Recording of the week: a Welsh kibbutz?!

This week's selection comes from Dr Cai Parry-Jones, Curator of Oral History.

In this extract, Holocaust survivor, Judith Steinberg, talks about her husband who arrived in Britain in 1939 on the Kindertransport from Germany. Steinberg’s husband was one of 200 Jewish refugee children who spent their early war years living and working in Gwrych Castle, north Wales, one of several hachsharoat (agricultural training centres) established in wartime Britain by German-Jewish Zionist Youth Organisations such as Bachad and Youth Aliyah. Working on the land, the hachshara (singular of hachsharoat) at Gwrych sought to train its apprentices for kibbutz life in Eretz Israel.

Jewish Holocaust Survivors_Judith Steinberg extract

Gwrych Castle, Denbighshire; The Seat of Lloyd Hesketh (National Library of Wales)

Judith Steinberg's full interview is part of the Jewish Holocaust Survivors collection on British Library Sounds.

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Weekly Road Report – West End Ward

DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL – ROAD REPORT FOR THE WEST END

SUNDAY 12 MARCH 2017

Perth Road (at Roseangle) – temporary traffic lights on Sunday 12 March for Scottish Water mains repair.

WEST END REPORT FOR WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 13 MARCH 2017

Perth Road (at Arnhall Drive) – temporary traffic lights for 2 weeks for gas main renewal.

Blackness Road (at Rosefield Street) – temporary traffic lights for until midweek for Scottish Water mains renewal.

Nethergate (West Marketgait to South Tay Street) – closed for 2 weeks for carriageway resurfacing works.

SSE Glenagnes Cable Renewal – Lochee Road lane restrictions and closures on Blinshall Street, Fleuchar Street and Scott Street from Monday 6 March for 5 months.

Perth Road (at Springfield) – temporary traffic lights for one week for footway works.

Patons Lane (Magdalen Yard Road for 40m North) – closed from Monday 13 March for 5 working days for gas service connection works.

We need concrete measures now to improve mental health and restore safety in our prisons – Yasmin Qureshi

Labour’s Shadow Justice Minister, Yasmin Qureshi MP, responding to The Royal College of Psychiatrists’ warning that
psychiatric care in prisons is at breaking point, said:

“Prison suicides in 2016 were at the highest level
ever recorded. Incidents of self-harm are also on the increase. This is hardly
surprising given that the psychiatrists who work in prisons feel unable to do
their job. Poor mental health, combined with a lack of prison staff, is
endangering inmates, officers, and healthcare professionals. Friday’s
fire at Guys Marsh attests to the acute nature of the crisis.

“The Justice Secretary must recognise that there is
nothing in the Prisons and Courts Bill to deal with this worsening
situation. We need concrete measures now to improve mental health and
restore safety in our prisons.”

The government must produce an International Trade White Paper and give urgent clarity what their plans are for our future international trade – Barry Gardiner

Barry Gardiner MP,
Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade, commenting on this
week’s inaugural Commonwealth Trade Ministers meeting said:

“The
Commonwealth Trade Ministers meeting further demonstrates that the
government is actively holding discussions with potential trading partners on
our future trading relations. Although the government has told us their plan
for Brexit, they have not presented to Parliament and the British people what
their plan is for international trade. We’ve been promised an ‘independent
trade policy’ from the Secretary of State for International Trade, however,
this has not been disclosed.

“The
government must produce an International Trade White Paper and give urgent
clarity what their plans are for our future international trade, outlining
negotiating principles and trade policy objectives.

“To this end,
I have written to the Secretary of State for International Trade
calling for him to urgently publish an International Trade White Paper and to
address key unanswered questions about the government’s international trade
policy.”

Banning bots is a welcome announcement that is long overdue, but a single fix won’t solve the problems of the broken ticket market – Tom Watson

Tom Watson MP, Labour’s
Shadow Secretary of State for culture, media and sport, commenting on the announcement on banning bots in
ticketing, said:

“Banning bots is a
welcome announcement that is long overdue, but a single fix won’t solve the
problems of the broken ticket market.

"The package of
measures needs to focus on tougher enforcement of existing regulation to stop
big ticket companies flouting the rules without suffering any consequences.

"This is a
significant development in the long running battle to ensure fairness for fans
but we’ll keep campaigning for the comprehensive set of measures needed to
finally end the big ticket rip off.”