Homes in Wales hit by recent flooding will receive between £500 and £1000 in support following “devastating” scenes of damage across the country. More than 150 properties across Wales were flooded earlier this week after the arrival of Storm Christoph – with some areas seeing more than 200mm of rain […]
Emily Gill, local democracy reporter An Abertillery takeaway could be closed down after failing to abide by coronavirus regulations. The Chinese takeaway Gourmet House on Tillery Street has been handed an improvement notice after an enforcement officer visited the premises and found staff not wearing face coverings. Staff in takeaways […]
Jez Hemming, local democracy reporter The man responsible for coordinating the roll-out of the Covid vaccine in north Wales says Betsi could administer 100,000 jabs each week if it had enough doses. However, Dr Chris Stockport, executive director of primary care and community services, said it was “unlikely” they would […]
First minister Mark Drakeford has confirmed that Covid cases are now falling across all areas Wales, including recent hotspots in the north, but has warned people to remain vigilant due to concern about the spread of new variants of the virus. In the last month there has been a surge […]
An internal investigation has established that alcohol was consumed by five people at the Senedd during a lockdown. According to a statement by Llywydd, Elin Jones MS, four of these are elected members, and the Standards Commissioner will now investigate to see of the Code of Conduct was broken. It […]
21,882 vaccinations were given out in Wales yesterday, putting the Welsh Government back on course to hit their targets if the numbers are maintained until mid-February. 528,033 people in the top four priority groups remain to be vaccinated by the Feb 15th deadline set by the Welsh Government, which is […]
A commentator has been called “wise” by a Sky News presenter for making anti-devolution comments. Freddie Sayers, the executive editor of UnHerd, complained that the devolved administrations had been able to form their own policies to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. Mr Sayers told viewers that the devolved nations should not […]
Paul Davies is to remain Welsh Conservative leader after he allegedly broke Covid-19 lockdown rules. The statement from the Welsh Conservatives staying he would stay in post arrived concurrantly with one from Senedd speaker Elin Jones saying that his actions possibly breached regulations. She has referred the matter to Cardiff […]
Mark Drakeford has said that reopening schools will be the first priority when they review the current lockdown restrictions next week. The seven day rolling average of cases in Wales has returned to early-December levels, but the time lag in deaths means that there were 67 reported today. The First […]
A 145 MEPs have written to the EU President asking for the Erasmus student exchange programme to be extended to Wales. Ursula von der Leyen, the commission president in Brussels, and Mariya Gabriel, the commissioner for education were asked by the Member of the European Parliament if there was a […]
