Rhun ap Iorwerth MS
ALN FUNDING: Plaid and Labour strike £60m deal to revive the budget that fell in July
Labour asked for £100m this year and walked away from £40m. The number the two sides have settled on sits…
SCHOOL SWIMMING: Every Year 4 and 5 pupil in Swansea and Carmarthenshire gets 20 hours of lessons from this term
Nofio Ysgol starts this month in nine council areas, with the rest of Wales to follow by 2028. The First…
BUSINESS RATES: Pubs, cafés and gyms get a 30% cut, but only if they are under the £51,000 line
Hospitality and leisure venues across Wales will move onto the lower rates multiplier from April 2027, in a permanent change…
EMERGENCY ALERT: Why phones across Wales just sounded, and what the wildfire warning says
A government Severe Alert warning of a very high risk of wildfires was sent to phones on Friday afternoon, hours…
DISPOSABLE BBQS: Banned from sale across Britain as Prime Minister warns country is a ‘tinderbox’
The UK government has issued a temporary ban on selling disposable barbecues in store and online, a day after Swansea…
DISPOSABLE BBQS: Swansea told to leave them at home as First Minister backs halt on sales
Swansea Council is urging people to keep disposable barbecues away from parks, farmland and open spaces while drought conditions continue,…
FARM FUNDING: Welsh farmers promised £1bn over Senedd term in multi-year deal
The Welsh Government has guaranteed £340 million a year for the Sustainable Farming Scheme until 2030, ending the year-to-year model…
SAVE THE LOCAL: New Welsh law to give communities first refusal on buying their pub — announced the day Baglan’s Bagle Brook went up for sale
Community groups in Wales are set to win the legal right of first refusal when treasured local assets go up…
BONNIE TYLER: Neath Port Talbot mourns ‘Gaynor’ — 15 years after making her a Freewoman of the borough
Neath Port Talbot Council led local tributes to Bonnie Tyler, noting that this year marked 15 years since the Skewen-born…
HEALTH BOARD: First Minister ‘very, very aware’ of concern over Swansea Bay’s 800 job cuts — as MSs from three parties press him in the Senedd
Rhun ap Iorwerth urged the health board to ensure its workforce plans do not have a "detrimental impact" on patients…
NEW WDA: Swansea and Port Talbot ports boss to shape Wales’ development agency — as Tories warn there’s ‘no plan’
The chair of Associated British Ports — owner of Swansea and Port Talbot docks — will lead the panel designing…