in his acceptance speech after being voted as the new welsh labour leader, he highlighted the historic nature of his win. 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. i
they re also worried about needing to go to hospital or work how will they get there? because we are literally expecting a gridlock. concerns, too, that lorry drivers coming in from europe might not have got the message this is a well worn route for those coming in from the channel ports. several closures between now and the end of the year are planned. national highways advised commuters to take the train instead, and to plan in advance. but the advice this weekend? avoid, avoid. frances read, bbc news. to our correspondent, mark ashdown. there have been dire warnings. what sense do you get of the predicted traffic chaos? this sense do you get of the predicted traffic chaos? traffic chaos? this is an unprecedented - traffic chaos? this is an l unprecedented moment. traffic chaos? this is an - unprecedented moment. looking traffic chaos? this is an unprecedented moment. looking behind me, even at this time of day this would normally be absolutely heaving with traffic.
endured when they were young. here s laura kuenssberg. i always believed the press would kill her in the end, but not even i could imagine that they would take such a direct hand in her death. charles spencer s fury at the way the press treated his sister, diana, made him famous. it is a point to remember. his anger at her funeral, raw, after years of intrusion and pain. ..a girl given the name of the ancient goddess of hunting was, in the end, the most hunted person of the modern age. decades later, there s been a frenzy around the current princess of wales, kate even around a family photo. but does the rumour and online speculation compare to what diana endured? no, i think it was more dangerous back in the day. the circumstances of her death were so shocking that it did make the industry that supports the paparazzi really consider more carefully what it could and couldn t do. not because they had a moraljudgment, but because it was unacceptable. he s publishing a memoir
whatever family they are born into . 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. 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 ii. 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 wh
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