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Welsh Valleys

Fourth term special 3: Priorities on the railways

Stuart Cole says we should electrify the Great Western and Valley lines

7th September (27th February)
  • Politics and Policy

Wales faces a lost decade

Alex Harries argues that only a determination to invest in Wales’s infrastructure will counter the impact of the down-turn

24th August (27th February)
  • Politics and Policy

From Leipzig to Abercynon

Keith James and Rhys David look back at the life of Henry Kroch, the IWA’s founding chairman and a giant of the post-war industrial scene in Wales

21st August (27th February)
  • People and Places

Rhondda Labour stalwart who loved the language

Wayne David looks back at the life of Ken Hopkins, one of Welsh Labour’s guiding hands

6th August (27th February)
  • People and Places

Can we skew the market in favour of the Valleys?

Leanne Wood says the people of the old industrial heartland need to come together to plan a greener future

21st March (27th February)
  • Politics and Policy

Great Western Main Line to be electrified to Cardiff

John Osmond hears today’s announcement in the House of Commons that the business case for upgrading the Valley lines will be examined

1st March (27th February)
  • Politics and Policy

Yes vote will deliver blow against the cuts

Hywel Francis says the Yes campaign should focus on bread and butter issues rather than constitutional arguments

10th February (9th February)
  • Politics and Policy

A Metro for Wales’ capital city region

Stuart Cole welcomes this week’s launch by the IWA and Cardiff Business Partnership of their report calling for light rail links between Cardiff, Newport and the Valleys

3rd February (27th February)
  • Politics and Policy

St Fagans’ £20m makeover

David Anderson reveals how Amgueddfa Werin Cymru is being transformed to become the national museum for Wales’s history

28th January (1st February)
  • Culture
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