Megan Boot

Aug 16, 2024 | itv.com | Megan Boot

ITV Cymru Wales journalist Megan Boot reports. The proportion of Welsh students applying to higher education has fallen to one in three – the lowest of all the UK nations. Leo Rawson, from Blackwood, is among the students in Wales who successfully applied to university, heading to Oxford to study physics. "When you're lucky enough to get the results, it's a good feeling," he told ITV Cymru Wales.

Aug 14, 2024 | itv.com | Megan Boot

On Thursday, Welsh students will receive their A Level results. This group of  students have faced a lot - more than two years of their secondary education affected by Covid, and more recently, strikes by their teachers, in part because of the profession’s concern about the condition of education in Wales. Sam Thomas, 18, is a student from Bridgend. He says his generation “are quite a determined group”.

Aug 8, 2024 | itv.com | Megan Boot

ITV Wales' Megan Boot reports. A considerable overhaul is needed to secure the future of the Welsh language, according to an independent report into the Welsh Government's strategy. The number of people speaking Welsh in so-called "heartland" communities is declining and there is a real concern in some quarters about the language disappearing as a widely-spoken community language.

Aug 6, 2024 | itv.com | Megan Boot

Eluned Morgan is the first woman to become First Minister of Wales in the Welsh Government's 25-year history. The glass ceiling may be shattered, but this new dawn is full of long-established difficulties: NHS problems, education standards and creating a stronger economy. Add in an upcoming Senedd election in 2026, and this new dawn could be a defining era for Welsh Labour.

Mar 20, 2024 | itv.com | Megan Boot

There are already record levels of drug related deaths in Wales and England and now health officials here are ‘severely concerned’ about a new class of drugs emerging on the illegal market - nitazenes. Nitazenes are synthetic opioids that can be 500 times stronger than morphine. They can be injected, inhaled or swallowed, in tablet form. Their incredible strength makes them extremely dangerous - and we’re also seeing evidence of them being mixed in with other drugs.