UNIONS and Plaid Cymru called today for a nationwide culture review following the “shocking” appointment of south Wales’s new fire chief.

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) questioned whether “due diligence” was done after it emerged Stuart Millington, who was brought in to head up the troubled service, was at the centre of bullying allegations himself.

The former assistant chief fire officer in north Wales will be taken to an employment tribunal in Mold and denies the allegations.