The Liberal Democrats have tabled an amendment to the Westminster government's Railways Bill calling for the full devolution of rail powers to Wales, reports Nation Cymru. Both the Lib Dems and Plaid Cymru argue that Wales is losing out on billions of pounds of railway investment because some projects based entirely in England, such as the Oxford to Cambridge reopening, are often classified as "England and Wales" schemes. Nation Cymru quotes David Chadwick, the Welsh Lib Dems' Westminster spokesperson and MP for said: "Wales has been treated as an afterthought when it comes to rail for far too long. While ...
If you were hooked by Chloe Hadjimatheou's reporting of the questionable veracity of The Salt Path, you may be interested to know that the Observer has now produced a series of podcasts telling the story of this exposé, The Walkers: The real Salt Path. I walked The Salt Path myself - we called it the South Coastal Path in those days - from Minehead to Weymouth, over four summer holidays, in the Eighties and Nineties. Don't tell Jennie, but I left out the stretch through Torbay (my guidebook said it was allowed) because it was so built up.
On Thursday, 15 January at 12:14 AM, my nan passed away. She was admitted to Morriston Hospital on Tuesday morning with stomach pains. She was immediately seen by medical professionals, who did everything they could to help her. But at 90 years old, with a weak heart further damaged by a cardiac arrest early on during her stay in hospital, they, along with us, her family, made the decision to stop all procedures, as continuing to do so would trigger another heart attack. From that moment until her passing, my nan had round-the-clock care by the wonderful nurses, who ensured ...
After Robert Jenrick joined Reform I made a comment on a Facebook post by a despairing former Tory MP, I suggested that he should look on the bright side, 'most of those responsible for crashing the economy under Liz Truss are now in Reform. You have an almost fresh start'. Readers of the Independent seem to agree. The paper says that they now see the party as little more than a refuge for self-serving ex-Tories. Commenters on the paper's site have argued that high-profile figures such as Robert Jenrick, Nadhim Zahawi, and Nadine Dorries switched allegiance to protect their political ...
