Planning and Environment Decisions Wales PEDW service update
How we are dealing with our planning appeals casework backlog.
Updated: Thu Mar 07 2024
Welsh Government supports new Welsh language digital reading platform
Encouraging children to read and improve their literacy skills is a priority for the Welsh Government and today, on World Book Day, the Minister for Education and Welsh Language celebrates a new Welsh language digital reading platform.
Updated: Thu Mar 07 2024
Aggravating and mitigating factors and their expanded explanations
The Council has published the findings of qualitative research conducted with magistrates and judges exploring selected aggravating and mitigating factors and their accompanying expanded explanations. It also explored perspectives on the potential introduction of three new mitigating factors.
Updated: Wed Mar 06 2024
APCC Joint Victims Leads Support No More Week to End Domestic Abuse And Sexual Violence
No More Week 2024 is a global campaign, running from March 3 to 9, that urges society to take collective responsibility for ending domestic violence and sexual violence.
Updated: Wed Mar 06 2024
APCC Joint Victims Leads Support No More Week to End Domestic Abuse And Sexual Violence
No More Week 2024 is a global campaign, running from March 3 to 9, that urges society to take collective responsibility for ending domestic violence and sexual violence.
Updated: Wed Mar 06 2024
Deputy Minister maps out next steps for buses in Wales
The next steps to delivering bus reform for Wales were yesterday set out by Deputy Minister for Climate Change, Lee Waters.
Updated: Wed Mar 06 2024
No passport case sent to Crown Court
The CCRC yesterday referred a case involving failure to have an immigration document at an asylum interview to the Crown Court.
Updated: Wed Mar 06 2024
The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh visit Staffordshire
A day of engagements in the West Midlands focussed on local community resources and young people.
Updated: Wed Mar 06 2024
The Duke of Kent attends a Service of Thanksgiving on the 200th Anniversary of the RNLI
The Duke of Kent has attended a special Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey, as the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) celebrate 200 years of saving lives at sea.
Updated: Wed Mar 06 2024
The Princess Royal visits the United Arab Emirates
The Princess Royal has visited Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, as President of The Mission to Seafarers (MtS).
Updated: Wed Mar 06 2024
Waless first multibank will provide essential items to people in need
A new initiative to provide essential goods to struggling households has been launched in Swansea.
Updated: Wed Mar 06 2024
5m National Lottery funding is improving the lives of people across Northern Ireland
Across Northern Ireland, 110 community groups and charitable organisations are supporting people to improve their wellbeing and learn new skills, thanks to £4,979,067 of funding from The National Lottery Community Fund.
Updated: Tue Mar 05 2024
APCC Welcomes The First Police Staff Week of Celebration and Recognition
The first-ever Police Staff Week of Celebration and Recognition takes place this week (4th to 8th March 2024).
Updated: Tue Mar 05 2024
APCC Welcomes The First Police Staff Week of Celebration and Recognition
The first-ever Police Staff Week of Celebration and Recognition takes place this week (4th to 8th March 2024).
Updated: Tue Mar 05 2024
Finance Minister urges Chancellor to prioritise spending on public services and the most vulnerable
The Welsh Government has called on Jeremy Hunt to increase funding for public services and help those struggling the most in the cost-of-living crisis.
Updated: Tue Mar 05 2024
Made in Wales film screened at US film festival
A new feature film part funded by the Welsh Government via Creative Wales and Ffilm Cymru is set to be screened at the world-famous international music and film festival, SXSW in Austin, Texas later this week (8th March).
Updated: Tue Mar 05 2024
New guidance for charities facing decisions about donations
The Charity Commission yesterday (Monday 4 March 2024) published new guidance to help charities when deciding whether to accept, refuse or return a donation.
Updated: Tue Mar 05 2024
250 new healthcare professionals for Wales
250 nurses and doctors will be coming to Wales under a new agreement between Welsh Government and the Kerala Government.
Updated: Mon Mar 04 2024
Minister for Social Justice strengthens ties with Irish Government during St Davids Day trip
Minister Jane Hutt has reaffirmed Welsh Government's commitment to the Ireland-Wales Shared Statement during a trip to Dublin to mark St David's Day.
Updated: Mon Mar 04 2024
PM address on extremism: 1 March 2024
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak recently (01 March 2024) made a statement outside Downing Street on extremism.
Updated: Mon Mar 04 2024
Possible hospital order forms basis of CCRC referral
The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has referred a man's 2016 sentence for child sex offences to the Court of Appeal after new psychiatric assessments determined the defendant's mental disorders should be treated with a hospital order.
Updated: Mon Mar 04 2024
1m boost for marine, fisheries and aquaculture industry in Wales
£1 million of Welsh Government funding is being made available to boost the marine, fisheries and aquaculture industry in Wales, Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths has announced.
Updated: Fri Mar 01 2024
Cultural Ambassadors scheme launched to promote the Welsh language and heritage
Today, on St David's Day, the Minister for Education and Welsh Language has launched a Cultural Ambassadors scheme to promote the Welsh language, culture and heritage.
Updated: Fri Mar 01 2024
St Davids Day: A year of Wales in India launched by Welsh Ministers in London and Mumbai
To mark St David's Day, the celebration of Wales's patron saint, the Welsh Government has launched ‘Wales in India', to strengthen ties and opportunities between the 2 countries.
Updated: Fri Mar 01 2024
Llandeilo Primary Schools rollout of free school meals helps fight food waste with innovative new scheme
Llandeilo Primary School's rollout of free school meals helps fight food waste with innovative new scheme.
Updated: Thu Feb 29 2024