PEACE CAMPAIGN: Stop the War Cymru is tomorrow launching a new group in Newport at the Pen & Wig, Stow Hill, NP20 1JD at 7 pm. Speakers include Stop the War Coalition’s Lindsey German and Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s Betty Hunter.

Stop the War Cymru co-chair Lujane Abdallah said: “We welcome the new branch in Newport and urge people in the city to attend our meeting and register their opposition to the destruction of Gaza and the genocide being committed.”

COVID SCRUTINY:  Welsh nationalists today called for a Wales-specific Covid inquiry ahead of the Britain-wide inquiry’s Welsh chapter due to begin next Monday. Plaid Cymru called for the Welsh government to establish an inquiry to be accountable for its decisions.