Passez à l'illimité avec Magzter GOLD
Obtenez un accès illimité à plus de 9 000 magazines, journaux et articles Premium pour seulement
Essayer OR - Gratuit
Reform councillor under pressure over voicemail comments
Merthyr Express
|July 03, 2025
PRESSURE is mounting on a Reform councillor after he made comments about the Pakistani community in a voicemail he left on an ITV journalist's phone.
Councillor Andrew Barry, of Merthyr Tydfil council, became a Reform councillor last month, having previously served as an independent.
In his short stint in the party, the councillor has already been criticised after Nation.Cymru revealed offensive Facebook posts in which the Reform member called Puerto Rico a “third world s*** hole” in 2013.
The seemingly inadvertent voicemail was left on a journalist's phone on Wednesday, June 18, ITV Wales reported. In the voicemail, Cllr Barry can be heard speaking to an unknown individual about housing and the benefits system.
He said: “They're putting the immigrants in the HMOs. They're everywhere. The problem we've got, no-one's interested... (inaudible).
Cette histoire est tirée de l'édition July 03, 2025 de Merthyr Express.
Abonnez-vous à Magzter GOLD pour accéder à des milliers d'histoires premium sélectionnées et à plus de 9 000 magazines et journaux.
Déjà abonné ? Se connecter
PLUS D'HISTOIRES DE Merthyr Express
Merthyr & Rhymney Express
£42m for the last phase of hospital refurbishment
A HEALTH board has been awarded £42m of funding for further refurbishments at a busy hospital.
1 mins
March 19, 2026
Merthyr & Rhymney Express
Schools no longer need follow-up
FOUR schools which fell short of Estyn standards after inspections have been removed from follow-up categories.
1 min
March 19, 2026
Merthyr & Rhymney Express
Dad saves sleeping kids as fire guts home
A DAD rescued his two sleeping children from his burning home, but the house has been totally gutted by the blaze.
2 mins
March 19, 2026
Merthyr & Rhymney Express
Sonny hopes contest will kick-start a bright future
A TALENTED nine-year-old from Aberdare has been selected to represent Great Britain at the upcoming European Martial Arts Championships in Germany this August.
1 min
March 12, 2026
Merthyr & Rhymney Express
'Impromptu race' leaves family with 'a lifetime of pain'
THE sister of a young woman killed in a car crash in which the driver became involved in an “impromptu race” has paid tribute to her and described the “lifetime of pain” the family faced due to a decision made in seconds.
3 mins
March 12, 2026
Merthyr & Rhymney Express
Households in Merthyr face 4.95% rise in council tax
A 4.95% council tax increase is being planned for Merthyr Tydfil residents next year.
1 mins
February 26, 2026
Merthyr & Rhymney Express
Young man died hours into Benidorm holiday
A 21-YEAR-OLD man died hours into his first lads' holiday, an inquest has heard.
3 mins
February 26, 2026
Merthyr & Rhymney Express
Mint marks 75 years of Dennis the Menace
VISITORS to the Royal Mint Experience in Llantrisant will be able to strike their own Dennis the Menace 50p coin from today.
1 min
February 26, 2026
Merthyr & Rhymney Express
Drug dealer found soaking wet after he hid in water
A DRUG dealer fled his crashed car after a high-speed police chase and was later found soaking wet.
1 mins
February 26, 2026
Merthyr & Rhymney Express
Pool prodigy Coby is making history
YOUNGSTER EARNS TOURNAMENT SPOT DESPITE MOBILITY CHALLENGES DUE TO CEREBRAL PALSY
2 mins
February 19, 2026
Listen
Translate
Change font size