The Archbishop of Wales has announced his retirement from the role with immediate effect. In a statement issued on Friday evening, Andrew John confirmed he would also be retiring as Bishop of Bangor on 31 August. His sudden retirement follows a turbulent period for his Bangor diocese, after the publication of the summaries of two...
Plastic wet wipes will be banned in Wales to reduce environmental harm following a vote in the Senedd. From December 2026, it will be an offence to supply wet wipes containing plastic to customers. A motion was passed in a plenary session of all 60 members, with no objections. There will be an exemption for...
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PA Media The Princess of Wales has pulled out from a planned attendance at Royal Ascot. Catherine, who is making a gradual return to public life after her cancer diagnosis last year, was said to be disappointed to miss the sporting occasion in Berkshire, where she would have appeared in the carriage procession. She was...
MPs have voted to change abortion legislation to stop women in England and Wales being prosecuted for ending their pregnancy. The Labour MP for Gower, Tonia Antoniazzi, led the call to decriminalise the 1% of abortions that happen after 24 weeks, saying these were “desperate women” who need “compassion not criminalisation”. As an issue of...
Joshua Nevett Political reporter PA Rough sleeping will be decriminalised next year under government plans to scrap a 200-year-old law. Ministers are planning to scrap the Vagrancy Act, which outlaws rough sleeping in England and Wales. The law was introduced in 1824 to deal with rising homelessness, but Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has called...
Women would no longer be prosecuted for terminating a pregnancy in England and Wales under a proposed shake-up of abortion laws. MPs are set to get a free vote next week – meaning they will not be told how to vote by their party – on a change to the law. It comes amid concern...
Fulham’s Wilson started the comeback with a penalty just before the break in Brussels, his sixth goal in eight appearances under Bellamy. And ex-Wales frontman Rob Earnshaw believes the 28-year-old is among a clutch of players who have fully stepped up to the plate under the new regime. “The likes of Harry Wilson, he’s probably...
This is a team Bellamy has built in his image. They are daring, adventurous, unafraid to lose in the pursuit of glory. To sit back and play for a draw is not in their make-up, Bellamy said beforehand, and Wales backed that up with a momentous performance to roar back from 3-0 down to level....
A Wales football fan has been hurt after falling from the stands during Monday night’s World Cup qualifier in Belgium. The 29-year-old man, who has not been named, fell from the upper tier into the lower tier at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels. He was treated at the scene before being taken to hospital...
Watch all the action as Belgium beat Wales 4-3 in a thrilling World Cup qualifier. Read full article at source...
Welsh football had known hope before. Now there was expectation. Wales had not played at a major tournament since the 1958 World Cup but, with world-class players such as Bale and Aaron Ramsey in their prime, there was growing belief that the wait could soon be over. And after years of hype and hypotheticals about...
Wales captain Aaron Ramsey has agreed a deal to sign for Mexican side Club Universidad Nacional – known as Pumas UNAM – according to the PA news agency. The former Arsenal and Juventus midfielder would become the first high-profile British player to play in the Mexican league should the formalities of the move be completed....
Head coach Craig Bellamy vowed Wales would go on the attack in Belgium on Monday after beating Liechtenstein to top their World Cup qualifying group. Friday night’s 3-0 triumph in Cardiff extended Wales’ unbeaten start under Bellamy to nine games and took them two points clear at the summit of Group J. They face their...
Watch the highlights as Wales beat Liechtenstein. Read full article at source...