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The UCU said university staff's fight has also been backed by musician and campaigner Dafydd Iwan, who said: "As a fellow of three Welsh universities, I am very worried about the tremendous squeeze on their funding these days. The future of Wales depends to a large extent on having viable and progressive universities to serve them."

Following Mr Wigley's resignation, he was elected party president in October 1984, beating Dafydd Iwan, the candidate from the party's traditionalist wing.

Iwan Ward, a councillor for Boncath and Clydau in Pembrokeshire, said residents had been without power since 02:00 GMT on Saturday and warned it would not come back until 22:00 on Thursday.

After sentencing, CPS Cymru-Wales' deputy chief Crown prosecutor, Iwan Jenkins, said Payne “prowled the city centre carrying out a campaign of terrifying sexual attacks and violent offences”.

"Yma o Hyd is no longer enough," he said, referring to the Dafydd Iwan protest song, which translates to "still here".