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An aerial CGI visualisation of Tata Steel's Port Talbot plant, showing the planned new Electric Arc Furnace facility integrated with the existing steelworks, with the site's industrial buildings, cooling towers and surrounding hills of the Afan Valley in the background
Adam Price MS

GREEN STEEL DELAY: ‘No formal change’ to furnace timetable — as row breaks out over who knew what

Stephen Kinnock says there is "no formal change" to the timetable for Port Talbot's £1.25bn electric arc furnace after a…

boys playing on the floor
Carmelo Colasanto

SENEDD: Local Reform members split in childcare row — and Plaid’s flagship policy ‘could cost £710m’

Reform UK's Swansea Bay and Carmarthenshire Senedd members split three ways in a vote on the party's own childcare debate…

Split image showing Mumbles pier and lighthouse on the left and Morriston's Tabernacle chapel on the right
by-election

SWANSEA: Everything you need to know as Morriston and Mumbles head to the polls next Thursday

Voters in two Swansea wards will choose new councillors on Thursday 18 June, as a month of by-elections in the…

Heart of Wales Line train and Ann Davies MP
Ann Davies MP

RAIL FUNDING: Carmarthenshire MP leads Plaid push to put Welsh railways in Welsh hands as HS2 bill tops £100bn

Caerfyrddin MP Ann Davies has tabled amendments to the UK Government's Railways Bill demanding rail powers and funding for Wales…

Torsten Bell MP - Member of Parliament for Swansea West and Pensions Minister.
Department for Work and Pensions

PENSIONS: Swansea West MP unveils crackdown on scams that cost savers thousands

New rules proposed by Pensions Minister and Swansea West MP Torsten Bell would let providers block suspicious transfers, after warnings…

Congestion on the M4 at Newport
Brynglas tunnels

Plaid rules out Newport M4 relief road as minister promises ‘balanced package’ of road, rail and bus

The Welsh Government says it won't build the long-disputed "Black Route" — a new motorway bypass south of Newport —…

Aerial view of the part-demolished former Godre'rgraig Primary School, with an excavator working on cleared ground and rubble beside the remaining arched stone wall along Graig Road.
coal tip

GODRE’RGRAIG: Council responds as campaigners question how tip above demolished school was recorded

Neath Port Talbot Council has answered a campaign group's questions about how the tip above the former Godre'rgraig school was…

back view of the students sitting inside the classroom
curriculum

GCSE SHAKE-UP: Exam board to overhaul new English GCSE in Wales months after launch as teachers warn of burnout

The WJEC is consulting on significant changes to the new GCSE English language and literature course, after warnings that a…

Aerial view of the Port Talbot steelworks, with a large water reservoir in the foreground, blast furnaces and chimneys beyond, and Swansea Bay in the distance.
Afan Ogwr Rhondda

GREEN STEEL DELAY: Cross-party calls for answers over Port Talbot furnace setback as politicians press Tata and National Grid

A cross-party call for clarity is mounting at the Senedd over the delay to Port Talbot's new electric arc furnace,…

Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Headquarters (Image: Google Maps)
David Chadwick MP

WELSH WATER: £44.7m sewage package confirmed — but critics say it is too little, too late

An enforcement package forcing Welsh Water to spend £44.7m fixing its sewage failures has been confirmed by the regulator —…