Tag: Wales

Wales Captain Bale Announces End of Playing Career

Wales and Los Angeles FC winger Gareth Bale said on Monday he had decided to end his playing career at the age of 33, having reached exceptional milestones in both club and international football. Bale played a Wales record of 111 games for his country and was a five-time Champions League winner with Real Madrid….


Parents Vow to Fight ‘Dangerous Woke Agenda’ After Losing Mandatory Relationships and Sexuality Education Case

Parents fighting compulsory sex education in Wales, which the government says will “gradually empower learners” from a young age in subjects such as equity, sex, gender, and sexuality, have lost a judicial review. Child protection advocates Public Child Protection Wales had tried to overturn Wales’s Labour-led administration’s compulsory Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) lessons for…


England Advances After Beating Wales 3–0 at World Cup

AL RAYYAN, Qatar—Marcus Rashford and Phil Foden got their chance and made their point. Rashford scored twice and Foden added the other as England changed up its attack and beat Wales 3–0 Tuesday at the World Cup to advance to the round of 16 at the top of Group B. “Moments like this, this is…


Cheshmi’s Late Goal Sends Iran to 2-0 Win Over Wales

Al RAYYAN, Qatar—Rouzbeh Cheshmi scored in the eighth minute of stoppage time to break a scoreless stalemate and Iran went on to defeat Wales 2–0 at the World Cup on Friday. Cheshmi’s strike from outside the box was just beyond the diving reach of Wales backup goalkeeper Danny Ward, who was pressed into duty when…


US Draws in Its World Cup Opener After Late Penalty Kick

AL RAYYAN, Qatar—A late penalty by veteran striker Gareth Bale earned Wales a 1–1 draw with the United States on Monday to avoid a losing return to the World Cup after 64 years in a fascinating Group B encounter at a raucous Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium. Dragged down by U.S. defender Tim Ream in the…


Welshman Says Police Warned Him Over Term ‘Undocumented Aliens’ in Video

A member of a Welsh alternative media outlet claims he was told by police to remove a video and warned not to call illegal immigrants “undocumented aliens” in case it offends ethnic minorities. On Saturday, James Harvey, 19, filmed a call that he received from South Wales Police telling him that he would be “liable…


Welsh Parents Lose Bid to Block New Sex Education Curriculum

A group of parents have lost a legal challenge to stop a new sex education curriculum from being taught across Wales from September. Public Child Protection Wales, a parent’s group, sought a High Court injunction on Aug. 23 asking the Welsh government to delay the rollout of the compulsory Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE), which…


3 People Who Forced Latvian to Work Off Fake Debt Face Jail Under UK’s Modern Slavery Act

Three people in Wales face jail after being convicted of forcing a vulnerable Latvian immigrant to work off an ever-increasing “debt” that included a fictional sum to pay for the costs of Brexit. Normunds Freibergs, 40, Jacobus Stankevicius, 59, and his wife Ruta Stankeviciene, 57, were convicted at Newport Crown Court under Britain’s Modern Slavery…


Welsh Parents Seek Emergency Injunction to Block New Sex Education Curriculum After Court Case Delayed

A group of parents in Wales has launched emergency legal action in a bid to stop a new sex education curriculum from being taught from September. Lucia Thomas, treasurer of Public Child Protection Wales—a group founded by one of the claimants and which is backing the case—told The Epoch Times on Tuesday that the claimants had…


Wales Sees Hottest Day on Record as Britons Grapple With Exceptional Heat

The highest recorded temperature in Wales is now 37.1 degrees C, breaking a record set earlier the same day and the previous record set in 1990, according to provisional figures. Much of England is also under a heatwave on Monday, with some school closures and airport runways melting. A 16-year-old boy drowned in Bray Lake near Maidenhead,…