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January 17, 2025

Supporting image for story: 'Be careful what you wish for...' - Your Letters: January 17

'Be careful what you wish for...' - Your Letters: January 17

Starmer is right to pledge his solidarity with Ukraine

Supporting image for story: Peter Rhodes on smart meters, TV licences and bribing the nation to good health

Peter Rhodes on smart meters, TV licences and bribing the nation to good health

January 16, 2025

Supporting image for story: 'I’m grieving too but with no support' - Your Letters: January 16

'I’m grieving too but with no support' - Your Letters: January 16

Supporting image for story: Peter Rhodes on birds, washing machines and the joys of owning a comical cushion

Peter Rhodes on birds, washing machines and the joys of owning a comical cushion

A little respite, but tough times still ahead

January 15, 2025

Supporting image for story: Powys' Leader talks about the budget and council tax

Powys' Leader talks about the budget and council tax

Supporting image for story: Money Matters: Get extra help from your energy supplier with the Priority Services Register

Money Matters: Get extra help from your energy supplier with the Priority Services Register

Supporting image for story: 'The collateral damage will be more than anyone thought' - Your Letters: January 15

'The collateral damage will be more than anyone thought' - Your Letters: January 15

Supporting image for story: Peter Rhodes on leadership, calories and the curious compulsion for politicians to travel

Peter Rhodes on leadership, calories and the curious compulsion for politicians to travel

Supporting image for story: Extension of bowel testing is Dame Deborah's legacy

Extension of bowel testing is Dame Deborah's legacy

January 14, 2025

Supporting image for story: Talking Point with Vicky Turrell - 'One flower does not make the spring'

Talking Point with Vicky Turrell - 'One flower does not make the spring'

Supporting image for story: 'Nightingale hospitals needed to rescue NHS' - Your Letters: January 14

'Nightingale hospitals needed to rescue NHS' - Your Letters: January 14

Supporting image for story: Peter Rhodes on wildfires, bullets and the noisier side of romance

Peter Rhodes on wildfires, bullets and the noisier side of romance

January 13, 2025

Supporting image for story: 'Next four years will be a political minefield for China and EU' - Your Letters: January 13

'Next four years will be a political minefield for China and EU' - Your Letters: January 13

Supporting image for story: Peter Rhodes on a missed bet, a new bank and why old men love the word 'Greater'

Peter Rhodes on a missed bet, a new bank and why old men love the word 'Greater'

Seizures of illegal vapes could be just the tip of the iceberg

January 12, 2025

Supporting image for story: Dan Morris: Show business and snow business

Dan Morris: Show business and snow business

January 11, 2025

Supporting image for story: 'Government's funding to fix potholes is unfair' - Your Letters: January 11

'Government's funding to fix potholes is unfair' - Your Letters: January 11

Supporting image for story: Mark Andrews: Frozen fountains, Mad Lizzie eases the winter blues, and Trump's promises suffer with inflation

Mark Andrews: Frozen fountains, Mad Lizzie eases the winter blues, and Trump's promises suffer with inflation

Supporting image for story: 'Child Abuse Bill may have opposite effect - and cancelling at Elon Musk and Donald Trump's criticism won't move us forward' - star columnist Toby Neal warns

'Child Abuse Bill may have opposite effect - and cancelling at Elon Musk and Donald Trump's criticism won't move us forward' - star columnist Toby Neal warns

January 10, 2025

Supporting image for story: 'We couldn’t do it without you...' - Your Letters: January 10

'We couldn’t do it without you...' - Your Letters: January 10

Increase in minimum wage little consolation if food prices soar

Supporting image for story: Peter Rhodes on old fillings, apple crumble and a sudden fad for land grabs

Peter Rhodes on old fillings, apple crumble and a sudden fad for land grabs

January 9, 2025

Supporting image for story: 'Sky lantern came down and burst into flames!' - Your Letters: January 9

'Sky lantern came down and burst into flames!' - Your Letters: January 9

Child abuse must not become a political football

Supporting image for story: Peter Rhodes on jabs, flying taxis and the quest for the truth about Lockerbie

Peter Rhodes on jabs, flying taxis and the quest for the truth about Lockerbie

January 8, 2025

Supporting image for story: Dyfed Powys Police and Crime Commissioner's first column of 2025

Dyfed Powys Police and Crime Commissioner's first column of 2025

Supporting image for story: 'Council decided trees had to go' - Your Letters: January 8

'Council decided trees had to go' - Your Letters: January 8

Supporting image for story: Peter Rhodes on snow, small boats and the risks of all-electric living

Peter Rhodes on snow, small boats and the risks of all-electric living

January 7, 2025

Supporting image for story: Talking Point with Vicky Turrell

Talking Point with Vicky Turrell

Supporting image for story: 'Layer up and put the heating on?!' - Your Letters: January 7

'Layer up and put the heating on?!' - Your Letters: January 7

Budget spells gloom on the high street

Supporting image for story: Peter Rhodes on sunless days, social care and a government hitting the ground crawling

Peter Rhodes on sunless days, social care and a government hitting the ground crawling

January 6, 2025

Supporting image for story: 'PM has betrayed pensioners once again' - Your Letters: January 6

'PM has betrayed pensioners once again' - Your Letters: January 6

Supporting image for story: They might not last but New Year's resolutions are a timeworn tradition - here's what our readers are planning for 2025

They might not last but New Year's resolutions are a timeworn tradition - here's what our readers are planning for 2025

Supporting image for story: MP's column - Shrewsbury MP Julia Buckley looks ahead to 2025 with buses, doctors and floods on agenda

MP's column - Shrewsbury MP Julia Buckley looks ahead to 2025 with buses, doctors and floods on agenda

Supporting image for story: Star Comment: Let's make sorting our finances our new year's resolution

Star Comment: Let's make sorting our finances our new year's resolution

Supporting image for story: Peter Rhodes on Rockall, Finisterre and anglers who know no fear

Peter Rhodes on Rockall, Finisterre and anglers who know no fear

January 5, 2025

Supporting image for story: Dan Morris: Easter eggs already? Too early for this sugar rush

Dan Morris: Easter eggs already? Too early for this sugar rush

January 4, 2025

Supporting image for story: 'Fat cats sit at top of food chain' - Your Letters: January 4

'Fat cats sit at top of food chain' - Your Letters: January 4

Supporting image for story: Mark Andrews: Snitching on bad drivers, and why can't we invest in green energy and North Sea gas?

Mark Andrews: Snitching on bad drivers, and why can't we invest in green energy and North Sea gas?

Supporting image for story: Need a New Year's resolution? Hug a rightwinger and live life outside your phone camera

Need a New Year's resolution? Hug a rightwinger and live life outside your phone camera

January 3, 2025

Supporting image for story: 'How to help clear the huge court backlog' - Your Letters: January 3

'How to help clear the huge court backlog' - Your Letters: January 3

Supporting image for story: The health services is in need of some fresh medicine

The health services is in need of some fresh medicine

Supporting image for story: Winter fuel payments could be Starmer's poll tax

Winter fuel payments could be Starmer's poll tax

Supporting image for story: Peter Rhodes on kids' TV, 100 years of the Shipping Forecast and a contender for the funniest film ever

Peter Rhodes on kids' TV, 100 years of the Shipping Forecast and a contender for the funniest film ever

January 2, 2025

Supporting image for story: 'MP's proposal is unsettling ' - Your Letters: January 2

'MP's proposal is unsettling ' - Your Letters: January 2

Supporting image for story: Peter Rhodes on mice, men, peanuts and Britain's nightly torrent of non-woke telly

Peter Rhodes on mice, men, peanuts and Britain's nightly torrent of non-woke telly

January 1, 2025

Supporting image for story: Brecon and Radnorshire Senedd Member James Evans' column

Brecon and Radnorshire Senedd Member James Evans' column

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