HIGHWAY TO BRITAIN The migrant smuggling ‘highway’ piercing Europe’s borders to reach UK as Brit, 19, arrested at wheel of speedboat ‘taxi’.

'UNIMAGINABLE PAIN'
Girl, 12, killed by ‘drunk-driver’ while crossing road just days before her birthday as heartbroken family pay tribute.

VILE ABUSE: Reception private school teacher, 32, charged with nearly 100 sex crimes after filming children.

“Reform a ‘posh boys’ club’ exploiting Wales’ grievances” – Lord Kinnock

Former Labour leader Lord Neil Kinnock has launched a scathing attack on Reform UK, accusing it of exploiting long-standing grievances in Welsh communities while offering no credible solutions.

Controversial school closure plans confirmed

Plans to close a primary school devastated by fire three years ago have been approved, despite a campaign by parents calling for the building to be rebuilt, as had previously been agreed by the local authority.

Also see my investigative piece here.

Welsh families missing out on support worth thousands compared with Scotland, new research shows.New List Item

A family with three children in Scotland can receive more than £4,000 a year in support that is not available to an otherwise identical family in Wales, according to new research highlighting growing differences in welfare provision across the UK.

UK government urged to protect thousands of Welsh households against heating crisis.

The UK Government has been urged to take measures to assess the impact of rising fuel costs on households and businesses across Wales, particularly in rural areas where many homes are not connected to mains gas.

Lord Hain warns of ‘dangerous’ political shift in Wales

Former Secretary of State for Wales Lord Peter Hain has warned that the rise of Reform in Wales reflects deep structural changes in Welsh communities and fears it could lead to a shock result at the next Senedd election.

In 2007, I reported on the verdicts from Spain’s biggest terrorism trial, held over the 2004 Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people.

The court convicted 21 defendants and acquitted 7. Among those sentenced, key figures received tens of thousands of years in prison – though Spanish law capped actual time served at 40 years. The case was a defining moment in Spain’s fight against terrorism and shaped public debate on justice and security.

I wrote this report for the Daily Mail. It covered Spain’s first anniversary of the Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people.

This was one of my stories that went viral worldwide. I found and wrote this exclusive for Ferrari Press Agency which was bought by Manchester Evening News revealing that David Beckham unknowingly signed a birthday card for a suspected Madrid train bomber just weeks before the 2004 attack.

Work from Women's Health magazine where I worked on staff as beauty writer in my first journalistic role.