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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.

The Welsh Government today set out proposals to improve voter participation, including trials for automatic voter registration in Senedd and local government elections.

The First Minister has today urged people to put their nominations in for the 10^th annual St David Awards before the closing date next month.

First Minister Mark Drakeford visited the set of Netflix’s Sex Education series to meet apprentices and trainees and to announce Welsh Government backing for the fourth season of the successful show. 

The First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford and Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport, Dawn Bowden have sent a message of good luck to Team Wales before the start of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

The First Minister will host a summit today at the Royal Welsh Show to identify ways of reducing pollution in Welsh rivers.

People in Wales feel a greater sense of community and an increased satisfaction with the work of the Welsh Government, according to the latest results from the National Survey published today.

First Minister Mark Drakeford will today (Friday July 8) join other British and Irish leaders in Guernsey as the crisis around the future of the UK Government continues to unfold.

First Minister Mark Drakeford took time to enjoy an ice-cream on Saundersfoot Harbour as he visited the impressive new Wales International Coastal Centre that will fully open in 2023.

HRH The Prince of Wales will visit the National Botanic Garden of Wales to receive an oak sapling from the First Minister of Wales, as a gift from the people of Wales to HM The Queen to mark the Platinum Jubilee.

Action on climate change is the Welsh Government’s clear focus as First Minister Mark Drakeford announces the new Bills to be introduced in Wales in the coming year.