The environmental activist known as Swampy, who became a household name in the 1990’s after he spent a week in an underground tunnel in a bid to prevent expansion works on a road in Devon, has joined efforts to prevent the destruction of the Cardiff Northern Meadows.
Swampy - real…
Campaigners in solidarity with scaffolders in Scunthorpe held a protest outside the offices of Actavo in Chepstow yesterday, pictured above, alongside other actions held in Ireland, Scotland and England.
In total, four protests were held outside the company’s offices to demand that they pay their scaffolders in Scunthorpe the agreed…
By Mark Redfern & SC Cook
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) in Wales have refused to say why crucial video footage of Mohamud Hassan’s final moments cannot be released to his parents and loved ones, leaving the family feeling “sick and tired”.
The IOPC contacted voice.wales with a…
A vigil will be held in Cardiff today for Ashling Murphy, the primary school teacher who was strangled to death on a canal path while jogging last Wednesday afternoon near the town of Tullamore in Ireland. A man in his 30s has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
The Cardiff vigil…
More than 100 people converged in Newtown Saturday to protest against the UK Government’s authoritarian ‘Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts’ (PCSC) Bill, a piece of legislation which will criminalise important acts of protest and rebellion, and tear apart traveller and gypsy communities.
The large crowd, gathered in Newtown High Street…
The family of Christopher Kapessa, the 13 year old who died after being pushed into a river in south Wales, have taken their fight for justice to the High Court in London today.
The hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice will look at the decision by the Crown Prosecution…
On the one year anniversary of his shocking death, the family of Mohamud Hassan say they continue to be denied crucial video footage. The cop watchdog IOPC has still not concluded its report into the incident that should have been delivered by September 2021. An inquest is set for May…
Tuesday evening, Adamsdown, Cardiff - local Somali family faced with aggressive bailiff seeking to repossess £100s worth of goods over a £7 TFL rail fare.
Locals turned out in support of the family and a civil rights lawyer successfully stopped police allowing the bailiff to enter the property.
Law firm…
A tree planting scheme in Wales is turning a profit for companies looking to carry on emitting carbon into the atmosphere. Carys Hopkins delves into the issue.
Image: Rural Carmarthenshire, where farms have been bought up by large investment firms. Photo: SC Cook
The Welsh government is making plans for…
The Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) says it will ballot its members across nine Tesco distribution sites, including two in Magor, south Wales, over what it says is a ‘much improved’ pay offer.
The new pay offer comes after the threat of a pre-Christmas strike by thousands…