Economy Minister Vaughan Gething ran to be Labour leader back in 2018, when he came second to Drakeford. Born in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, to a Welsh father and Zambian mother, Gething moved to Britain aged two and was raised in England before studying in Wales. He was president of both the National Union…
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4 hours ago About sharing By Stephanie Hegarty Population correspondent On the morning of 7 October, Amal Alabadla was heavily pregnant and snuggled up in bed with 18-month-old Noah when they were woken by a wall of sound. Hamas had launched its attack on Israel, firing thousands of rockets over the border. Israeli jet fighters…
3 hours ago About sharing Jeremy Miles is currently Wales’ education minister while Vaughan Gething has the economy brief By Adrian Brown BBC News The winner of the Welsh Labour leadership election – and the man set to become Wales’ new first minister – will be announced on Saturday. Vaughan Gething and Jeremy Miles have…
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4 hours ago About sharing It is the first time there has been a scheduled daytime closure of all lanes on the M25 since it opened in 1986 By Christian Fuller BBC News, South East A section of the M25 in Surrey has closed for the entire weekend amid fears that thousands of motorists will…
1 hour ago About sharing Children at school in Russian-occupied Ukraine (not the school featured in this report), writing “letters of support” to Russian soldiers By Anastasiia Levchenko BBC News, Kyiv Like millions of other Ukrainians, in the early weeks of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Nataliia (not her real name) was forced from her…
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Lenny Henry is hosting his final annual Red Nose Day appeal after nearly four decades.
21 minutes ago About sharing A jetty was built to help the aid reach dry land safely By Ian Casey BBC News The first ship towing a barge of humanitarian aid to Gaza has begun unloading supplies onto the shore. The Spanish ship Open Arms left Cyprus on Tuesday with 200 tonnes of food desperately…