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Maros Sefcovic has accused the UK of breaking international law (Image: GETTY) Speaking yesterday, European Commission spokesman Eric Mamer said: "To be crystal clear, there are practical steps which the United Kingdom is supposed to implement that are related to the agreements that we found in December. "And if people are talking about us trying to find an agreement on prolonging the grace periods, which must be a joint decision, a joint decision in the context of the joint committee, the UK a...

Laura Anne Jones MS THE Welsh Conservatives have announced their candidates for the South Wales East region ahead of the upcoming Senedd elections. First on the list is current South Wales East MS Laura Jones, who was appointed to the role last year, following the death of Mohammad Asghar, who had represented the region from 2003 until 2007. Mr Asghars daughter Natasha, is second on the list. She has twice stood for the Newport East Westminster seat, in 2015 and 2017, in both cases coming...

"I believe there were some occasions when the Brexit representation was unbalanced. "So if you ask me if I think Question Time seemed to have more Remainers than Brexiteers, the answer is yes, but the breadth of the coverage I thought was incredibly balanced, in a highly toxic environment that was extremely polarised." The BBC came under fire for its handling of Brexit last year, with former Culture Secretary John Whittingdale accusing the broadcaster of sparking "serious concerns" over the way...

Wales Covid-19 Evidence Centre to shape response to pandemic By Alun Jones image captionResearch is crucial to improving understanding and treatment of coronavirus, say Welsh ministers A Wales Covid-19 Evidence Centre is being established to "shape" the Welsh Governments response to the pandemic. The centre will have an initial budget of £3m over two years from this month. Wellbeing minister Eluned Morgan decided to establish the centre to "provide a Welsh-specific programme of research, evide...

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Mr Johnson said he is "certainly looking at" a plan to end the licence fee (Image: GETTY) "I suspect that eventually we will need to look at alternative means of funding the BBC" (Image: GETTY) However, it added: “In reality the principal responsibility lies with the government.” The Defund the BBC campaign started in June and gained over 60,000 Twitter followers within 24 hours of launching. It’s founder, then Glasgow University student James Yucel, told Express.co.uk it was launched “...

THE Welsh Government has lost some public confidence in its handling of the coronavirus pandemic - but people in Wales still believe it is doing a better job than the Westminster government. Pollsters Yougov also found that half of Welsh adults think the current alcohol restrictions in the nations pubs and restaurants will make no difference in stopping the spread of Covid-19. In the Senedd, First Minister Mark Drakeford said the new poll proved the Welsh Governments approach still enjoye...

Many household names today owe their living  to appearances on one of the broadcaster’s  many comedy programmes.  However, there has long been a feeling that  comedians of a left-liberal leaning seem to get  disproportionate airtime.  This report’s analysis suggests that there is something to this.  It was certainly the case in the month of  November – the overwhelming majority of  comedians given spots appear to be left-wing,  anti-Brexit, or “woke”.  Now, these are perfec...

BBC News Published image captionNeil McEvoy sits as leader of his new Welsh Nation Party after being expelled from Plaid Cymru A Labour politician has said he feared being assaulted by a fellow Member of the Senedd (MS) after an incident in the Welsh Parliament last year. On Wednesday night the body voted to ban Neil McEvoy from the Senedd until 21 January after a committee found he had been physically aggressive towards Labours Mick Antoniw. The decision means Mr McEvoy will have his salary cu...