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Medwin made first appearance for Wales in April 1953 in a 3–2 away victory against Ireland. [8] He represented Wales in the 1958 FIFA World Cup , playing in four of the five games in which Wales played and scoring the game-winning goal in the first round 2–1 play-off against Hungary which sent Wales to the quarter-finals.
John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon, KG, PC, KC (5 November 1931 – 5 June 2023) was a Welsh [1] [2] politician. He was a Labour Party Member of Parliament for over 41 years, from 1959 to 2001, which included a period as Secretary of State for Wales from 1974 to 1979 and as Attorney General between 1997 and 1999. [3]
In 1955, he was conscripted for National Service, serving with the South Wales Borderers [2] and saw active service, fighting Communist guerrillas in Malaya during the bitter Malayan emergency. On his return, he attended the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester , and after a period as colonial administrator in British India returned to ...
In 1935, 164 men "stayed down" in a "sit in" protest, the first ever in the South Wales coalfield, over the use of scab labour. In 1929 riots broke out at the colliery. The reasons for the riot were to be found in the employment of blackleg labour , with more than 700 villagers and miners rioting at the time, taking several days for police to ...
He moved with his family to London when he was seven. During the war he was evacuated back to south Wales, where he attended Bridgend Grammar School. There he played Bassanio in the school production of The Merchant of Venice. He decided to become an actor after seeing George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan at the Prince of Wales Theatre in Cardiff.
In July 2014, British media carried reports that the South Wales Police were investigating allegations that Thomas had sexually abused a boy aged nine in the late 1960s. [22] [23] In March 2015, South Wales Police confirmed that they were investigating claims that he had been involved in child abuse. [24]
Philip Bennett OBE (24 October 1948 – 12 June 2022) was a Welsh rugby union player who played as a fly-half for Llanelli RFC and the Wales national team.He began his career in 1966, and a year later he had taken over from Barry John as Llanelli's first-choice fly-half.
The murder of Logan Mwangi occurred in late July 2021 in Sarn, Bridgend, South Wales.The precise nature of the events leading up to the 5-year-old boy's death are difficult to ascertain but Angharad Williamson (Logan's mother), John Cole (stepfather) and Craig Mulligan (Cole’s stepson) are all believed to have participated in and been aware of physical attacks on Logan in late July which led ...