“Large-scale disorder” broke out overnight in Cardiff following a crash in which two teenage boys were killed, police said on Tuesday. Several vehicles were set alight, property was damaged, and police officers were injured as a result of the violence. Police say the riot appeared to have been caused by rumours that the deaths were…

The UK government must take “concrete action” to facilitate the development of a new nuclear power station in Wales, a committee of MPs has argued. The Welsh Affairs Committee of the House of Commons said on Wednesday, “Concrete commitment by ministers on the future of nuclear energy, and in particular at Wylfa in North Wales,…

WREXHAM, Wales—The party continued for Wrexham on Tuesday as Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney joined an open-top bus parade to celebrate the Welsh soccer team’s promotion. The actors reveled with players and fans, as crowds came out to mark the club’s return to the English Football League after a 15-year absence. The team…

A British minister has attacked the “humanitarian nimbyism” practised by politicians who rhetorically welcome refugees but then fail to share the burden caused by illegal immigration. In a speech at the centre-right Policy Exchange think tank on Tuesday, immigration minister Robert Jenrick defended the government’s Illegal Migration Bill and criticised opposition politicians and local authorities…

The Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales has changed its name, which its management says goes against the climate-friendly ethos of the park. On Monday, the park formally dropped its well-known English name in favour of the Welsh name of Bannau Brycheiniog National Park, or the Bannau for short. Bannau is the Welsh plural for…

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was joined by the Labour Party’s Welsh leader, Mark Drakeford, as they announced two new freeports in the principality. The Conservative-run British government and the Welsh government, led by Labour, say the freeports could create 20,000 new jobs by the end of the decade. The winning bids were one from the…

Two police forces are to be investigated by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) after the families of five young people complained about delays in finding a crashed car. Eve Smith and Darcy Ross, both 21, and Rafel Jeanne, 24, were killed when the Volkswagen Tiguan they were in left the road and collided…

The parents of a 16-year-old girl who weighed 22 stone 13 pound (321 pounds) and died as a result of medical complications from her obesity have been jailed for manslaughter owing to gross negligence. Kaylea Titford, who had spina bifida and hydrocephalus and had been in a wheelchair since she was a young child, died at…

Seven people have been killed in the last five years in England and Wales in incidents linked to break-ins or attempted burglaries at houses or factories which have been converted into cannabis farms. On top of that stark statistic, in May 2022 four Vietnamese nationals died in a fire in a disused mill in Oldham,…

Wales has announced plans to become the “most LGBTQ+ friendly nation in Europe” by copying a process similar to Scotland’s self-ID legislation to make it easier to change gender. On Tuesday, the Labour-run Welsh government, in cooperation with the left-wing Plaid Cymru political party, announced its LGBTQ+ Action Plan (pdf), calling for new powers to make…