Victims’ relatives call for urgent reform as report finds attack could have been stopped and reveals killer was born in Cardiff

THE FAMILIES of the three young girls murdered in the Southport attack have demanded urgent changes to Britain’s safeguarding system after an inquiry found the killings were both foreseeable and avoidable.

Their plea came after the publi...

VOTERS on May 7 can usher in “necessary” change and make Wales a nation “we can all be proud of”, according to Peredur Owen Griffiths, Plaid Cymru’s lead candidate for the Casnewydd Islwyn constituency.

Recent opinion polls make good reading for Plaid supporters, who hope that under the new electoral system their party will win the most seats in an expanded Welsh Pa...

PROPOSALS to convert former accountancy offices into self-contained flats to help boost the “vibrancy and viability” of Llangefni town centre are to be considered.

It is also hoped that having people living at the heart of the town could help to “encourage” a night time economy, plans say.

Anglesey County Council planners have received a full application t...

POWYS councillors will be asked to decide whether or not a formal planning application is needed for a proposal to extend a barn near Brecon.

Less than a month ago, Gary Arnold lodged an agricultural notification application with Powys planners to extend a barn using permitted development rights at Cefn Coed Mawr bungalow, Sarnau, near Brecon.

In his appli...

OUTLINE plans for 20 new houses in Carmarthen have been turned down again.

Carmarthenshire Council has rejected a second application by Suffolk-based developer Omnicorp Ltd which wanted to build the detached homes on sloping land off Penlan Road and Parc-y-Delyn.

There were several objections on traffic, pedestrian safety and wildlife impact grounds. Carma...