Owen Donovan, Senedd Home First Minister’s Questions. Government accept ruling of unlawful interference in Carl Sargeant inquiry Plaid Cymru leader, Adam Price AM (Plaid, Carms. E. & Dinefwr questioned the First Minister about the High Court ruling last week that former First Minister, Carwyn Jones AM (Lab, Bridgend), unlawfully interfered in the QC-led […]
A new mountain that will ‘glow at night’ is to be added to Snowdonia, the UK Government has announced. The glow-in-the-dark mountain is to be created from mud excavated from the construction site of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset. The UK Government said that they expected the new […]
The UK Government’s Wales Office has announced that the new name of the Welsh Assembly will be the ‘Principality of Wales Parliament’. They say that it is part of a rebranding exercise that will also see the Welsh Rugby Union renamed the ‘Principality of Wales Rugby Union’. The Welsh […]
Owen Donovan, Senedd Home Senedd calls for Welsh rugby to be placed on a stronger long-term footing The Motion The Senedd: Notes the importance of rugby to the people of Wales, the economic and social benefits the game delivers. Notes the financial and structural challenges currently facing Welsh rugby; the potential […]
Owen Donovan, Senedd Home Children (Abolition of Defence of Reasonable Punishment) Bill Introduced by Deputy Minister for Health & Social Services, Julie Morgan (Lab, Cardiff North) Bill (pdf) Explanatory Memorandum (pdf) Why introduce a smacking ban? This has a long history in the Senedd. An attempt was made to introduce a […]
Owen Donovan, Senedd Home First Minister’s Questions. Did Dafydd Elis-Thomas breach the Ministerial Code? Plaid Cymru leader, Adam Price AM (Plaid, Carms. E. & Dinwfwr) brought up the recent row over the appointment of a new head of the National Library, particularly whether the post-holder had to be a Welsh-speaker: “….it’s […]
A “controversial” conference will debate the future of Christianity in Wales in Aberystwyth this coming Saturday. The Welsh-language conference held at the Merched y Wawr Centre, Vulcan St between 9.30am and 4pm on March 30 will consider whether Christianity should be considered as a myth rather than a historical record. Scientist […]
Faith Rhiannon Clarke Cardiff, December: it’s cold and wet but the city centre is laced with lights, the merry-go-round is a blur of colour, there’s an ice-rink, flat-pack style log-cabins selling mulled wine, a market offering bespoke, hand-made gifts… Then there are the weathered tents, the people cowering by the […]
Plaid Cymru Leader Adam Price said that a “new spirit in Wales is rising” in his first speech as Plaid Cymru leader at a Spring conference. Addressing delegates at Bangor University’s arts and culture centre Pontio, Plaid Cymru leader laid out the party’s vision for the New Wales they would deliver […]
The leader of Welsh UKIP abandoned a talk on why the Welsh Assembly should be abolished after “only three people turned up”. Gareth Bennett had been due to speak at the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University ‘on the case for abolishing the Welsh Assembly’ between 7-9pm today. The […]
