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Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price quits after damning report Adam Price has resigned as leader of Plaid Cymru after a report revealed a culture of misogyny, harassment, and bullying within the party. The party announced that a new leader will be in place by summer. The decision comes after a series of difficulties, including allegations of sexual assault and a toxic working environment. In his resignation letter, Price cited a lack of united support from his colleagues as the reason for his departure. Plaid’s Westminster leader, Liz Saville Roberts, stated that Price’s resignation was necessary to address the party’s toxic…

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TransPennine Express to be nationalised after FirstGroup lost contract due to poor service TransPennine Express, the train service covering Manchester, Liverpool, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, will be nationalised following numerous customer complaints and train cancellations. The government will take over operations with the aim of improving service quality, though passengers will not experience immediate changes. In recent months, about a quarter of TransPennine Express services were cancelled, reducing to around one in six in March but still the highest cancellation rate in the UK. The decision not to renew the contract with FirstGroup, the company running TransPennine, was influenced by staff…

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