Wales News

Published: 28 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The leader of Rhun ap Iorwerth has framed the next Welsh Senedd election as a stark choice between his party and Reform UK, underscoring growing competition on the Welsh political landscape. In a keynote address on Friday, ap Iorwerth said that voters will need to decide whether Wales should be governed by a progressive nationalist vision or by Reform’s...

Published: 25 February 2026 . The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Wales has taken a significant step toward ensuring assisted dying services could be provided through the National Health Service after the Senedd — the Welsh Parliament — voted in favour of a Legislative Consent Motion giving its consent for Westminster’s proposed assisted dying legislation to apply to Wales. The vote, held on 24 February 2026, saw 28 Members of the Senedd...

Published: 23 February 2026 . The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online In the South Wales valleys around Treherbert, a community has transformed its relationship with the surrounding woodland — turning a traumatic environmental wake‑up call into a blueprint for sustainable stewardship and community resilience. After devastating floods hit the village of Pentre in February 2020, local residents concluded that decades of industrial forestry and detached forest management had...