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From the top of Bwlch Mountain, the sun is shining, there's not a cloud in the sky and we can see for miles down the Welsh Valleys.I am sat with Bev Johnson, who, back in 2021 along with other locals bereaved by COVID-19, built a huge heart out of stone on the side of this hill overlooking Treorchy and Pentre. Image: On the side of Bwlch Mountain, a huge stone […]

Under-performing civil servants could be encouraged to leave their jobs and senior officials will have their pay linked to performance, in a new government bid to "fundamentally reshape" the civil service.Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden, who is appearing on Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips, said "the state is not match-fit to rise to the moment our country faces". The plans have been criticised by a union, however, who described them […]

Police searching for the suspect in the Kent pub shooting on Valentine's Day have recovered a body from the River Thames.Lisa Smith, 43, was killed after she was shot outside The Three Horseshoes in Knockholt on the evening of Friday 14 February.Later that night, the suspect, named as Edvard Smith, was believed to have fallen into the Thames from the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge which crosses the river at Dartford […]

Police have been called to the Palace of Westminster after a man was seen climbing up the tower which houses Big Ben.Video on social media shows a barefoot man stood on a ledge several metres up the Elizabeth Tower holding a Palestinian flag. Police said they were called to the scene at 7:24am this morning.A fire engine has now raised a cherry picker to the same height as the man's […]

Mark Hammersley is a survivor. Standing in the Welsh sun, smiling broadly with an outreaching hand to welcome me, he looks the picture of good health. There is no sign of the trauma. Or the desperate battle for life he fought and won. Image: Mark Hammersley, who was treated for COVID in an intensive care unit in October 2020 I first met Mark as he gasped for air in Warrington Hospital's […]

Millwall goalkeeper Liam Roberts has been banned for six matches after his foul on Jean-Philippe Mateta which left the Crystal Palace forward needing 25 stitches in his left ear.Mateta was stretchered off and taken to hospital following the challenge in last Saturday's FA Cup fifth-round tie between the south London rivals at Selhurst Park. Roberts' high boot caused lacerations to Mateta's ear after the pair battled for the ball early […]

Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe has been reported to the police over alleged threats of physical violence against the party's chair.A statement from chairman Zia Yusuf and chief whip Lee Anderson also said the party has received complaints from two female employees about alleged serious bullying in Mr Lowe's offices. Mr Yusuf and Mr Anderson said "we understand complaints have been made to parliamentary authorities".Mr Lowe has released a statement […]

Police have launched a murder inquiry after a 15-year-old boy was found with fatal injuries on a street in Glasgow.Officers and paramedics were called to reports of a person found seriously injured on Clarendon Street at around 10.30pm on Wednesday. Amen Teklay was pronounced dead at the scene.Following a post-mortem his death is being treated as murder, police said.Detective Superintendent Cheryl Kelly said: "Our thoughts are with the Amen's family […]

👉 Click here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app 👈 Beth's been to 11 Downing Street to talk to the chancellor for Electoral Dysfunction. She took some of your questions (and a couple of Electoral Dysfunction mugs) with her.Rachel Reeves reflects on her first few months in the job, explains what she thinks of the "Rachel from Accounts" label and shares her own money-saving tip which she […]