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Martin Pollard: What you need to know

Plaid Cymru Cardiff Central candidate Martin Pollard talks to politics editors Carwyn Williams and Rhiannon Tapp. Martin joined Plaid Cymru about 18 months ago, and is also the Chief Executive of the Welsh Centre for Internati...

In a different class? Just work harder

A report published by The Sutton Trust has recently issued findings that suggest children from working class families are less likely to attend a top university... A report published by The Sutton Trust has recently issued findings that suggest children from working class families are less likely to attend a top university, even when achieving the same grades as children from a more prestigious upbringing. Throughout my childhood, my par...

A generation of young peo... A generation of young people lost from the system

A supplementary dilema

A week before the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow last summer, it was revealed that Welsh 800m runner Gareth Warburton had failed a drugs... A week before the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow last summer, it was revealed that Welsh 800m runner Gareth Warburton had failed a drugs test. Two days after the opening ceremony, it emerged that his teammate Rhys Williams, the reigning European Champion in...

Vincent Tan: “We'll... Vincent Tan: “We’ll always be blue”

For and against: Public health campaigns

FOR: Tom Morris There are simply too many public health campaigns. We’re lucky in the UK that they’re not too numerous or pretentious, as they are in Amer... FOR: Tom Morris There are simply too many public health campaigns. We’re lucky in the UK that they’re not too numerous or pretentious, as they are in America. But the fact is that a public service announcement can often go unnoticed amongst the endless drive for further con...

Prime Minister's Question... Prime Minister’s Questions 28/1/15

Should the fox hunting ba... Should the fox hunting ban be repealed?

“Superman ecstasy” dr... “Superman ecstasy” drug deaths: result of UK drug policy?

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