways in England!
New Liverpool–Hull line has been labelled an “England and Wales” project, despite not a single centimetre of track coming into Wales.
Join YesCymru: www.yes.cymru/join
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UK = 6th largest economy in the world.
A wealth built on the back of industrial heartlands like Wales.
Yet Wales has 1 in 3 children in poverty, & decades even centuries of hardship & high poverty.
Where is the money? In the pockets of few, not in Wales.
Join YesCymru today.
www.yes.cymru/join
A wealth built on the back of industrial heartlands like Wales.
Yet Wales has 1 in 3 children in poverty, & decades even centuries of hardship & high poverty.
Where is the money? In the pockets of few, not in Wales.
Join YesCymru today.
www.yes.cymru/join
December 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
UK = 6th largest economy in the world.
A wealth built on the back of industrial heartlands like Wales.
Yet Wales has 1 in 3 children in poverty, & decades even centuries of hardship & high poverty.
Where is the money? In the pockets of few, not in Wales.
Join YesCymru today.
www.yes.cymru/join
A wealth built on the back of industrial heartlands like Wales.
Yet Wales has 1 in 3 children in poverty, & decades even centuries of hardship & high poverty.
Where is the money? In the pockets of few, not in Wales.
Join YesCymru today.
www.yes.cymru/join
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Wales subsidising railways in England, yet again, whilst our own Victorian rail infrastructure relics continue to rot.
Labour are taking the absolute piss, again.
Westminster, Red or Blue, screws Wales over and over and over again across the years, decades and centuries.
What’s the point?
Labour are taking the absolute piss, again.
Westminster, Red or Blue, screws Wales over and over and over again across the years, decades and centuries.
What’s the point?
A row has broken out over a multi-billion-pound rail link between Liverpool and Hull which has been designated as an ‘England and Wales’ project by the UK Government✍️Emily Price
Anger as major Liverpool - Hull rail link designated as 'England and Wales' project
Emily Price A row has broken out over a multi-billion-pound rail link between Liverpool and Hull which has been designated as an “England and Wales” project by the UK Government. Northern Powerhouse ...
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December 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Wales subsidising railways in England, yet again, whilst our own Victorian rail infrastructure relics continue to rot.
Labour are taking the absolute piss, again.
Westminster, Red or Blue, screws Wales over and over and over again across the years, decades and centuries.
What’s the point?
Labour are taking the absolute piss, again.
Westminster, Red or Blue, screws Wales over and over and over again across the years, decades and centuries.
What’s the point?
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A row has broken out over a multi-billion-pound rail link between Liverpool and Hull which has been designated as an ‘England and Wales’ project by the UK Government✍️Emily Price
Anger as major Liverpool - Hull rail link designated as 'England and Wales' project
Emily Price A row has broken out over a multi-billion-pound rail link between Liverpool and Hull which has been designated as an “England and Wales” project by the UK Government. Northern Powerhouse ...
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December 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
A row has broken out over a multi-billion-pound rail link between Liverpool and Hull which has been designated as an ‘England and Wales’ project by the UK Government✍️Emily Price
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I struggle to see any real understanding of Wales in this document. It’s very striking that ‘country’ for Farage is most definitely England, with little knowledge or understanding of Wales ✍️Gwern Gwynfil
Cymru is already great
Gwern Gwynfil I read Reform’s Wales wide mailshot this week. I found it deeply insulting to Wales and the people of Wales. Disappointingly, there wasn’t a single policy statement or clear value…
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December 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I struggle to see any real understanding of Wales in this document. It’s very striking that ‘country’ for Farage is most definitely England, with little knowledge or understanding of Wales ✍️Gwern Gwynfil
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Ospreys completed a stunning fightback to overturn a 21-0 deficit at Brewery Field and beat Connacht 24-21 in their opening European Challenge Cup pool match.
Ospreys stun URC rivals Connacht in thrilling fightback
Ospreys completed a stunning fightback to overturn a 21-0 deficit at Brewery Field and beat Connacht 24-21 in their opening European Challenge Cup pool match. Wing Iestyn Hopkins went over for the gam...
nation.cymru
December 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Ospreys completed a stunning fightback to overturn a 21-0 deficit at Brewery Field and beat Connacht 24-21 in their opening European Challenge Cup pool match.
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Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’
Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’
Exclusive: Yinka Bankole says he felt compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to ‘dismiss’ hurt of alleged targets
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’
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All members of the Senedd have been warned about posts they publish to social media following an investigation by the Standard’s Commissioner.
New rule for Senedd Members will close social media posts 'loophole'
Emily Price All members of the Senedd have been warned about posts they publish to social media following an investigation by the Standard’s Commissioner. A new code of conduct rule is set to be intro...
nation.cymru
November 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
All members of the Senedd have been warned about posts they publish to social media following an investigation by the Standard’s Commissioner.
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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Want to stop Nigel Farage from trying to buy his way into Welsh politics and his rich ex-Tory donors? 🤯
In Wales, people-powered politics can stop Reform!
Join Plaid Cymru today and help us create a fairer, more ambitious Wales - together. 💚
🔗 www.partyof.wales/join
In Wales, people-powered politics can stop Reform!
Join Plaid Cymru today and help us create a fairer, more ambitious Wales - together. 💚
🔗 www.partyof.wales/join
December 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Want to stop Nigel Farage from trying to buy his way into Welsh politics and his rich ex-Tory donors? 🤯
In Wales, people-powered politics can stop Reform!
Join Plaid Cymru today and help us create a fairer, more ambitious Wales - together. 💚
🔗 www.partyof.wales/join
In Wales, people-powered politics can stop Reform!
Join Plaid Cymru today and help us create a fairer, more ambitious Wales - together. 💚
🔗 www.partyof.wales/join
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Strong concerns have been raised that Welsh speaking prisoners are being discriminated against in comparison to their English counterparts✍️ Emily Price
Concern as Welsh prisoners discriminated against in comparison to their English counterparts
Emily Price Strong concerns have been raised that Welsh speaking prisoners are being discriminated against in comparison to their English counterparts. In October, a new report caused widespread anger...
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December 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Strong concerns have been raised that Welsh speaking prisoners are being discriminated against in comparison to their English counterparts✍️ Emily Price
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Holocaust survivors:
Peter Ettedgui, a Bafta, Emmy-winning director, who is Jewish, has said that a teenage Farage would sidle up to him and say “Hitler was right” and “gas them”, sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas chambers.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Peter Ettedgui, a Bafta, Emmy-winning director, who is Jewish, has said that a teenage Farage would sidle up to him and say “Hitler was right” and “gas them”, sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas chambers.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Holocaust survivors call on Nigel Farage to apologise over alleged antisemitic comments
Exclusive: Group’s open letter says Reform UK leader must take responsibility for behaviour as a schoolboy
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Holocaust survivors:
Peter Ettedgui, a Bafta, Emmy-winning director, who is Jewish, has said that a teenage Farage would sidle up to him and say “Hitler was right” and “gas them”, sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas chambers.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Peter Ettedgui, a Bafta, Emmy-winning director, who is Jewish, has said that a teenage Farage would sidle up to him and say “Hitler was right” and “gas them”, sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas chambers.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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A gruelling eight-hour meeting has revealed the true cost to taxpayers of a council's proposed new Catholic super-school – £30.9 million
Marathon meeting reveals true cost of super-school plans
Alec Doyle, Local Democracy Reporter A gruelling eight-hour meeting has revealed the true cost to taxpayers of a council’s proposed new Catholic super-school – £30.9 million. In a Flintshire County Co...
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December 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A gruelling eight-hour meeting has revealed the true cost to taxpayers of a council's proposed new Catholic super-school – £30.9 million