If you thought Zimbabwe’s descent ended with the removal of Robert Mugabe from power, think again.
Ric Lewis has been named the most influential black Briton in the Powerlist 2019. He runs the largest black-owned and run company in the UK, Tristan Capital Partners, and his Black Heart Foundation aims to remove the barriers to higher education for underprivileged kids. He talks to me about his philanthropy, upping aspiration for young…
The Welsh government today cleared its diary in the assembly for ministers to announce one by one what the impact would be of leaving the EU in 66 days without a deal.
Welsh government ministers have been outlining the potential consequences of a no-deal Brexit this afternoon.
Mark Drakeford, First Minister of Wales, discusses a no-deal Brexit.
There has been shock as Premier League Cardiff City’s newest star signing is missing after the light aircraft he was travelling in disappeared from radar over the English Channel. Argentine striker Emiliano Sala had just signed from French club Nantes for £15 million.
The more we in Britain are torn apart by the future of Brexit, the more the founding fathers of the EU, France and Germany, feel the need to tighten their embrace.
The big beasts of the international business world are turning up at Davos in Switzerland for this year’s World Economic Forum.
Rat infestations, overcrowding and drugs. Those problems are just some of the things prison inspectors found during an impromptu visit to Bedford jail. The Prison Service had spent the last two years trying to improve conditions at Bedford. But the inspectors’ latest report paints a grim picture of a jail rife with violence and self-harm.
Abi Reader, from the Wales National Farmers’ Union, and assembly member Adam Price, the leader of Plaid Cymru, discuss a no-deal Brexit.
Paul Davies, the Conservative leader in the Welsh Assembly, responds to fears about a no-deal Brexit.
So what would be the practical impact of a no deal? How much difference would it really make? And why is the Welsh government, along with many business groups, so concerned that it’s still on the table?
Gary Gibbon
The odyssey of Brexit reaches a new weirdness on Thursday. Len McCluskey will be walking up Downing Street for talks with Theresa May. The leader of Unite, sworn enemy of the Tories and the establishment has been invited in as part of the wider talks on Brexit which started after last week’s failed vote of…
We speak to Zimbabwean journalist Violet Gonda, whose journalism saw her barred from her home country for many years by former President Robert Mugabe.
In Zimbabwe a week of protests and a brutal government crackdown have forced President Mnangagwa to curtail his trip to Davos and rush home. Zimbabweans have been protesting at dramatic fuel price hikes and more than 12 people have been killed in the violence.
The billionaire owner of Sports Direct, Mike Ashley, has put in a bid to buy the music chain HMV.
Today the government announced a draft bill aiming to help survivors of domestic abuse.
Politicians weren’t the only ones waiting for Theresa May to outline her Plan B. Business leaders who have complained of the corrosive effect of uncertainty were also hoping the PM would provide some clarity.
As she updated MPs on her Brexit plans, Theresa May announced she’s scrapping the £65 fee for EU citizens to apply for so-called “settled status”.
Conservative MP Andrea Jenkyns and Labour MP Alison McGovern discuss Theresa May’s Brexit statement.
PSNI Assistant Chief Constable Mark Hamilton discusses the bomb scares in Northern Ireland.
With all the talk of Brexit and how a hard border could bring a return to violence Northern Ireland, the car bomb that exploded in Londonderry at the weekend was a stark reminder of how fragile the peace there actually is. Today police carried out a controlled explosion after two more vehicles were hijacked. There…
