Owen Donovan, Senedd Home Care home testing and shielding failures during coronavirus pandemic highlighted by committee Health & Social Care Committee The Impact of Covid-19 on Health and Social Care: Part I (pdf) Published: 8th July 2020 “The shock of Covid-19 has been so severe, it has shaken our very foundations. Yet, […]
Billionaire Sir Terry Matthews should use his own money to sustain the 450 jobs that are at risk at the Celtic Manor resort which he owns, according to Senedd Member Delyth Jewell. Sir Matthews has an estimated net worth of over £1.2 billion, and Celtic Manor made a net profit […]
All students in Wales will return in September with schools at “full capacity” and only limited social distancing measures in place, it was confirmed today. There will however be a fortnight of flexibility at the start of term in recognition that schools may want to focus on priority year groups, […]
Conservatives have questioned the Welsh Government’s announcement that they will recruit 600 extra teachers and 300 teaching assistants next year. They said that the recruitment target for teachers in Wales last year was missed by 35%, meaning almost 600 posts out of some 1,600 were left vacant. The Welsh Government […]
Betsan Powys will take the lead in a new series of Pawb a’i Farn as the programme returns to the screen next week. The announcement comes as S4C launches a new series of the long-running programme, following Dewi Llwyd’s departure back in November 2019 after 21 years of service. Pawb […]
Welsh universities have seen an increase in applications this year, with a rise of 6% to over 128,000. The data also shows a record proportion of 18-year-olds from Wales applying to UK universities in general. Applications reached a high of 33.6%, an increase of 0.7 percentage points. The UCAS statistics […]
Ifan Morgan Jones Politico Daran Hill, always ready to challenge the Welsh political and media establishment, was keen to draw attention yesterday to what he saw as BBC Politics’ bias towards the Welsh Government. The relentless platforming of one political party by @WalesPolitics appears to concern next to no […]
Owen Donovan, Senedd Home NHS Wales Chief Executive Dr Andrew Goodall says the Welsh Government will “review” and respond to the recommendations of a report from the Senedd’s health committee that has criticised the Covid-19 testing strategy for care homes during the early stages of the outbreak. Over 1000 patients were […]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has suggested that he will overrule the Welsh Government to build the M4 Relief Road over the Gwent Levels. Transport is a devolved issue in Wales and the Welsh Government rejected the plans to build the £1.6bn relief road exactly a year ago this month, citing […]
The First Minister has expressed concern about Wales’ news media after two companies that own large portions of Wales’ newspapers and news sites announced significant jobs cuts. He said that the weakening of the media would be damaging to Welsh democracy and urged companies to rethink planned redundancies. Reach Plc […]
