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An Abergavenny primary school teacher has graduated from a unique training programme to become a UK Parliament Teacher Ambassador.

Matthew Dicken, who teaches at Ysgol Gymraeg Y Fenni, attended the three-day Teachers’ Institute in Westminster this week (21-23 January).

A leading Welsh supporter of Brexit has warned of a two month long “parliamentary fist fight” over Britain’s departure from the European Union.

Concerns have been raised over plans to build 200 houses in a town which residents claim is already at “full capacity”.

Monmouth MP David Davies has pledged his support to Holocaust Memorial Day by signing the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment in the House of Commons.

Commenting on this evening’s vote of no confidence in the government after Parliament rejected the Prime Minister’s Brexit deal, Monmouth MP David Davies said:

MP David Davies has started wearing a body camera to “collect evidence of abuse” by protestors outside Parliament.

The pro-Brexit Monmouth MP said he had been sworn at and called “scum” and has taken to using the device for protection from “malicious allegations”.

Monmouth MP David Davies has cautiously welcomed a site visit to the delayed A465 dualling scheme at Gilwern by the Welsh Transport Minister.

Some of us have been lucky enough to have a few days off work over Christmas and the New Year and my thoughts are very much with those who continue to work as normal, particularly those in the emergency services, the NHS, the prison service and the caring professions who ensure that we are all sa

Brexit crunch time is coming. The Brexit deal being put forward by the government is an imperfect compromise. It takes us out of the EU but keeps us in the Customs Union for at least another two years.

The Monmouth Branch of Amnesty International held a successful coffee morning at the Priory Centre in Monmouth this week to highlight the work of human rights defenders throughout the world.