Britain has appealed to Interpol to reject Argentina’s requests for the arrest of individuals involved in a large oil project off the Falkland Islands saying they are politically motivated (Via @theguardian.com) www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

UK asks Interpol to reject Argentina’s ‘politically motivated’ requests for Falklands oil arrests

Exclusive: Caution urged over Javier Milei government’s ‘red notice’ requests for arrest of individuals linked to oil project

theguardian.com

Brexit was a gift to Putin, and those who sold it are stooges, either intentionally or otherwise, to Russia's attempts to destabilise Europe.

If you come to Swansea / Abertawe you must have a milky coffee in Kardomah Cafe. That is the law.

Producer: “Who can we get to represent the views of voters in struggling working class towns?” Researcher: “How about a London born privately educated banjo player who is the son of the billionaire who owns GB News?” Producer: “Perfect!”

Matthew Holehouse@matthewholehouse.bsky.social · 2d ago

The "red wall" is not a term you hear often these days

Extraordinary story ➡️ A Norwegian teenager recruited by an Iranian-backed international crime group to travel to the UK to carry out a murder has been jailed for 20 years. The intended target remains unknown. (By @hannahalothman.bsky.social for @theguardian.com) www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Norwegian teenage hitman hired for UK murder by Iran-backed crime gang jailed for 20 years

Johannes Kongsnes Natland, 19, was arrested in Huddersfield with two guns and live ammunition

theguardian.com

Two years after a body was discovered in a wetsuit in a remote reservoir in Powys, police are renewing an appeal for help to identify the mystery man. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

Mystery of the man in an oversized wetsuit found dead in a Welsh reservoir

Police have issued a new appeal to try and identify the man on the second anniversary of the discovery

walesonline.co.uk

FIFA’s controversial Peace Prize could be scrapped at the end of the year, only 12 months after US President Donald Trump received the inaugural award. (Via @theathletic.com) www.nytimes.com/athletic/769...

FIFA Peace Prize could be scrapped a year on from Donald Trump win

Trump was given the inaugural prize last December but he could be the only recipient with a FIFA committee now reviewing the award.

nytimes.com

A jury trying a former college boss on allegations of fraud has heard details of spending of tens of thousands of pounds on items including a Rolex watch, diamond earrings, and grand pianos. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

College fraud trial told about purchases of £30,000 Rolex and £23,000 earrings

Yasmin Sarwar denies fraud, theft, and money laundering charges

walesonline.co.uk

The biker who died in a crash on the A4067 Swansea Valley road between Glais and Pontardawe has been named as 52-year-old Wayne Bowron from Durham. His family said: “Our hearts are broken and there is a hole in all of our hearts that will never be filled” www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

Man who died in crash was 'loving father'

'Nothing can express the loss that we are currently feeling as a family'

walesonline.co.uk

Sony Pictures and filmmaker Sam Mendes are reportedly considering releasing their four Beatles biopics all on the same day. (Via @thr.com) www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Sony Considering Bold Plans for 4 Beatles Movies Rollout (Exclusive)

All four movies dropping the same day, hiding individual box office returns and a four-pack ticket are on the table for Sam Mendes’ ambitious biopics in an effort to treat each film equally and maximi...

hollywoodreporter.com

My front page story for Thursday’s South Wales Evening Post - A Swansea / Abertawe man became “fixated” with a policewoman and started stalking her, a court has heard.

A Swansea / Abertawe man with more than 180 offences on his record is back behind bars after his latest offending. Sending him down, the judge said he wondered whether the defendant ever reflected on how much money he had cost the state over the years. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

'One man crime machine' is back behind bars - but it won't be for long

Wayne Rogers has more than 180 offences on his record including thefts, burglaries, handling stolen goods, going equipped for theft, affray, robbery, and aggravated vehicle taking.

walesonline.co.uk

A Swansea / Abertawe man became "fixated" on a policewoman and began stalking her, a court has heard. Kelvin Lewis came to believe the officer had arranged for surveillance teams to watch on him, and had altered legal documents and computer records about him. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

Man became 'fixated' on policewoman then he started stalking her

Kelvin Lewis insisted to the the court he was an innocent man and left the sentencing hearing shouting and swearing

walesonline.co.uk

As a grumpy old court reporter I find the use of daily podcasts to cover trials an interesting development. I see there are a couple up and running for the Russell Brand trial. But bloody hell, the BBC’s pitching of a rape trial as “Fame Under Fire” is terrible.

via Dave Wright

My front page story for Wednesday’s South Wales Evening Post - Tata has been found guilty of health and safety failures after toxic blast furnace gases were released at its Port Talbot steelworks.

A man was "trying to rip people off" by offering wraps of cocaine for sale which were in fact just ground-up paracetamol and baking soda, a court has heard. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

Man was selling cocaine in Welsh town - but that's not what they were taking

Diego Fernaro explained his offending by saying as an Italian he was very fond of "fine food" such as steak, pasta and pizza.

walesonline.co.uk

A man with an infectious disease bit a police officer and then laughed when shown a picture of the injury, a court has heard. Abdullah Saed had been caught red handed working as a "runner" dealing cocaine and cannabis at flats in Swansea / Abertawe. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

Man with infectious disease bit police officer and laughed

The officer said the awful incident had made him reflect upon his job as a police officer

walesonline.co.uk

A topless man was seen shouting and waving around a cosh he’d fashioned out of a sock stuffed with glass mushroom ornaments, a court has heard. The Aberystwyth man then tried to flee from police by discharging a fire extinguisher to create a smoke screen. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

Resident puts ornaments in sock and swings it at man trying to get into his home

Eyewitnesses watched on in shock on the warm evening in the busy seaside town as Lee Southan then armed himself with a kitchen knife and discharged a fire extinguisher towards police

walesonline.co.uk

Plans for new national park - the Glyndŵr National Park covering the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley in north-east Wales - have been shelved by Plaid Cymru. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politic...

Plans to create the first national park in Wales for decades dumped

Constitution and government effectiveness minister Dafydd Trystan Davies said he had reached a 'provisional view' not to give government approval to the park which would have been known as the Glyndŵr...

walesonline.co.uk

You join me at Swansea Crown Court / Llys y Goron Abertawe for an interesting sentencing exercise where a defendant is being dealt with for offering to supply cocaine when, in fact, he was trying to “rip people off” with deals containing baking soda and crushed up paracetamol.

Tata has been found guilty of health and safety failures at its Port Talbot plant after toxic blast furnace gas was released in an area where men were working. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

Tata found guilty of toxic gas safety failures at Port Talbot steelworks

The jury took two hours to convict the company

walesonline.co.uk

A former employee of a Cardiff / Caerdydd college which is at the centre of multi-million pound fraud allegations has described how a "hacker" was brought in to create "fake" financial information ahead of an inspection by the Charity Commission. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

Cardiff college used 'hacker' to create fake financial records, trial told

A witness described the workplace as a 'very volatile' one and said it was clear that college founder Yasmin Sarwar - who is accused of multiple offences - was the boss and that 'no decision was made ...

walesonline.co.uk

A jury hearing allegations of safety failures at Tata's Port Talbot steelworks has retired to consider its verdicts. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

Jury considers verdicts in Tata blast furnace safety trial

Two people needed hospital treatment after the release of toxic gases from a blast furnace

walesonline.co.uk

Hundreds of supermarkets around France have been hit by an “unprecedented” cyber attack that caused their fridges and freezers to heat up, spoiling fresh and frozen food estimated to be worth millions of euros. (Via @en.france24.com) www.france24.com/en/france/20...

'Unprecedented' cyberattack targets refrigeration units at hundreds of French supermarkets

Hundreds of French supermarket chains were targeted overnight Sunday to Monday in a cyberattack that affected the refrigerators of up to 200 Intermarché stores and almost 100 Coopérative U locations,…

france24.com

i really am not convinced the Telegraph isn’t a massive satirical art piece

Jonathan Portes@jdportes.bsky.social · 7d ago

Great stuff from the Telegraph. archive.ph/r2nTA

"Super-intelligence"

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 6d ago

"AI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer, says Palantir CTO"

My front page story for Monday’s South Wales Evening Post, and Western Mail newspapers - A man who ambushed a former partner in Carmarthen Park and stabbed her multiple times in a “frenzied” attack has been jailed for 24 years for attempted murder.

Oh aye, wildlife on British coinage "is a denial of history", is it now?

A university student lay in wait for his Welsh housemate to return home before stabbing him 30 times in a "carefully planned and cold-blooded execution", a court heard. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

Killer cooked pizza after stabbing housemate 30 times, jury told

The court heard Zack Coughlan ambushed Jamie Collins in the garden of their home then waited for eight hours to call 999

walesonline.co.uk