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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.

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£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.

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Avian Influenza identified at a premises on Anglesey

The Interim Chief Veterinary Officer for Wales, Gavin Watkins, has confirmed the presence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 in poultry at a site in Anglesey.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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“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 earlier today.

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£2 million to improve emergency waiting rooms

The Welsh Government has announced £2m to upgrade emergency department waiting areas this winter.   

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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.

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Automatic voter registration pilots proposed in Wales

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