Welsh Government

Two Asian elephants, one dark and one pale, grazing side by side in a grassy field under a blue sky
Adam Price MS

LLANPUMSAINT: Elephant sanctuary that says it cut a £1,000-a-week power bill to almost nothing gets £251,545 for batteries

Skanda Vale’s wind turbine and solar panels save it more than £40,000 a year, the Welsh Government says. The new…

The Gothic stone building of Swansea Mosque and Islamic Community Centre with its tall pinnacled tower and a modern grey extension
Adam Price MS

SWANSEA MOSQUE: Energy savings to fund winter warm packs for food bank users

The centre on St Helen’s Road is getting battery storage and a new heating system. It also runs a baby…

Aerial view of Swansea Marina with boats, waterfront apartments, the National Waterfront Museum and the city stretching towards the hills.
Cllr Rob Stewart

GROWTH CASH: Got a £500k idea? Under two weeks to bid, and there’s a catch

The region’s councils want big ideas that can grow the economy. Every project has to be finished by December 2028.

A crowd gathers in the street for the opening of Y Stryd, a cafe with a colourful mural, next door to Llanelli Mind
Beacon Cymru

LLANELLI: Young people can now walk in off the street for mental health support at a new café

There’s no referral and no waiting list at Y Stryd, which is open to anyone aged 11 to 24. Local…

additional learning needs

NEATH PORT TALBOT: “Nearly all” specialist places are full, so the council wants 32 more for autistic pupils at its two new schools

Sixteen places each inside the new Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Rhosafan in Sandfields and the rebuilt Llangatwg in Cadoxton, running costs…

Rhun ap Iorwerth speaking in the Senedd chamber, gesturing, with MSs seated behind him.
additional learning needs

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…

Architect's render of Ysgol Calon Lân seen from Mynydd Garnllwyd Road, a single-storey brick building with its name on the facade behind a fence, hedges and young trees
additional learning needs

MORRISTON: Cabinet to decide on land for Swansea’s new 350-place special school

Eight people answered the legal notice on the Ysgol Calon Lân land off Mynydd Garnllwyd Road, all objecting. The papers…

Admiral Group House, a four-storey glass office building on Langdon Road in SA1, Swansea
Adam Price MS

ADMIRAL: Some of the jobs being cut are set to move to India, but the insurer won’t say how many are Swansea’s

The insurer says everyone affected has been briefed and "location was not a consideration". What it will not give Swansea…

Gowerton School
Cllr Robert Smith

GOWERTON: Old grammar school building to come down in £47m school rebuild

The council's announcement talks of keeping historic elements where possible. The papers going to cabinet next week name the block…

Heledd Fychan, in a black and white patterned dress, speaking at a lectern in the Senedd chamber with members seated behind her
Carmarthenshire Council

OSPREYS AND SCARLETS: Minister says she can’t save a region as Senedd fails to agree a single word on Welsh rugby’s future

Swansea's £5.1m for St Helen's, Carmarthenshire's £2.4m Scarlets loan and £13.5m of Welsh Government money were all put on the…