Chris Franks was elected in 2007 as a Plaid Cymru list member for South Wales Central. He served as a county councillor from 1981 to 2008 and was the Leader of the Plaid Cymru group on the Vale of Glamorgan County Council. Born in Cardiff, Chris has been a member of the Local Health Board, Barry Regeneration Board and is a school governor of Ysgol Pen y Garth. He is Plaid’s Chief Whip in the National Assembly, a member of the Finance Committee and a Commissioner.

Bring this Barry boy back home

Gareth Jones broke a worldwide story when he reported on the Ukrainian famine in the new Soviet Union of the 1930s. Now that his importance is finally being recognised, it is important that people in Wales get a chance to discover his work