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An impressive team of 7 talented highly-trained competitors from Wales will form part of Team UK at Europe's largest skills competition this autumn.

The 16 projects that will share a £1 million support fund to celebrate Cymru women's first-ever European championship footballing appearance have been announced.

Action-thriller HAVOC, produced with Creative Wales support and released on Netflix today [Friday, April 25], is the biggest feature film ever shot entirely in Wales according to a recent report by the streaming giant.

Around a quarter of the WorldSkills UK’s training squad from Welsh colleges

The largest delegation to date of Welsh game developers has arrived in San Francisco for the industry’s key annual gathering this week, with support from Creative Wales, Trade & Investment and the Welsh Government.

Paving the way for the National Finals of WorldSkills UK later this year, Skills Competition Wales 2025 will be a launchpad for future champions.

The historic Blackwood Miners’ Institute has had its future secured thanks to £210,000 in funding support.

Over 48,500 young people across Wales have been helped through employability and skills programmes since the launch of a key Welsh Government commitment.

A £1million support fund has been launched ahead of Cymru women's first-ever European championship footballing appearance later this year.

Wales’ publishing sector will see a significant increase in Welsh Government funding compared to last year, bringing the sector’s overall funding for 2025 – 2026 back in line to 2023 – 2024 levels.

* Culture Minister Jack Sargeant will be available for interview at Tŷ Pawb, Wrexham from 11am on Friday, 21 February (detail in notes) *

Then and now... The minister responsible for apprenticeship policy in Wales returned this week to the college where he himself studied as an apprentice to celebrate Apprenticeship Week and extol the benefits of this route into employment.