Gwynedd County Council has become the first local authority in Wales to vote in favour of an independent Wales. There were 42 councillors in favour, with only four against, and five abstaining. The motion proposed by Porthmadog East Councillor Nia Jeffreys read: “We call upon the Council to call for […]
Owen Donovan, Senedd Home Arguments over Autism Bill linger on The Motion The Senedd: Notes the publication of the Evaluation of the Integrated Autism Service and the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Strategic Action Plan final report on the 1 April 2019 and further notes the written statement made by the Health […]
Owen Donovan, Senedd Home “Strong response needed” to town & community council independence support As some of you may be aware, some town and community councils – mainly with Plaid Cymru majorities, it has to be said – have passed motions declaring support for Welsh independence. Gwynedd is set to be […]
The Telegraph newspaper has been slammed by a prospective AM after claiming the world’s steepest street, currently placed in Harlech, is in England. The Telegraph led with the headline “First the Cricket World Cup, now England takes New Zealand’s steepest street crown in equally controversial fashion”. The Harlech street was […]
The Welsh language society has called on the Language Commissioner to intervene after a man was banned from speaking Welsh to customers at a KFC. Cymdeithas yr Iaith said that they had seen an increase in cases where employers had banned employees from speaking Welsh in the past few months. […]
Owen Donovan, Senedd Home First Minister’s Questions If you thought the last FMQs of the term would be an easy ride for the First Minister, then you would be wrong…. Labour in the dock over anti-Semitism Mark Reckless AM (BXP, South Wales East) asked whether it was right for the Equalities […]
Gwynedd is expected to become the first Welsh local authority to support independence when it votes on the matter on Thursday. Yesterday, Caerphilly Town Council became the first town council in the south of Wales to back taking full control back from Westminster to Wales. If Gwynedd County Council votes to […]
Caerphilly Town Council has unanimously voted to support YesCymru’s campaign for Welsh Independence at its meeting today. The town council is the first in the south of Wales to support taking full control back from Westminster to Wales. The full motion read: “To propose that Caerphilly Town Council notes the […]
There have been calls for a Welsh Cricket Team to be established in time for the 2020 season, which begins in April next year. Wales is currently represented by the England and Wales Cricket Board but the team is known as ‘England’. Scotland and Ireland already have international cricket teams. […]
Owen Donovan, Senedd Home The senior coroner for north Wales has criticised the Welsh Government at the conclusion of his inquest into the death of AM Carl Sargeant on November 7th 2017. Mr Sargeant, 49, was found hanged at his home four days after he was sacked from his job as […]
