Gemma Parry

Four years, one baby, a full time freelancing job, and an unhealthy Diet Coke habit later, I finally have my Mental Health Nursing degree with First Class Honours 😭

I am very tired 😂

Everyone have a proper lie-in tomorrow if you are able. It's ok I have cleared it with the relevant departments.

Anyway I’m going to celebrate now and sleep for a long time 🥳 cannot believe I’ve finally done it!

I’m planning to continue to do my freelance work alongside my new role as a qualified MH nurse (AAAAHHH). On the surface, they are very different industries, but there is value in using communication skills and empathy in both, and I now have fresh perspectives for my writing. It is exciting and new

Today marks the end of a long four years of mixing freelance work with full time studies - I’ve officially completed my degree in Mental Health Nursing.

It has been a challenge, especially with having a baby halfway through the course, but I wouldn’t change it for the world.

Health board 'gave credence to whitewash report on failing maternity unit' Martin Shipton Parents seeking improvements at a maternity unit deemed potentially unsafe have been angered by an FoI disclosure which shows a health board gave credence to an unpublished report that ...

Parents seeking improvements at a maternity unit deemed potentially unsafe have been angered by an FoI disclosure which shows a health board gave credence to an unpublished report that largely exonerated the service and criticised their campaign ✍️Martin Shipton

Austria wins 69th Eurovision song contest with Wasted Love Israel finished second, with Estonia third and the pre-contest favourites from Sweden fourth Austria has won the Eurovision song contest after JJ triumphed in Basel with their song Wasted Love, an operatic ballad with soaring vocals that mutates into a club anthem for the finale. It is the third time the country has won, with JJ following in the footsteps of Udo Jürgens in 1965 and Conchita Wurst in 2014. Switzerland, which hosted the first ever Eurovision song contest in 1956, was the venue this year after Nemo won in Malmö last year with their song The Code. Austria will be expected to host in 2026, with Vienna having twice held the competition before. Continue reading...

Austria wins 69th Eurovision song contest with Wasted Love

Remember the National?

The short-lived news service for Wales closed in 2022, but last month the title was "relaunched" at the same web address, declaring itself: "Independent. Trusted. Unapologetically Welsh."

That tagline, and everything else about the site, was a sham...

Conclave Live Updates: Roman Catholic cardinals meet to elect a successor to Pope Francis More than 130 of the world's Catholic cardinals are gathered in the Sistine Chapel to choose the next pope.

BREAKING: Black smoke appeared from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, signaling that no new pope was elected on the first ballot. Follow our live updates: reut.rs/435NPXQ

Virginia Giuffre, a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse, has died aged 41 Giuffre’s family issued a statement confirming she took her own life at her farm in Western Australia, where she had lived for several years Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent victims of the disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein who also alleged she was sexually trafficked to Prince Andrew, has died. She was 41. Her family on Saturday issued a statement confirming she took her own life at her farm in Western Australia, where she had lived for several years. Continue reading...

Virginia Giuffre, a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse, has died aged 41

BREAKING: 15 people charged with gambling offences following the gamblegate scandal of the general election, including former Conservative MP and aide to Rishi Sunak, Craig Williams.

The sleaze scandal was one of the final nails in the Tory govt’s coffin.

Revealed: ‘chaotic’ system leaves freed prisoners untagged for months An undercover reporter finds staff are repeatedly sent to the wrong address by the monitoring service, which is struggling with a backlog, while criminals mock the justice system

🔺 EXCLUSIVE: Criminals are going untagged for months after their release from prison in England and Wales amid “chaos” in the system used to track them, an investigation has revealed

Russell Brand charged with rape and sexual assault Actor and comedian charged with rape, indecent assault, oral rape and two counts of sexual assault, say police The comedian and actor Russell Brand has been charged with one count each of rape, indecent assault and oral rape as well as two counts of sexual assault, the Metropolitan police have said. More details soon … Continue reading...

Russell Brand charged with rape and sexual assault

Fire service attend extensive grass fire on Sugarloaf Stephen Price South Wales Fire and Rescue Service are currently dealing with a large grass fire on the Sugar Loaf in the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park. The fire which had been burning since around ...

South Wales Fire and Rescue Service are currently dealing with a large grass fire on the Sugar Loaf in the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park

Toddler wearing green long sleeved top, blue trousers and white hat in a sunny garden walking towards woman crouched down wearing a blue shirt, leggings and smiling

Have had the loveliest day with sweet boy ❤️
Happy Mother’s Day all

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Little boy sitting on a wooden stump surrounded by an arch of daffodils. The sky is blue with a few clothes and the great glass dome of the National Botanic Garden of Wales is in the background

A blue sky with some clouds over a lake at the National Botanic Gardens of Wales

Daffodils in bloom with a tree in the background

Exotic orange flowers which have a similar appearance to daisies close up

A really lovely Saturday afternoon at the National Botanic Gardens of Wales. Spring is finally here 🥳

Live updates: Trump and Zelenskyy speak a day after Trump's call with Putin Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said that he would speak with U.S. President Donald Trump Wednesday and expected to hear more about the American leader’s phone call with Russian President Putin about a ceasefire and to discuss the next steps to be taken.

BREAKING: U.S. President Trump says he and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy spoke to align "Russia and Ukraine in terms of their requests and needs" regarding a ceasefire.

This is so important MH should be an integral part of support not just for maternity care but Health visiting too.

Great thread about the demise of Twitter (x) and how it has become “an emotion-stoking hate machine aimed to forward the narrow political agenda and world view of its owner.”

Reform UK would be a disaster for Wales – but its rivals have left the door wide open | Will Hayward Labour mismanagement of Welsh public services and an unambitious Conservative party are a gift to Nigel Farage, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward

In my latest Guardian column I breakdown Reform’s threat to Wales.

“Make no mistake, the answer to none of Wales’s complex and deeply rooted challenges is Nigel Farage and his former company, now party”

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

How is the NHS structured in Wales? To kick off the Welsh NHS Confederation's explainer series, we take it back to basics and look at the structure of the NHS in Wales.

Following the UK Government's announcement on NHS England, there's been some confusion about what this means for the NHS in Wales.

The structure of the NHS differs in England and Wales. Take a look at our explainer on the structure of the NHS in Wales 👇

www.nhsconfed.org/articles/how...

Same here. That and the odd occasion where I have to scour the platform for news related posts. It’s become such a dark place 😩

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More than 50 universities face federal investigations as part of Trump's anti-DEI campaign More than 50 universities are being investigated for alleged racial discrimination as part of President Donald Trump’s campaign to end diversity and equity programs that his officials say exclude white and Asian American students.

BREAKING: The Trump administration opens investigations at more than 50 universities as part of its anti-DEI campaign.