Meleri Williams

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Meleri Williams

A former Labour MP will stand trial charged with sexual assault. Gwynoro Jones, 82, was elected to represent Carmarthen in the House of Commons between 1970 and 1974. Swansea Crown Court heard on Friday that the ex-politician and broadcaster allegedly touched a woman without consent on a train on 11 June 2024 and the incident was recorded on CCTV. Mr Jones pleaded not guilty, speaking in the dock only to confirm his name, and is expected to stand the two-day trial on 10 November.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Jenny Rees |Meleri Williams

They are the first adults in Wales to have never known a smoke-filled bar or club. To have lived their whole lives unaccustomed to the smell of cigarettes lingering on clothes after a night out. It is 18 years since the ban on smoking in public places was introduced in Wales to reduce the effect of second-hand smoke. The legislation was a milestone in shifting attitudes, according to one public health expert.

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Meleri Williams

Teacher thought she would die in Bangkok earthquakeIsabelle WillisIsabelle Willis has been teaching English in Bangkok for six months A Welsh teacher whose apartment walls started to crumble after an earthquake in south-east Asia said she believed she was about to die. Isabelle Willis, 26, from New Quay, Ceredigion, has been teaching English in Bangkok, Thailand, for six months and felt the tremor after the earthquake in Myanmar on Friday.

3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Meleri Williams

Cystic fibrosis couldn't stop me rowing the AtlanticAtlantic DashThe four women who were rowing the Atlantic from Lanzarote to Antigua arrived a week early A woman with a genetic illness that affects her ability to breathe has completed a world record-breaking rowing challenge in the Atlantic Ocean. Sophie Pierce, 32, of Neyland Rowing Club in Pembrokeshire, is the first person with cystic fibrosis to brave the journey.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Meleri Williams

A former bishop has been jailed for sexually abusing a boy over a five-year period while he was a priest. Anthony Pierce, 84, who was bishop of Swansea and Brecon between 1999 and 2008, pleaded guilty to five counts of indecent assault on a child under the age of 16. Swansea Crown Court heard the abuse, which included sexual touching, happened from 1985 until 1990, while Pierce was a parish priest in West Cross, Swansea.