5 h. ago Warning issued as fire crews called to more than 500 wildfires in 2025 so far

As of Thursday, 564 wildfire incidents have been responded to by English and Welsh fire and rescue services so far this year, the NFCC said.

Events

8 h. ago Tesco says sorry for England football team promotion in Welsh stores

Tesco confirmed that the stands will be removed from two branches

Politics

18 h. ago England's only Welsh language school 'could close' as Welsh Government withdraws £90k funding

Ysgol Gymraeg Llundain, in Ealing in London is the only Welsh language school outside of Wales

Economics

44 h. ago How Welsh MPs voted on decriminalising abortion in Wales and England

28 of Wales' 32 MPs took part in the vote - you can see how your MP voted at the end of the article

Politics

1 week ago Cardiff weigh up move for Wales U20s star from English giants

The WRU are working hard to bring Welsh qualified players back to Wales from England

Politics

1 week ago The £6bn rail line argument that masks what you should be really angry about

Welsh politics is obsessed with a rail line in England that means both everything and nothing

Economics

1 week ago Today's rugby news as Welsh players fear for their jobs amid dispute and Wales play England

The latest rugby news from Wales and around the world

Sport

2 w. ago Two Wales stars named in England's best team after leaving Welsh rugby

Both players have impressed for their new clubs after moving across the Severn Bridge last summer

Politics

2 w. ago New F1 wing rules are talk of pit lane in Spain but McLaren still out in front

Rules intended to close gap between the best driversMcLaren’s Oscar Piastri leading after second practiceAll the talk in Spain this week has been about the potential impact of the FIA’s clampdown on the flexing of front wings and the governing body’s hope this might close up the pecking order on the grid. Certainly those chasing the dominant McLaren were optimistic that might be the case.The technical regulation was imposed as teams look to push the boundaries of the rules, with a flex in the wing under load affording the maximum downforce in corners. In order to maintain a level playing field, the wings must now pass a deflection test measuring the leeway of their flex. This has been reduced from 15mm to 10mm. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Gone Fishing success because of show’s ‘real life’ origins, says Paul Whitehouse

The BBC series Whitehouse And Mortimer: Gone Fishing follows the comedians and friends as they share anecdotes about their life on fishing adventures.

Events

4 w. ago Welsh medium school where pupils speak English put into special measures

Pupils at a Welsh medium secondary school in Cardiff don't speak the language well enough, Estyn said

Politics

4 w. ago Capitalism and Its Critics by John Cassidy review – brilliant primer on leftwing economics

From Marx to Piketty, a sprawling but marvellously lucid overview of capitalism’s naysayersCapitalism has a way of confounding its critics. Like one of those fairground punching bags, it pops right back up every time a crisis knocks it down. Friedrich Engels learned this the hard way. “The American crash is superb,” he enthused in a letter to Karl Marx in 1857: this was communism’s big chance. Well, not quite. The US Treasury stepped in, recapitalising banks with its gold reserves; in Britain the Bank Charter Act was suspended to enable the printing of money. The rulebook was torn up and capitalism saved.So it has always been. Every time we have teetered close to the precipice, big government has swooped down to save the day. The name of the game is “managed capitalism” and it has been a going concern for more than 200 years. This is the theme of John Cassidy’s new book, a marvellously lucid overview of capitalism’s critics, written in good old-fashioned exp...

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