hywel griffith was watching the announcement. a two horse race where both men stuck rigidly to the centre but in the end of the new leader of the welsh labour was elected byjust under two 52% of the vote. vaughan gething, congratulations. after being responsible for health and the economy, vaughan gething will now take a big step up to become the first black first minister of wales. today we turn a new page in our welsh history. a history that we write together. notjust because i m the first black leader of any european country, but a generational dial hasjumped, too. i want us to use this moment as a starting point for a more confident march into the future. a march into the future in behalf of a generation that too often is being asked to pick up the pieces and the bill for those who came before them. in pieces and the bill for those who came before them. pieces and the bill for those who came before them. in his campaign video, he tackled came before them. in his campai
keeps rearing its head. when will the general election be? and it s not going to be on the 2nd of may because in an interview with itv in the west country on thursday night, rishi sunak said there will not be a general election on the same day as the local mayoral and police and crime commissioner elections, which are happening that day. now, whether you love or hate speculation about the general election campaign, the fact that there is so much and the way it s been going, actually, it is quite revealing about what s happening in politics. so we will kick off with that on this episode of newscast. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s adam in the studio. and it is chris in cardiff today, because there s a splash of democracy and voting going on here, with a new labour leader being elected on saturday who will become the new first minister next week. and talking of other stories that have occurred today, michael gove, the levelling up and communities secretary, unveile
charles spencer also said the press attention suffered by his sister was more dangerous than the attention online focused on kate, the current princess of wales. princess diana s brother was speaking in an interview to be broadcast tomorrow on the bbc s sunday with laura kuenssberg. earlier, i spoke to graham satchell, who has been reviewing the material in the interview and asked him what was the main thrust of earl spencer s comments were. well, this was a searingly honest interview with earl spencer, and at times difficult to watch, to be honest. he has written a book about his experiences of his childhood, particularly at boarding school, and he talks about suffering shocking levels of violence from the age of eight and being sexually abused from the age of 11. he also talks in some detail about his experience at home with his sister, princess diana, and particularly suffering at the hands of a violent nanny, nanny forster. and this is what he had to say. really damaging
today, we turn a page in the book of our nation s history. a history that we write together. notjust because i have the honour of becoming the first black leader in any european country, but because a generational dial has jumped too. like ken and jane, devolution is not something that i have had to get used to, or to adapt to, or to apologise for. devolution, welsh solutions to welsh problems and opportunities, is in my blood. it is what i have always known through my adult political life and that is the same for a growing number of our citizens and i want us to use this moment as a starting point for a more confident march into the future. a march into the future on behalf of a generation that, too often, is being asked to pick up the pieces and the bill for those who came before them. in wales, it often takes the worst times to get the best out of us. in adversity, you can t match us. we will be there, fighting tooth and nailfor the impossible to happen. for the underdog,