Plaid Cymru has accused the Welsh Government of taking too long to change its face covering guidance for schools and colleges. Staff and pupils in secondary schools and colleges will now be expected to wear face coverings in all areas outside the classroom and on school transport, and Plaid Cymru’s […]
Those who have attended pubs in Cardigan over the last two weeks have been asked to take extra precautionary measures as evidence emerges that the coronavirus is spreading in the community. Ceredigion Council said that the community transmission derives from a cluster of cases following social events at pubs in […]
Health Minister Vaughan Gething has dismissed worries that people queuing for Covid-19 tests in Merthyr Tydfil over the weekend could have been spreading the virus. Over 2,000 people were tested for Covid over the opening two days of the first mass testing programme in Wales and according to the minister […]
Staff and pupils in secondary schools and colleges will be expected to wear face coverings in all areas outside the classroom and on school transport. The Welsh Government has updated its operational guidance on the use of face coverings in secondary schools and colleges. The guidance now states that face […]
A petition has been launched for a statue of author and journalist Jan Morris to take the empty plinth in Cardiff’s ‘Hall of Heroes’. Jan Morris died on Friday at the age of 94. The petition by Yasmin Begum argues that as a Welsh historian, author and travel writer, and […]
Some parents are driving up cases of covid by allowing their children to have “parties and sleepovers” according to a Labour MP. Tonia Antoniazzi, the Member of Parliament for Gower shared the warning of a teacher in the wake of the news that Welsh schools are having to shut their […]
A minister has warned the UK Government that it needs to “put right” its £2.4bn “neglect” of Welsh railways. Ken Skates, Minister for Economy, Transport and North Wales, said that the Union Connectivity Review is an opportunity to address the matter. He also warned the UK Government to butt out […]
Archivists have unearthed a phrasebook that teaches English tourists how to speak to Welsh “peasants”. The 180-year-old guide, called the Welsh Interpreter was first printed in London in 1838 and carries the quotation “Adapted for Tourists, who may wish to make themselves understood by the peasantry during their rambles through […]
There are now two Abolish the Welsh Assembly parties in existence. The number of Welsh Assemblies remains at zero, after the institution changed its name to Welsh Parliament in May. The former leader of Abolish the Welsh Assembly, David Bevan, has set up a rival party, also called Abolish the […]
A Welsh Government minister has said that Labour has dismissed independence supporters as “separatists” for too long. Lee Waters, Deputy Minister for Economy and Transport, made the comments on the Hiraeth podcast, where he challenged his party to engage with the issue. Mr Waters, the Member of the Senedd for […]
