DEMAND: Palestine activists in Newport have demanded organisers of the annual Newport Rising festival to boycott politicians who have failed to support the values of the Chartist movement.

Newport Palestine Solidarity Campaign urged the organisers to exclude politicians from Saturday’s festival and march who have not taken a clear stance against modern oppression.

They include those not speaking out against apartheid in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. 

INQUIRY: An investigation by the Public Ombudsman for Wales found four councils do not assess the needs of most carers or provide a support plan.

Carers are legally entitled to an assessment, but only 2.8 per cent had their needs assessed and 1.5 per cent had an assessment that led to a support plan.

Caerphilly, Ceredigion, Flintshire and Neath Port Talbot councils accepted the report.

APOLOGY: British Transport Police apologised to the family of David Evans, who died after two trains collided in Powys on October 21.

The police were forced to apologise after his family said a police statement saying it was being supported was wrong.

A family friend said: “The fact is [his wife] was pretty much left to her own devices.” The inquest into Mr Evans’ death has been adjourned.

NEW VOICE: Patients in Wales at risk of losing their voice from illnesses like throat cancer or motor neurone disease can continue to communicate in Welsh, thanks to a technological innovation financed by the Welsh government.

The Lleisiwr programme allows people for the first time to bank their voice in Welsh and creates a personal synthetic voice for them.

Previously, voice banking was only available in English.