11 h. ago Wales' rail funding questions just went unanswered yet again

There is no timeline about when work will start, or a date when that will be announced

Economics

60 h. ago New poll shows Reform UK's chances of winning Welsh election, and it's not good news for Labour

Wales' First Minister Eluned Morgan has said she 'wouldn't touch Reform with a barge pole'

Politics

6 d. ago Canada races to build icebreakers amid melting ice and geopolitical tensions

In an Arctic reshaped by the climate crisis, less ice really means more as countries face risks in push for more shipsFor millennia, a mass of sea ice in the high Arctic has changed with the seasons, casting off its outer layer in summer and expanding in winter as it spins between Russia, Canada and Alaska. Known as the Beaufort Gyre, this fluke of geography and oceanography was once a proving ground for ice to “mature” into icebergs.But no more. A rapidly changing climate has reshaped the region, reducing perennial sea ice. As ocean currents spin what is left of the gyre, chunks of ice now clog many of the channels separating the northern islands. Continue reading...

Politics

9 d. ago EasyJet flight diverts back to UK airport in 'extraordinary circumstance'

The flight changed direction over the North Sea after being in the air for just half an hour.

Transport

2 w. ago TV's race to the bottom: How sexual humiliation and explicit romping are taking over telly as desperate show bosses resort to extreme measures to combat dwindling ratings

Mainstream terrestrial telly in the UK has gotten a whole lot steamier in recent years. The sea change arguably started with the launch of ITV2 reality dating show Love Island in 2015.

Culture

3 w. ago First Minister Eluned Morgan says rail funding for Wales is 'a sea change from where we’ve been'

'We would have been £6 billion worse of. This makes up £5 billion better off'

Politics

4 w. ago Operation Mincemeat: Fake documents planted on dead body tricked Hitler and won WW2

The daring plot, in which a homeless man's corpse was planted in the sea to fool Hitler into changing tactics, has gone down in history. But until now no-one knew how important was the role of MI5 secretary Hester Leggatt

Events

4 w. ago Chancellor Rachel Reeves set to promise Wales nearly half a billion pounds for rail

An initial funding settlement of £445m for new rail projects in Wales will be confirmed by the Chancellor Rachel Reeves in the Comprehensive Spending Review

Politics

last month UK Government ‘betraying Wales’ over rail funding, Plaid leader says

Rhun ap Iorwerth called for the First Minister of Wales to condemn the UK government’s Welsh rail funding.

Politics