The Queen Consort presents the 2022 Booker Prize for Fiction
At a reception at the Roundhouse in London, The Queen Consort presented Shehan Karunatilaka with the 2022 Booker Prize.
Updated: Tue Oct 18 2022
Welsh firms visit the USA to boost trade and export links
Seven Welsh businesses with expertise ranging from engineering and patient care to grassroots sport are heading to the USA this week as part of a Welsh Government-led trade mission.
Updated: Tue Oct 18 2022
3m skills boost to the digital and green sector
A Welsh Government-funded programme helping people aged 19 and over to improve their skills and employment prospects has received a 3m boost to focus on digital and net zero skills, Ministers have confirmed today.
Updated: Mon Oct 17 2022
Avian Influenza identified at a premises on Anglesey
The Interim Chief Veterinary Officer for Wales, Gavin Watkins, has confirmed the presence of a Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 in poultry at a site in Anglesey.
Updated: Mon Oct 17 2022
Charities at risk of underestimating online fraud as one in eight experienced cybercrime last year
The Charity Commission warns of cybercrime risk ahead of Charity Fraud Awareness Week.
Updated: Mon Oct 17 2022
Political Peerages 2022
The King has been graciously pleased to signify His intention of conferring the following Peerages of the United Kingdom for Life.
Updated: Mon Oct 17 2022
Welsh food and drink industry continues to succeed
Welsh food and drink continues to thrive as latest figures show the sector's supply chain turnover increased to 23 billion in 2021, Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths has said.
Updated: Mon Oct 17 2022
Anti-racist training launched to support new Curriculum for Wales
New high quality, free, diversity and anti-racist professional learning (DARPL) is now available to all education professionals across Wales, as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic histories and experiences become a mandatory part of the Curriculum for Wales.
Updated: Fri Oct 14 2022
Minister pays tribute to Chief Veterinary Officer
As Wales' Chief Veterinary Officer, Christianne Glossop, stands down after 17 years in the role, the Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths has thanked her for her outstanding contribution to animal health and welfare.
Updated: Fri Oct 14 2022
PM press conference opening remarks: 14 October 2022
Prime Minister Liz Truss's opening remarks at today's press conference.
Updated: Fri Oct 14 2022
First Minister to discuss cost-of-living crisis and renewable energy at Wales-Ireland Forum
First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford will meet Ireland's Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney at the second meeting of the Wales-Ireland Forum.
Updated: Thu Oct 13 2022
Thousands of Welsh farms to receive payments
More than 15,600 Welsh farms will receive a share of over 161m when Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) 2022 advance payments are made tomorrow (Friday 14 October), Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths has announced.
Updated: Thu Oct 13 2022
We now feel safer to walk to school Caldicot school pupils tell Deputy Minister
Children at Durand Primary School, in Caldicot, were excited to tell the Deputy Minister for Climate Change, with a responsibility for transport, Lee Waters, how the new 20mph speed limit in their town has given them more freedom to walk, cycle or scoot to school, when he visited their school yesterday.
Updated: Thu Oct 13 2022
Charity Commission programme reaches new milestone as 1 million is delivered to Welsh communities
The regulator's Revitalising Trusts' programme has released 1 million to directly aid charitable causes across Wales.
Updated: Wed Oct 12 2022
G7 Leaders joint statement on Ukraine
Joint statement agreed between G7 leaders following their meeting this afternoon.
Updated: Wed Oct 12 2022
Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales IRPW responds to Government White Paper
Proposals for reform supported by the Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales.
Updated: Wed Oct 12 2022
The Coronation of His Majesty The King
Buckingham Palace is pleased to announce that the Coronation of His Majesty The King will take place on Saturday 6th May, 2023.
Updated: Wed Oct 12 2022
11 million Arfor 2 programme to boost economic prosperity in Welsh speaking communities
The Welsh Government will invest 11 million over the next three years in Arfor 2, Economy Minister, Vaughan Gething and Designated Member Cefin Campbell yesterday announced.
Updated: Tue Oct 11 2022
2 million to improve emergency waiting rooms
The Welsh Government has announced 2m to upgrade emergency department waiting areas this winter.
Updated: Tue Oct 11 2022
Appointment of Dean of Canterbury
Her Late Majesty The Queen approved the nomination of The Very Reverend Dr David Monteith, Dean of Leicester, for election as Dean of Canterbury.
Updated: Tue Oct 11 2022
Automatic voter registration pilots proposed in Wales
The Welsh Government yesterday set out proposals to improve voter participation, including trials for automatic voter registration in Senedd and local government elections.
Updated: Tue Oct 11 2022
G7 leaders to meet following Putins Kyiv bombardment
Prime Minister Liz Truss will join a virtual gathering of G7 leaders and President Zelenskyy today.
Updated: Tue Oct 11 2022
New mental health unit plan moves a step closer
Outline plans to build a new mental health unit at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd to improve the quality care for adults and older people have been approved by the Health Minister.
Updated: Tue Oct 11 2022
PM call with President Zelenskyy
Prime Minister Liz Truss spoke to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy yesterday afternoon.
Updated: Tue Oct 11 2022
Teen becomes First Minister for the day as girls take over
A 16-year-old girl from Barry has become First Minister of Wales for the day as girls across the world take over to mark the UN's International Day of the Girl.
Updated: Tue Oct 11 2022