Eleanor Storey

Celebrity News

Dame Jilly Cooper told Rivals writers to stop making her ‘macho men’ cry

Laura Wade, executive producer on the show, said Dame Jilly was like a ray of ‘human sunshine’ but had dished out one memorable piece of criticism.
24 May 2026
Celebrity News

Jennifer Saunders saw my grief for what it was – Dawn French

The Vicar Of Dibley star has been friends with Saunders since the pair met at drama school in the late 1970s.
23 May 2026
Celebrity News

Rape survivor Gisele Pelicot describes finding love again after her ordeal

Speaking at the Hay Festival on Saturday, Ms Pelicot she never thought she could trust a man again before meeting her partner, Jean-Loup Agopian.
23 May 2026
Politics

Rhun ap Iorwerth sworn in as First Minister of Wales

Mr ap Iorwerth was elected as leader of the country by Members of the Senedd on Tuesday.
12 May 2026
Politics

Rhun ap Iorwerth named next First Minister of Wales

Rhun ap Iorwerth, the leader of Plaid Cymru, has been named the next First Minister of Wales.
12 May 2026
Politics

Rhun ap Iorwerth set to become Plaid Cymru’s first premier of Wales

The Plaid Cymru leader is hoping to become the next first minister of Wales in a vote on Tuesday.
12 May 2026
Politics

Plaid Cymru will seek to form minority Welsh government, leader says

Rhun ap Iorwerth said no Prime Minister ‘can cast Wales aside’.
9 May 2026
Politics

Plaid Cymru ‘ready’ to become the next government of Wales

With all votes counted, Plaid have 43 seats, Reform UK 34, Labour nine, the Welsh Conservatives seven, Greens two and one Liberal Democrat.
8 May 2026
Politics

Eluned Morgan urges Starmer to ‘change course’ as she loses her Senedd seat

Lady Morgan losing her seat marks the first time a sitting Welsh leader has lost an election in the Welsh Parliament.
8 May 2026
Politics

Eluned Morgan the First Minister of Wales loses seat in Senedd election

Lady Morgan losing her seat marks the first time a sitting Welsh leader has lost an election in the Welsh Parliament.
8 May 2026
Politics

Labour to be reduced to 10 members in ‘deeply’ disappointing Welsh elections

The party is bracing itself for a brutal set of results in its former heartlands.
8 May 2026
Politics

Labour’s Welsh deputy leader concedes historic defeat as Senedd ballots counted

Huw Irranca-Davies, the deputy first minister, suggested he accepted Labour would not return to power in Wales.
8 May 2026
Politics

Labour heading for crushing defeat in Wales

A Labour source indicated the party’s vote had collapsed in Blaenau Gwent Caerffili Rhymni and said it would be a ‘struggle’ to hold on to one seat.
8 May 2026
Politics

Labour will be ‘smashed to smithereens’ in Wales, says Farage

The Reform leader said Wales has become a ‘basket case’ after being led by Labour for more than two decades.
5 May 2026
Politics

Welsh FM likens herself to canned cocktail while warning she could lose seat

Baroness Eluned Morgan, the leader of Welsh Labour, said in a video posted on social media there was a ‘danger’ of her losing to a Reform candidate.
24 Apr 2026
Politics

Britain is ‘defenceless’ without support of the US, says Farage

Speaking to reporters on Thursday, the Reform leader stressed the importance of preserving what he described as a ‘crucial’ relationship.
16 Apr 2026
Politics

Welsh election is referendum on Starmer’s premiership, says Nigel Farage

Speaking at Reform’s Welsh manifesto launch on Thursday, the party leader said the vote in May would ‘end Labour dominance’ in Wales.
5 Mar 2026
Politics

The old union is finished, says Plaid Cymru leader

Rhun ap Iorwerth used a speech at the Institute for Government to outline his vision for an independent Wales.
2 Mar 2026
Politics

Starmer ‘welcome’ on Welsh campaign trail if he brings more investment, FM says

Asked if she was happy for Sir Keir to be Prime Minister during Welsh Labour’s Senedd election campaign, Lady Morgan said ‘yes’.
2 Mar 2026
UK

Man who died after skydive in Devon was ‘experienced’, operator says

Skydive South West, which operates out of Dunkeswell Aerodrome, said the man had been carrying out a jump with a friend.
1 Mar 2026
UK

Man dead after skydive in Devon, police say

A 49-year-old man died on Saturday afternoon following a skydive at Dunkeswell Aerodrome, Devon and Cornwall Police said.
28 Feb 2026