Wales

Members of the Welsh Parliament have voted to pass a motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East.

Wales’ first minister Mark Drakeford has claimed plans to cut speed limits on most residential roads to 20 miles an hour will reduce collisions and save lives – as he visited one of the areas where the new rules are being trialled. 

Tributes have been paid to two women and a man who were killed in a car crash in Cardiff, which also left two other people seriously hurt. The five had last been seen heading home from a night out on Saturday and their crashed car was found in woodland in the early hours of this…

We were joined by the conservative MP, Steve Brine who is chair of the Health and Social Care select committee.

The offer by the Royal College of Nurses – to suspend strikes if the Government meets with them to negotiate over pay –  looks set to go unheeded.

It’s a big day for Welsh football – their first World Cup squad for 64 years.

So how has the royal visit been going down with the people here? 

We spoke to the First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, and began by asking him to reflect on the different dimensions of today’s visit.

During the campaign Liz Truss described the Welsh first minister Mark Drakeford as a “low energy Jeremy Corbyn” – though he did tweet his congratulations earlier today – along with an appeal for urgent action on the cost of living crisis.

Hundreds of people have taken part in protests against water companies dumping raw sewage into rivers and waterways.

Charities have given evidence to MPs at a special hearing in parliament stating that some people on the lowest incomes are already rationing what they spend on heating and fuel. 

Two men and a teenage girl have been found guilty of the homophobic murder of a consultant psychiatrist, who was attacked in a Cardiff park last summer. Gary Jenkins, 54, suffered multiple brain injuries and died later in hospital. The prosecution said Jason Edwards, Lee Strickland and Dionne Timms-Williams had launched “a gratuitously violent and…

Wales’ First Minister Mark Drakeford has defended keeping in place extra Covid restrictions in Wales – warning that the latest Omicron wave might not peak for at least another two weeks.

The number of troops deployed in Wales to help the ambulance service is to be more than doubled, amid fears about the impact Omicron cases could have on staffing of essential services. 

The Labour government in Wales has announced a new co-operation deal with Plaid Cymru to help deliver its manifesto promises, as First Minister Mark Drakeford said Labour did not “have a monopoly on good ideas”.