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A POLITICAL guru from South Wales has been chosen to play a key role in Barack Obama’s campaign to become American president. Read

Parties hoping for support on fuel

A NEW mechanism to cap petrol prices will be proposed by Plaid Cymru and the SNP in Parliament this week. Read

Students get it out to beat trash blight

MORE than 55 tonnes of trash were collected in the first weekend of a campaign to beat the blight of end-of-term student trash. Read

Bloggers put Wales in political spotlight

WALES boasts some of the most fascinating politics in the United Kingdom, according to a man who has transformed the art of blogging in Britain. Read

First day in a new job for the ex-bishop who’s now Mr Cooper

THE former bishop of St Davids starts a new life today as a champion of some of Wales’ most isolated communities. Read

Plea to Prince on ‘Royal’ Mail title

CAMPAIGNERS fighting to keep rural post offices open have appealed to the Prince of Wales to strip Royal Mail of its royal title. Read

Spin Doctor: Too good an opportunity to waste

JOINED-UP local government thinking of the week: “Waste is one of the largest environment concerns facing Wales today” – agenda for a Swansea Council cabinet meeting held last week in which 299 A4 pages making up each agenda, were sent to councillors, officers and journalists by post. Read

Wigley left in limbo by Lords reform plan

PLAID Cymru fears none of its members will join the House of Lords amid speculation Gordon Brown is set to make no new peers in advance of a massive reform to the second chamber. Read

Ex-Vale MP launches campaign for Davis’ seat

FORMER Vale MP Walter Sweeney is mounting a surprise political comeback in the Haltemprice and Howden by-election. Read

Wales gloomy over falling house prices

WELSH house prices fell 0.7% in the year to May, according to new data from the Land Registry, adding to the turbulence elsewhere in the economy. Read

Association chooses first non-Labour leader

THE first non-Labour leader of the Welsh Local Government Association has been formally elected. Read

‘No-frills’ airline to cut flights

THE biggest low-cost airline flying from Cardiff has confirmed it will be cutting flights from South Wales because of soaring global oil prices. Read

Scotland’s leader Alex Salmond backs Elfyn Llwyd for Plaid president

SCOTTISH First Minister Alex Salmond has endorsed Elfyn Llwyd’s bid to become president of Plaid Cymru. Read

Rhodri criticises UK ministers

FIRST Minister Rhodri Morgan has attacked the UK Government for its refusal to devolve decision-making over big power station applications to Wales. Read

‘Trouble getting top staff’s driving NHS restructuring’

THE Assembly Government is proposing a further major restructuring of the NHS in Wales because of a “difficulty in recruiting top-class managers”, it has been suggested. Read

UK to launch Equality Bill

BOSSES will be encouraged to discriminate in favour of female and ethnic minority candidates under plans announced by Equality Minister Harriet Harman yesterday. Read

Labour plans to rekindle support in ‘the Fro’

THE Labour Party has lost the confidence of Welsh-speaking Wales and needs to adopt a wholly new approach to win back support, according to a stark report from a group of senior politicians and activists. Read

A year can be a very long time in politics – just ask Gordon Brown

He promised to do his best, but in his first year in charge little has gone right for Gordon Brown. Political Editor Tomos Livingstone wonders whether the Prime Minister has been the architect of his own misfortunes Read