‘It was always the way to vote Labour here’: party’s proud Welsh heartland makes a clean break of it | Labour

Reminders of the Labour movement’s roots are inescapable in Tredegar, south Wales: murals pay tribute to party giants Aneurin Bevan and Neil Kinnock, both of whom were born here. The Workmen’s Hall Library is long gone, replaced by a car park, but the Cambrian Inn, which hosted early trade unions and Chartist groups, survives. The…

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Ireland v Scotland | Talking points from a record-breaking day at Aviva Stadium

Ireland v Scotland | Talking points from a record-breaking day at Aviva Stadium womens six-nations-womens Dublin , Ireland – 17 May 2026; Ireland players, including Béibhinn Parsons, centre, celebrate their opening try during the Women’s 6 Nations Rugby Championship match between Ireland and Scotland at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. (Photo By Seb Daly/Sportsfile via…

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Trump warns Iran ‘clock is ticking’ as peace deal progress stalls

Trump had labelled the Iranian counter to US proposals “totally unacceptable”. Esmail Baghaei, an Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson, insisted it was “responsible” and “generous”. According to Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency, it includes an immediate end to the war on all fronts – a reference to the continued Israeli attacks against Iran-supported Hezbollah in Lebanon…

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