A leaked letter from two senior labour council leaders to First Minister Mark Drakeford expresses concerns about the Welsh Government's transport strategy.
The Celtic Freeport, covering Milford Haven and Port Talbot has been announced as one of two successful freeport bids in Wales.
First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced £750,000 for the Tidal Lagoon Challenge.
The Welsh Government has granted consent for Wales’ first floating windfarm located 40km off the coast of Pembrokeshire.
Two teenagers who averted a serious car accident thanks to their quick thinking and the owner of a wig service for people suffering hair loss, are...
First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced Harry Gourlay is the winner of his annual Christmas card competition. Eleven-year-old Harry is a pupil at St Mary’s Catholic...
Swansea has become Wales’ first Human Rights City following a year of action to recognise their importance to the lives of all residents and organisations. First...
First Minister Mark Drakeford faced a different kind of grilling this week as he took questions from school pupils in an online Q&A session. The Leader...
The First Minister, Mark Drakeford MS has officially opened a new, state of the art learning facility at South Wales Police’s headquarters in Bridgend. The opening...
Welsh Labour First Minister Mark Drakeford and Plaid Cymru’s Siân Gwenllian visited Ysgol Bro Preseli in Crymych as part of a launch of a national scheme...
Netflix’s Sex Education is filming the fourth season of the hit comedy-drama in Wales after financial backing from the Welsh Government Sex Education, starring Asa Butterfield,...
First Minister Mark Drakeford took time to enjoy an ice-cream on Saundersfoot Harbour as he visited the impressive new Wales International Coastal Centre that will fully...
First Minister Mark Drakeford today said Wales can look forward to a brighter future, as the last remaining coronavirus protections in law come to an end....
Every child will have the opportunity to benefit from music education the Welsh Government have announced as part of plans for a national music service. As...
The First Minister will celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Wales Coast Path with a visit to meet volunteers and walkers. A year long programme of...
First Minister Mark Drakeford has confirmed the legal requirement to wear a face covering in health and care settings will remain in place. Speaking after the...
The legal requirement for businesses in Wales to undertake specific coronavirus risk assessments will end on Monday 18 April the Welsh Government has announced. First Minister...
The youth organisation was awarded the First Minister’s Special Award in Thursday (7 April) evening’s ceremony for everything it has achieved in a century of serving...
£25m is being invested in school kitchen and dining infrastructure, as part of plans to roll out free school meals to all primary school children in...
Wales will continue to gradually relax some of its remaining pandemic protections, First Minister Mark Drakeford will announce tomorrow. From Monday, face coverings will no longer...
First Minister Mark Drakeford will meet the Wales Women’s rugby squad today (Monday 21 March) ahead of the start of the 2022 TikTok Women’s Six Nations...
The Welsh Government have announced that Wales has taken another step towards ending holiday hunger, confirming that children will be able to access free school meals...
St David Awards winners in 2020 and 2021 will be Welsh Government guests at Wales’ games against France and Italy. The St David Awards are Wales’...
The Leader of the Opposition in the Senedd today called for a Food Summit to bring together industry leaders to agree a strategy to build resilience...
Swansea’s new £135 million Copr Bay destination has been officially opened. First Minister Mark Drakeford was among those present in an official opening event at Swansea’s...
The First Minister, Mark Drakeford has issued a message to mark St David’s Day, describing a ‘time to look forward and hope’ as the country emerges...
Wales will gradually begin to relax some of its remaining coronavirus protections as cases continue to fall, First Minister Mark Drakeford today announced. From 18 February...
The Welsh First Minister is self-isolating after receiving a positive COVID-19 test result. The news comes just a day before he was due to give his...
First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced that Wales will move fully into ‘Alert Level 0’ relaxing the restrictions introduced on Boxing Day as the Omnicron variant...
Wales will complete the move to alert level zero on 28 January, First Minister Mark Drakeford confirmed today, unless the public health situation changes for the...
A plan to return Wales to alert level zero measures will today be set out by First Minister Mark Drakeford. The move comes as the latest...
First Minister Mark Drakeford has confirmed alert level 2 measures will stay in place in Wales following the outcome of the latest regulations review. The Welsh...
First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced Taliesin Bryant, a year six pupil at Llannon Primary in Llanelli, as the winner of his annual Christmas card competition....
First Minister Mark Drakeford has said that all eligible adults in Wales will get an appointment for a booster vaccine by the end of December. He...
Swansea has launched its intention to become Wales’ first Human Rights City. First Minister Mark Drakeford joined Swansea Council leaders and senior representatives from other key...
The First Minister and Leader of Plaid Cymru have today signed the Co-operation Agreement, marking the start of a three-year partnership. The agreement covers 46 policy...
First Minister Mark Drakeford has thanked people throughout Wales for their hard work to help reduce record-high coronavirus case rates over the last three weeks. He...
The First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford has today received his Covid-19 booster vaccine at the Bayside Mass Vaccination Centre in Cardiff Bay. Speaking afterwards the...
First Minister Mark Drakeford is asking budding young artists to put their creative hats on and enter this year’s Christmas card competition. The winning design will...
First Minister Mark Drakeford has boarded a train from Cardiff to Glasgow to join world leaders for the UN Climate Conference in Scotland. His message to...
This week, First Minister Mark Drakeford, got his flu vaccination and encouraged others to take up the offer this winter to help keep people safe and...
First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced strengthened Alert Level Zero measures due to rising COVID infection figures – and warns of stricter measures to come unless...
Welsh Conservatives have repeated the call for a Wales-specific Covid-19 inquiry. On behalf of the Senedd Conservatives, Paul Davies MS challenged the First Minister over his...
First Minister Mark Drakeford is urging people in Wales to get vaccinated and keep taking familiar steps to help address rising coronavirus cases. It comes as...
The Welsh Government have announced additional funding to provide a 100 Police Community Support Officers to tackle crime and support communities. The First Minister Mark Drakeford...
Wales will take its next step towards a future with fewer covid legal restrictions as First Minister Mark Drakeford today set out a longer-term plan for...
Welsh Conservatives have called on the First Minister to apologise after making ‘misleading’ claims regarding Bovine TB in the Senedd. Last week, Mark Drakeford – in...
First Minister Mark Drakeford will announce a four-week pause to the coronavirus rules later today (June 18) to help boost protection against the new delta variant....
The new Minister for Climate Change has said that the Welsh Government’s new Programme for Government will have a central focus on the environment while warning...
Visitors are being urged to pack lateral flow tests in their suitcases if they are holidaying in Wales from areas in the UK with higher rates...
Climate change, new green jobs and recovery from the pandemic will be at the heart of the new Welsh Government, First Minister Mark Drakeford has said...
Businesses in Wales still affected by coronavirus restrictions will be able to claim up to £25,000 more in support to help meet ongoing costs, First Minister...
Unite For The Night has been formed by Swansea Hospitality Forum and Cardiff Licensees Forum to be a voice for the night time industry as the...
As the Coronavirus restrictions continue to relax in Wales, the Welsh Government has announced a proposed list of pilot test events to take place over the...
Six people will be able to meet outdoors in Wales from Saturday 24 April while outdoor hospitality will be allowed to reopen from Monday 26 April...
The Senedd is being recalled on Monday 12 April to pay tribute to the life and service of HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh who...
The Welsh Government will be accelerating elements of its programme to relax Covid-19 restrictions as cases of new infections continue to fall across Wales, the First Minister today announced. People will...
First Minister, Mark Drakeford, is set to announce lockdown rules will be relaxed further later today, with Wales moving fully into Alert Level 3 by 17th May,...
Wales’ tourism sector will be able to start re-opening from Saturday March 27 as the stay-local rule is lifted, First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced. The...
The First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford will take part in the National Coronavirus Commemorative Event held at 5:15pm on March 23rd. The event is aimed...
The Welsh Government has announced a new international learning exchange programme, following the UK Government’s decision to withdraw from the popular Erasmus+ scheme. The scheme will...
First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced the creation of commemorative woodlands in memory of those who have died from coronavirus. Two new woodlands will be planted...
The stay-at-home restrictions will be replaced by a new interim stay local rule in Wales from tomorrow (Saturday 13 March) as part of a package of...
The Welsh Government will lift the “stay at home” requirement in Wales from tomorrow, and replace it with “stay local”, as part of a careful, cautious...
The Welsh Government has announced funding to help complete the restoration work of the Shire Hall in Llandeilo. The Shire Hall is the third oldest building...
The First Minister, Mark Drakeford has issued a message to mark St David’s Day, calling on people to ‘do the small things’ as St David told...
Welsh First Minister, Mark Drakeford MS, officially opened Swansea University’s Morgan Advanced Studies Institute (MASI) during a virtual ceremony on Friday (26 February) MASI is named after...
Stay-at-home restrictions will remain in place in Wales for a further three weeks as the youngest children start returning to school from Monday, First Minister Mark...
Cllr Myles Langstone, Conservative Senedd Candidate for Gower, has called on the Welsh Government to take plans for a tourism tax off the table immediately to...
First Minister Mark Drakeford convened a mines safety summit today to address the safety and the environmental impacts of Wales’ disused coal mines, after a mine...
First Minister Mark Drakeford today praised the thousands of NHS staff and volunteers vaccinating people for their phenomenal effort as the first milestone in Wales’ vaccination...
First Minister, Mark Drakeford, has written to South Wales Police thanking emergency services, government partners and volunteers who responded to the recent flooding incident in Skewen....
The youngest children in Wales could begin returning to school after the February half term, if rates of coronavirus continue to fall, First Minister Mark Drakeford...
First Minister, Mark Drakeford is set to confirm alert level four lockdown restrictions will remain in place in Wales for the next three weeks. But there are...
Businesses in Wales will have to carry out a specific coronavirus risk assessment under new Welsh Government legislation. At his weekly press conference, the First Minister...
First Minister Mark Drakeford today said everyone must stay at home to save lives as he confirmed the alert level four coronavirus restrictions in Wales will...
First Minister, Mark Drakeford has confirmed Father Christmas will be allowed to enter Welsh airspace to deliver presents across the country. However, he has warned there...
Swansea Bay and the rest of Wales went into Tier 4 Covid-19 restrictions from midnight on Friday following a dramatic late-in-the-day announcement by the Welsh First...
Higher-level restrictions will come into force to control rapidly accelerating coronavirus rates across Wales, First Minister Mark Drakeford said today. The First Minister today confirmed the...
An updated version of Wales’ COVID control plan will be published next week, the First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced. Welsh Government say the plan sets...
In July, following the death of George Floyd and a month of action by the Black Lives Matter movement, Welsh Government First Minister Mark Drakeford ordered...
Plans to ensure the people of Wales can vote safely at the 2021 Senedd elections, and that they take place as planned on 6 May 2021,...