53 m. ago Tommy Robinson in court accused of refusing to give police phone PIN

Police have the power to demand the password or PIN to a mobile phone

Events

60 m. ago Wales breaking news plus weather and traffic updates (Monday, October 13)

All of the latest news from across Wales and further afield

Politics

65 m. ago While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik

Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian futureToday, Sharm el-Sheikh will host the most high-profile gathering of global leaders in the Middle East of recent years. Donald Trump, Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Pedro Sánchez and others are meeting “to end the war in the Gaza Strip, enhance efforts to achieve peace and stability in the Middle East, and usher in a new era of regional security and stability”.If the ceasefire holds, this language is an augur of the future. One where there is no reckoning, no addressing of root causes. Only a hurtling into the imperatives of cleanings-up and workings-out. All the while illegal occupation continues, and another chapter of Israel’s violations is furtively closed without accountability not only for Israel, but for its sponsors.Nesrine Malik is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

Events

65 m. ago ‘Lab to fab’: are promises of a graphene revolution finally coming true?

Two decades after the material was first produced, some UK firms have reaped its potential but others are strugglingAfter graphene was first produced at the University of Manchester in 2004, it was hailed as a wonder material, stronger than steel but lighter than paper. But two decades on, not every UK graphene company has made the most of that potential. Some show promise but others are struggling.Extracted from graphite, commonly used in pencils, graphene is a latticed sheet of carbon one atom thick, and is highly effective at conducting heat and electricity. China is the world’s biggest producer, using it to try to get ahead in the global race to produce microchips and in sectors such as construction. Continue reading...

Politics

65 m. ago AD FEATURE: National Trust Cymru unveils packed programme of autumn adventures

Halloween illuminations, pumpkin carving, and folklore trails - autumn adventures await in South Wales this half term

Politics

2 h. ago I visited UK's best service station just over Welsh border — two words sum it up

It was named the best in the UK by thousands of motorists and I've visited both the northbound and southbound services

Politics

5 h. ago Fear, resentment and division in a village on the brink of change

"We’re seen as Nazis, racists. I think that’s lazy politics. They are causing the division because they are leading with fear”

Politics

6 h. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Riot Women on BBC1: A raucous charge through midlife, these lady punks really are a riot

Punk rock was wasted on teenagers. What it needs is a revival by a bunch of narky menopausal women. And that is the vision of Sally Wainwright, the brilliant writer of Happy Valley.

Politics

7 h. ago Energy firms complete UK’s first ‘hydrogen blending’ trial to power grid

A 2% blend of low-carbon gas injected into gas grid to fuel Brigg power station in North Lincolnshire is a UK firstEnergy companies have injected green hydrogen into Britain’s gas grid and used the low-carbon gas to generate electricity, in a landmark development for the UK’s climate ambitions.For the first time in the UK, a 2% blend of green hydrogen was injected into the gas grid and blended with traditional gas to fuel the Brigg power station in North Lincolnshire which generated electricity for the power system. Continue reading...

Science

7 h. ago Millions of UK households issued ‘prepare now’ warning by major energy firm

Temperatures are dipping as Britain heads into autumn

Events

8 h. ago Rangers’ American owners’ decision making is going from bad to worse and they MUST get manager appointment spot on

WE got it wrong. And now it’s our job to fix it. The words of Rangers moneymen Andrew Cavenagh and Paraag Marathe 24 hours after Russell Martin packed his psycho-babble in a bin bag to be escorted off the premises. But unless by “fix it” they meant “lead punters up the garden path then dump...

Politics

8 h. ago Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader

Green party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since Zack Polanski took over last monthThe Greens in England and Wales have more than 100,000 members for the first time, the party has announced, a near-50% rise since Zack Polanski took over as leader last month.It puts them on a potential course to overtake the Conservatives and comes little more than a week after the Greens announced they had moved past the Liberal Democrats in membership numbers, getting to 83,500. Continue reading...

Politics

8 h. ago Strictly's Karen Carney 'gutted' as she shares disappointment over exit

Strictly Come Dancing's Karen Carney shared her disappointment after her friend left the competition

Politics

9 h. ago 90s music legend reveals he sneaked Walter Smith backstage and how Rangers boss told him he had ‘genius of Gazza’

WALTER SMITH knows more than most about the 'genius' of Paul Gascoigne. And it turns out he noticed similarities between Gazza and a certain British music icon - and wasted no time in letting them know. Smith is arguably Rangers' greatest ever manager alongside Bill Struth, having led to the club through the majority of...

Politics

10 h. ago I am terrified my boyfriend will dump me if he finds out I’m an escort but I enjoy making money should I be honest?

DEAR DEIDRE: MY new boyfriend is lovely but I am terrified that he will finish with me if he finds out my big secret. He is the first person I have truly felt something for in ages but I’m worried my work as an escort will make him question everything about me. I am 23,...

Events

10 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing star breaks silence as they exit BBC series

Strictly Come Dancing said goodbye to another celebrity as Movie Week came to a close

Culture

10 h. ago Drug dealer who had £140,000 a year job turned to heroin after marriage ended

Richard Skelly, 40, was found to be involved in selling heroin, crack cocaine and cocaine

Economics

10 h. ago Celebrity Traitors star left raging as bosses 'checked his bags for drugs' while filming

Comedian Joe Wilkinson was left enraged after producers asked to check his bags for secret recording devices or illegal substances ahead of filming Celebrity Traitors

Events

10 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing fans left 'heartbroken' in final moments of results show

Strictly Come Dancing viewers were left raging after the dance-off result

Sport

10 h. ago M&S shopper 'stopped in the street' over £45 top seen on Vernon Kay that 'looks expensive'

The final episode of M&S: Dress The Nation airs tonight on ITV1 and ITVX where the winner will be revealed

Economics