Conor Gogarty

Nigel Farage makes false claim distancing Reform from Russian asset 'I'm the only person in the senior management team of Reform who's ever even met him,' the Reform UK leader falsely claimed when asked about Nathan Gill

Nigel Farage makes false claim distancing Reform from Russian asset www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

It's the Nigel Farage show in Welsh town centre as candidate stays quiet We challenged Nigel Farage on a disgraced former colleague and misleading claims about the Nation of Sanctuary – but there was no interview with by-election candidate Llŷr Powell

I challenged Nigel Farage on his links to convicted bribe-taker Nathan Gill and misleading claims about the Nation of Sanctuary.

But there was no interview with the actual by-election candidate, Llŷr Powell (who used to work for Gill), at his own campaign event www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

Controversial businessman cornered by furious customer at trade show Companies run by Sean Reilly have left a trail of angry customers

Controversial businessman Sean Reilly left customers thousands out of pocket after their machinery orders didn't turn up. Then one decided to get on a plane from Amsterdam and confront him at the Royal Welsh Show. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

The 'soul-crushing' office where people worked long hours below minimum wage After being caught in a sting, Zaafir Jamal's career in direct sales looked over. Then he turned up in a new office where young people were manipulated using many of the same tactics that first landed...

When we caught a rogue employer in a sting, his direct sales career looked over.

Yet he turned up in a new office that exploited people using the same playbook.

Questions for regulators and clients like ScottishPower that keep working with these people. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

Youth club forced to close for six weeks after rapist scandal YMCA Porthcawl is being investigated by a regulator over the hiring of Sarah Vigus

A watchdog has forced a youth club to close for six weeks after we revealed a rapist had got a job there despite a warning in a background check. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

Woman got youth club job after raping girl Police said checks on Sarah Vigus when she applied for the role at an after-school club notified her employer of 'comprehensive details about her arrest and the nature and extent of the alleged offenc...

This is an extraordinary safeguarding failure.

A YMCA youth club hired a woman despite her DBS certificate stating she was under investigation for raping a 17-year-old girl.

She continued working there until she was found guilty and remanded in custody. walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

Reform MS made false cancer claim and recruited people to controversial scheme Laura Anne Jones was part of a business model in which sales reps progress to higher levels depending on how many people they recruit

Jones hit back at accusations that it was a pyramid scheme by misquoting Donald Trump as saying "a corporation has only one person at the top, generally the CEO, and everyone else below" www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

Reform MS made false cancer claim and recruited people to controversial scheme Laura Anne Jones was part of a business model in which sales reps progress to higher levels depending on how many people they recruit

The highly controversial scheme that Jones was involved in has a long history of regulatory findings against it.

Full story here www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

... sales reps progress to higher levels depending on how many people they recruit.

Multi-level marketing is notorious for reps falling into financial difficulty and resorting to desperate attempts to sign up their own friends and family.

Reform's highest-profile politician in Wales spread a false cancer claim and recruited people into a multi-level marketing scheme.

Before her current stint as an MS, Laura Anne Jones made wildly misleading and pseudoscientific claims to promote a business model in which...

The awful state of hospital where 'patients are at risk' An employee at Wales' largest hospital has shared pictures saying they are 'deeply troubled' by the extent of necessary repairs

Whistleblowers have frequently spoken out about the hospital’s horrendously unsuitable conditions, and plans to build a replacement have stalled.

A desperately bleak situation. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

The coroner found Gareth’s care “was sub-optimal for a number of reasons, including the impact of being cared for outside the main critical care unit”.

She’s sent a scathing report to Cardiff and Vale health board warning of more deaths unless there are changes at the hospital.

Dad died after being moved out of hospital critical unit for building work 'The world will forever be a darker place without him'

No one should be dying like this in the 21st century.

Gareth Johnson, a beloved dad-of-three, died aged 41 at the University Hospital of Wales after he’d been moved out of the critical care unit because of building work on the dilapidated site. walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

Pharmacy chain in 'chaos' as staff 'ordered to work without pay' 'We are struggling to find morale to keep going'

Staff at embattled pharmacy chain Jhoots are owed months of pay

"We've just finished our 11th week out of operation due to no stock being delivered in eight weeks and no pharmacist for five weeks," said one employee

"We must remain on premises or are threatened with disciplinary action."

He flew a drone over my house and made me feel like prisoner Dominic Williams would call his ex 'a little girl and a rat' then in his next message tell her he loved her

He flew a drone over my house, watched my every move and made me feel like a prisoner www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

Mum sues for £10m after nightmare childbirth left son disabled The child developed cerebral palsy after negligence by hospital staff during his birth

A mum is suing Cwm Taf Morgannwg health board for £10million over negligence during childbirth that left her son severely disabled with cerebral palsy and lifelong care needs. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

Five prison officers sacked after texts scandal It comes after leaked messages appeared to show staff bragging about beating inmates

Five officers at Parc prison have been sacked, two resigned while under investigation, and one has received a final warning after a scandal over texts gloating about beating inmates www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

Investigators brought into crisis-hit mental health unit It comes after inspections found water damage, hygiene risks and a lack of training

Investigators brought into crisis-hit Hafan y Coed mental health unit www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health/...

Woman who quit park job in bullying row finds out result in case against council Despite winning the tribunal, the council was criticised by the judge over several issues

Evidence from the case appeared to show council managers ordered emails be deleted to “protect” against FOI disclosures.

It’s concerning the council still hasn’t directly addressed our questions about this. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

Woman who quit park job in bullying row finds out result in case against council Despite winning the tribunal, the council was criticised by the judge over several issues

An interesting employment tribunal

The woman who quit her job running Bute Park over a bullying row has lost her case against Cardiff council.

The judge slammed the council for “clear deficiencies” but they did not amount to constructive dismissal. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

This man behind 'Welsh' news website isn't who he says he is 'A new chapter for Welsh journalism' was promised. The reality was rather different

In her #FOJ25 keynote, @jodieginsberg.bsky.social of Comittee to Protect Journalists highlights recent coverage from @conorgogarty.bsky.social about a zombie site pretending to be "unapologetically Welsh" news.

Nice local flavour in a very international issue. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

A faulty machine, collapsing stairwells and a hard-working woman dead Danielle Evans died in the horror of the explosion

A fire service investigation report identifies the cause of the Treforest industrial estate explosion as a faulty calendar press machine.

Govt has issued warning that the product is unsafe.

The explosion claimed the life of much-loved Danielle Evans. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

This is the kind of journalism we need, not the stirring of hatred, but real investigations.

Hospital hiding the truth about 'strangers being let in to watch ops' There has been a complete lack of transparency after serious allegations from whistleblowers

Full piece here www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

South Wales Central MS Andrew RT Davies called for the health board to "share the outcome of this investigation, with appropriate redactions, so service users can understand what happened and why following the shocking revelations that came out of the Heath hospital earlier this year".

When we contacted the Welsh Government and Jeremy Miles they parroted the health board's line on HR practice.

Plaid Cymru MS @mabonapgwynfor.bsky.social said: "It's clear that there are fundamental issues within our NHS regarding institutional transparency and the power of the patient voice."

It's not clear why the unauthorised viewing of operations wasn't covered in the comprehensive service review, and instead got its own investigation.

The complete lack of transparency after that investigation will inevitably lead to suspicions of a cover-up.

Bear in mind the 22-page report went into lengthy detail on all kinds of allegations while still leaving the door open for disciplinaries.

What makes this different?

They also told me there could still be disciplinary action over some of the other findings. So why, a few months on, is the health board hiding behind "HR practice" to justify concealing its findings into the claims of strangers watching ops?

... I asked questions about disciplinary matters — and, crucially, I did get answers.

Health board bosses told me the HR outcomes after a staff member was accused of having speed in his locker and a manager was accused of saying Indians looked the same.