6+ hour, 29+ min ago   (341+ words) More than 8,000 people gave up waiting for a council to answer their calls in just three months, new figures have revealed. The figures for Newport City Council show around one in five calls to its main customer contact line were…...

11+ hour, 49+ min ago   (826+ words) Plaid Cymru politicians have called for a major consultation on the future of NHS services to be paused, warning that communities are being offered “different models of centralisation” rather than meaningful choices. Eight of the party’s elected representatives in Powys…...

12+ hour, 30+ min ago   (755+ words) A Welsh MP has accused the country’s environmental regulator of having “lost control” as he demands answers over a suspected pollution incident that turned a stream red. Henry Tufnell, Member of Parliament for Mid and South Pembrokeshire, took to social…...

13+ hour, 24+ min ago   (371+ words) Elgan Hearn Local Democracy Reporter Why has nothing been done to curb speeding through a small village, over a year after a Welsh council decided that a solution is needed, a councillor has asked. In July 2025, residents from the village…...

14+ hour, 14+ min ago   (475+ words) Twm Owen Local Democracy Reporter An outbuilding put up without planning permission was only discovered when councillors paid a visit to inspect a barn conversion. Councillors on the planning committee visit application sites to help them consider whether to grant…...

15+ hour, 44+ min ago   (735+ words) A Welsh MP has called on the UK Government to introduce a cap on political donations after Reform UK received £72 million from two billionaires in the space of 48 hours. Welsh Liberal Democrat MP David Chadwick said the scale of the…...

16+ hour, 15+ min ago   (524+ words) Dale Spridgeon, Local Democracy Reporter A 12-home development in north Wales has been approved despite falling short of planning policy requirements for affordable housing. The plan to build 12 houses at Bryncrug has been approved by Eryri planners. Four of the…...

17+ hour, 26+ min ago   (413+ words) Reform UK has received a second £36 million donation from a cryptocurrency billionaire. Thai-based businessman Christopher Harborne, the party’s biggest donor, said on Saturday he was matching the donation by Ben Delo revealed on Friday. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Mr…...

18+ hour, 29+ min ago   (928+ words) US President Donald Trump has said Irish reunification “may as well happen now”, saying he believes a united Ireland is inevitable. Mr Trump said he would “love to see” the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland reunited, adding: “It’s going…...

20+ hour ago   (631+ words) Andy Burnham’s Government has rejected proposals for a so-called “kill switch” to stop an attack by rogue artificial intelligence. The UK “cannot simply turn AI off”, the Cabinet Office said on Friday, signalling opposition to calls for the creation of…...