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David Owens It’s rare to be at the eye of the storm let alone have forewarning that a hurricane is fast approaching. Yet on May 3, 1994, there was the definite sense that you were in the midst of an earthquake of the musical variety, the reverberations of which were already being keenly felt. Those The post The chaos and the carnage: Oasis at Newport TJ’s 30 years on appeared first on Nation.Cymru.

Martin Shipton The Deputy President of NFU Cymru has rubbished claims by a leading environmentalist that livestock farming in Wales is doomed. Gareth Clubb is the director of WWF Cymru, but he stresses that an article published on his blog is a personal view that has not been endorsed by his employer. In it, he The post Farming union hits back after environmentalist predicts demise of Welsh livestock farming appeared first on Nation.Cymru.

Unions representing workers at steel giant Tata say talks with the company over its plans to shut down blast furnaces at its Port Talbot plant have broken down. Community, the GMB and Unite said in a joint statement that the company was “completely disregarding” the impact of its plans on the workers and local communities. The post Talks over Tata steel plans have broken down, say unions appeared first on Nation.Cymru.

A backlash over Labour’s stance on Gaza has led to losses on local councils across England, amid otherwise positive local elections results. Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, was among the senior party figures who conceded Labour’s approach to the conflict in the Middle East had led to the losses, but said it would work The post Labour’s Gaza stance leads to voter backlash in English council elections appeared first on Nation.Cymru.

Stuart Bingham clinched the final frame of a tense and cagey session to level his World Snooker Championship semi-final against Jak Jones at 8-8. Bingham finally came through the 16th frame to leave a war of attrition all-square, while there was nothing to separate Kyren Wilson and David Gilbert in their last-four clash, which will The post Stuart Bingham and Jak Jones level at 8-8 in World Championship semi-final appeared first on Nation.Cymru.

The Prime Minister has looked to the Tees Valley for consolation as his party suffered a drubbing in the local elections. Lord Ben Houchen’s re-election on Teesside was one of the few bright spots for the Conservatives as the party lost around 50% of its councillors across England just months away from a general election. The post Tories lose almost half of councillors in England appeared first on Nation.Cymru.

Nicholas Thomas, local democracy reporter The Welsh Government says it has “increasing confidence” that a health board will improve its performance and be taken out of intervention measures. In January, Health minister Eluned Morgan announced the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board will be subject to “targeted intervention” due to her concerns about the emergency department The post Health board shows signs of improvement after Welsh Government imposed interventions appeared first on Nation.Cymru.

Billy Root capitalised on being dropped by brother Joe to score a half-century as Glamorgan made 109 for four against Yorkshire on a weather-affected opening day at Headingley. England star Joe was unable to cling on to a tough catch at first slip when his younger sibling edged Ben Coad behind when on six. The The post Billy Root capitalises on Joe drop but Yorkshire on top against Glamorgan appeared first on Nation.Cymru.

Emma Wools has been elected as South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner, becoming Wales’ first black PCC, and the first to be elected in the UK. Ms Wools was deputy to her Labour predecessor, Alun Michael, who has stepped down. She secured 73,128 votes, to the Conservatives 43,344, with Plaid Cymru on 27,410 and the The post Labour’s Emma Wools elected Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales appeared first on Nation.Cymru.

Richard Evans Local Democracy Reporter Rough sleepers have pitched tents near a north Wales beauty spot. According to the Local Democracy Service, a camp of around five to six tents has popped up near a shelter on Llandudno’s West Shore. The tents are believed to have been there since the end of March.  Conwy County Council says it The post Council vows to help rough sleepers appeared first on Nation.Cymru.