The murder of 18-year-old Lily Sullivan by Lewis Haines has not prompted a huge amount of coverage, but the sheer casualness of this 31-year-old man's evil is terrifying. A man who killed a woman because she rejected him. These are the words read in court from Lily's mum Anna:

Oh my Lord, Just saw Goldie Lookin Chain IN NEWPORT. It’s like seeing James Brown in Harlem. Completely magnificently glorious, safe as fuck you knows it.

My colleagues do great things and I’m proud of every one of them. They deserve to feel the value they create is recognised by their employer and rewarded with fair consolidated pay. That’s the only way we hold on to these talented, passionate people. #NUJReachStrike #FairPayNow

There we have it, x2 £200 #CostOfLivingCrises payments for Reach PLC staff earning under £50k. Thanks for the crumbs off of your table, Jim, your charity will keep us warm this winter. We go again with the #NUJReachStrike until he's prepared to listen. nuj.org.uk/join

🌈 It’s been great to team up with Pride in the Port and we look forward to keep working with them after this fun weekend is over #PrideInThePort

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Imposing compulsory mourning is medieval and will backfire. Sports, etc shouldn't be cancelled so people are free to go or not. Blanket TV(with zero debate) risks nosediving ratings, repeating the Duke of Edinburgh when Channel 4 pulled most viewers by keeping Gogglebox.

Edinburgh protest outside St Giles Cathedral where The Queen lies at rest.

Most of these companies announcing closures on Monday pay people by the hour. Ergo, this isn't a paid holiday. Would all these workers really prefer to lose a day's pay to sit at home watching the telly while so many struggle with bills and costs?

In Town is from Newport, my new favourite place - 6.30 and then the longer version on BBC Sounds forever and ever and ever

“There will be no going back from our policy of setting fire to everything. The fires are not the fault of us setting fire to everything, they’re the fault of the firefighters who have panicked by bringing all that water.”

South Wales Police Inspector Dean Gittoes has been found guilty of assaulting a vulnerable 16-year-old The boy was politely filming outside a police station when Gittoes attacked him The officer told him: "You're a clever little internet freak who's about to learn the hard way"

Wait did Tom Bradby try to recreate his “what is going on in the House of Commons?” meme?!?

There is a new Secretary of State for Wales - David TC Davies. Let's take a look at some of the views he has expressed in past. [Thread]

'We are now a team defined by its present, not its past. Our story is not of near misses, of heartache and regrets. As a nation we have been redefined, reborn and reawakened' My take on Wales’ exit from the World Cup nation.cymru/sport/its-the-…

The Winner in the Young Journalist of the Year category is Ffion Lewis / Media Wales – congratulation’s #TheRegionalPressAwards

Recently I went undercover working at a door-to-door sales operation. I'd heard claims of exploitation and cult-like practices, so I got a job there to investigate Wearing a hidden camera I gathered evidence of lies, pressure-selling and a network of linked offices around the UK