why vote to send _ place, so why plaid cymru? why vote to send an _ place, so why plaid cymru?end an mp to westminster his ultimate goal was to no longer be ruled _ ultimate goal was to no longer be ruled by— ultimate goal was to no longer be ruled by that institution? because we go _ ruled by that institution? because we go there to settle upon and up to settle _ we go there to settle upon and up to settle down. because we go there to be settle down. because we go there to he wales's_ settle down. because we go there to be wales's voice in westminster, not westminster's voice in wales. because — westminster's voice in wales. because we're not like the london parties _ because we're not like the london parties who see wales as being on the margins. because our policies aren't— the margins. because our policies aren't dictated by the pills, and our principles are predicated on aping _ our principles are predicated on aping the — our principles are predicated on aping the tories at every turn. —— policies _ aping the tories at every turn. —— policies aren't dictated by the polls

this half hour, we are going to focus on plaid cymru's spring conference happening in wales.s party's conference in caernarfon, you can see some live pictures they're coming in from that conference, where they will say that people wanting a different future should vote for plaid cymru at the next general election. for more on this in the build—up to that speech, we can go live to our wales correspondent who is following events from us from cardiff, good to have you on the programme. so, rhun ap iorwerth has only been leaderfor nine months and i imagine this will be a big speech for him and the party in the lead up to a general election. , ., , ., , party in the lead up to a general election. , .,, ., , , election. yes, he has only been leader for— election. yes, he has only been leader for nine _ election. yes, he has only been leader for nine months, - election. yes, he has only been leader for nine months, as - election. yes, he has only been leader for nine months, as you | election. yes, he has only been - leader for nine months, as you say. in his first conference in spr

the welsh nationalist plaid cymru in a cooperation agreement with the labour government here, but theyto clear this up would be to pay the money back because whilst he says he's done nothing wrong, it doesn't really pass the smell test. vaughan gething in5i5t5 he's done everything by the book. let's talk about that £200,000 donation. have you spent it all? we've spent lots of money through the campaign on volunteer5, on staff, on the work you need to do to run a campaign. i think actually what swung it is the fact that we persuaded members that they could believe in me. there's lots of hard work that goes into running a more than three month5 campaign and lots of money. it's an indivi5ible part of modern politics and another 5triking part of modern political leadership diver5ity. growing up, you don't see yourself as different until you realise that the world does see you differently. and that really happened. going into secondary school, looking more and more at the world that i was growing up in, recognising that people saw me differently to my classmates. from schoolboy to first min

some pushback from plaid cymru. more on that on bbc news website. be able to fulfil the "vast majority" of online deliveries today. customers have been contacting the supermarket on social media to report issues with their online orders. sainsbury�*s says it was caused by an overnight software update. tesco says it is also working to fix a technical hiccup that meant it had to cancel some online orders also due for delivery today. with more on this, sean dilleyjoins us. i have been following it on social media. it will be a busyjourney to the shops. why�*s that? in the of sainsbury�*s, there was some kind of overnight update to the software. there was an error or a glitch. that meant the vast majority of orders that were scheduled for today are not being fulfilled. an additional difficulty that sainsbury were having, because one imagines that as a logistical nightmare, they have been unable to directly contact those affected customers. what they have said is that they have had contactless card payment issues and some of the app store. they said they

that the scottish nationalists plaid cymru nationalists and plaid cymru have a view that they're entitleditled to hold, even though it would break up the country as we know it? >> absolutely. that must be right. i'd perhaps add one more caveat to which is unless caveat to that which is unless you're advocating the violent overthrow country or overthrow of the country or violence against any people in the country, i think that's right, but you have to have this this sort of open debate. >> i just ask you the question of violence against any individual, it's legitimate to campaign. in favour campaign. i'm not in favour of it the penalty. it for the death penalty. >> that's difficult point. i >> that's a difficult point. i think it is legitimate to campaign for it. it is wrong to agree. >> i think it i think capital punishment is morally indefensible. but i don't think it's you. >> but but i think there's a difference between campaigning for something that is changing the law and putting something on a statutory basis in an a structure and saying , because i structure and saying, because i h

plaid cymru are in a co—operation agreement with the labour government here but they reckoned the donationit doesn't really pass the smell test. vaughan gething insists he's done everything by the book. let's talk about that £200,000 donation — have you spent it all? we have spent a lot of money through the campaign on volunteers, staff, on the work you need to do to run a campaign. is that what swung it for you, huge amounts of money? i think what swung it is the fact we persuaded members that they could believe in me. lots of hard work goes into running a more than three months campaign... and lots of money? it's an indivisible part of modern politics. another striking part of modern political leadership — diversity. growing up, you don't see yourself as different until you realise that the world does see you differently. and that really happened going into secondary school, looking more and more at the world i was growing up in, recognising that people saw me differently to my classmates. from schoolboy to first minister, vaughan gething will take on his newjob on wednesday. the indian

the conservatives and plaid cymru will of course what position will he give to that rival?n this quiet with farmers in wales and the way that subsidy payment would potentially work in wales. ministers wanted all farm sizes designate 10% of land to planting trees to combat climate change that has gone out for consultation. that has already... i guess made the assumption this has been a really difficult task for her. she would not carry on in that role and transport again, there was a huge backlash after the 20 miles for speed limit came in so there may be a change, ministers said he was moving on. studio: remind for viewers not in wales exactly what powers the first minister has. the wales exactly what powers the first minister has-— minister has. the leader will make the decisions _ minister has. the leader will make the decisions moving _ minister has. the leader will make the decisions moving on. - minister has. the leader will make the decisions moving on. the - minister has. the leader will make l the decisions moving on. the person who made it most clear was when mark

the new leader of plaid cymru will tell his party's conference today that voters wanting a future differentthree—year co—operation agreement with labour in the welsh parliament, the senedd. data obtained by bbc news shows the higest outstanding student debt in the uk is almost £250,000. the student involved is known to have studied on several different courses, and now owes more than £230,000 in student loan debt — more than five times the average. graham satchell reports. is the cost of going to university too much? are students leaving burdened with unmanageable debt? new figures acquired by the bbc from a freedom of information request show one person who had done multiple degrees had a student debt of £230,000. another has accumulated interest alone of £55,000. on average, a student in england will leave university with a debt of around £45,000. the figures are lower in wales and northern ireland. in scotland, tuition fees are paid by the scottish government. dr luke amos has a debt of £103,000. the amount of money that i will end up paying over the 30 year period that the loan is outst

we will hear seen from the minister for plaid cymru and there were a few mentions of wales in the budgetm the scottish government will receive nearly £300 million in barnet consequential fills with nearly £170 million for the welsh government and £100 million of the northern ireland executive. hello. we started off today with quite extensive and dense areas of mist and fog. you can see some of that murky weather here in the lowland areas in somerset where the hills were sticking out above that low cloud into clear and sunny skies. you can see the same thing here in league. that was caused by a temperature inversion. through the rest of today, the mist and fog lifting into low cloud across the midlands. we have quite extensive cloud across east scotland and eastern areas of england to date. thick enough afford a few showers for eastern scotland and one or two potentially going into parts of east anglia. but they will be few and far between so for the vast majority of the uk the day looks like it will stay dry with the people know we need to fix the nhs. to stay dry with the people know we

we have the leader of plaid cymru, rhun ap iorwerth.ness morgan. and for the liberal democrats, mp helen morgan. who wants to be honest with our audience here tonight? i completely a- reciate audience here tonight? i completely appreciate what _ audience here tonight? i completely appreciate what the _ audience here tonight? i completely appreciate what the gentleman - audience here tonight? i completely appreciate what the gentleman said| appreciate what the gentleman said at the end. we have a responsibility as politicians to tell the truth and the truth is the country went through covid and it is a fact £400 billion was spent by the uk government tried to help people, trying to support people, ensuring people were on furlough, ensuring people were on furlough, ensuring people have support when it came to schemes like eat out to help out and these were concepts created by the prime minister at the time, the chancellor. at the time when covid happened i was a civilian, i was not a politician. i don't mean to be disrespectful, but rishi

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