THOUSANDS JOIN WALES INDY MARCH

MORE than 6,000 people marched through the streets of Barry yesterday calling for Welsh independence.

- ABBIE WIGHTWICK Education editor

Supporters came from across Wales, some with their children, to join the March for Independence, organised by YesCymru and AUOBCymru.

Since 2019, thousands of people have taken part in independence marches across Wales.

After the march, crowds gathered for a rally in King Square to hear speeches from supporters, including former Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood, Catalan campaigner Anna Arque i Solsona, and political activist Kiera Marshall.

Ms Marshall, 27, from Swansea, told the crowd: "How can we afford not to be independent?

"The UK system keeps us poor, while our children go hungry and cold.

"We are the generation bearing the brunt of this system - but we are also the generation who will change it.

"I cannot wait to stand here again one day, not in protest, but in celebration of a free and fair Wales."