2003 in Wales - Events

Events

  • February - Former Conservative Assembly leader Rod Richards is declared bankrupt with debts estimated at over £300,000.
  • 27 February - Rowan Williams is enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury. Dominic Walker is installed as his replacement as Bishop of Monmouth
  • 9 March - Ron Davies announces that he is leaving politics after being asked to stand down by his local party following further revelations by the press about his private life.
  • 29 March - Porthmadog Cob is bought by the Welsh Assembly Government and the road toll is discontinued after 192 years .
  • 1 May - In the National Assembly for Wales election, Labour win 30 seats, enabling them to form a government. Following disappointing results for Plaid Cymru, Ieuan Wyn Jones stands down as party president and leader of the assembly group.
  • 19 June - Prince William of Wales visits Bangor and Anglesey, to mark his 21st birthday (on June 21).
  • August
    • National Eisteddfod of Wales held at Meifod.
    • A memorial to Owain Lawgoch is unveiled at Montague-sur-Gironde, France.
  • October - Dafydd Iwan, newly-elected President of Plaid Cymru, escapes a driving ban for speeding offences on the grounds that he needs to drive to fulfil his musical and political engagements.
  • 12 October - The Friends of the Leinster hold a service at Holyhead to commemorate the 85th anniversary of the sinking of RMS Leinster by a German U-boat.
  • November - Michael Howard becomes leader of the Conservative Party.
  • December - Dafydd Wigley is appointed Pro-Chancellor of the University of Wales.
  • 7 December - The Wales and Borders train operating franchise is awarded for a 15-year period to Arriva Trains Wales.
  • The former Brain's Old Brewery site in Cardiff is redeveloped into the 85,000 sq ft (7,900 m2) "Old Brewery Quarter".
  • Veteran Cardiff politician Stefan Terlezki goes to the European Parliament to press the case for eventual Ukrainian membership of the European Union.
  • In Channel 4's 100 Worst Britons poll (which included only living people), the following entries had Welsh connections:
    • H from Steps - 8
    • Charlotte Church - 21
    • The Prince of Wales - 24
    • Catherine Zeta-Jones - 39
    • Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen - 42
    • Vinnie Jones - 61
    • Tom Jones - 72

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