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Check what financial support you might be entitled to
With Talk Money Week underway, Social Justice Secretary Jane Hutt is encouraging people to check what financial support they’re eligible to receive and might be missing out on, including pension credit.
£14 million available to farmers for further SFS Preparatory Phase schemes
The Deputy First Minister with responsibility for Rural Affairs, Huw Irranca-Davies, has, today [Monday 4 November], announced that application windows for further SFS preparatory phase schemes are now open.
The £580,000 project restoring and re-wiggling a damaged Cardiff river
Deputy First Minister Huw Irranca-Davies has visited a £580,000 project which aims to reconnect a Cardiff stream to its historical channel and floodplain and encourage the reintroduction of salmon, eels and trout.
Technology enables people without a voice to speak Welsh
Welsh speakers at risk of losing their voice due to medical reasons such as Motor Neurone Disease or throat cancer can now continue to communicate in Welsh, thanks to a technological innovation financed by the Welsh Government through the Welsh language technology action Plan.
Branching out … a new fund to grow Wales’s forestry workforce
£280,000 is being invested in a new forestry-related skills and training fund by the Welsh Government, with the aim of growing the workforce and providing strong roots for the industry to bloom.
UK Budget a “first step to repair the damage of the last 14 years”
Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford has welcomed the new UK Government’s first Budget and the additional £1.7bn it will bring to Wales over two years.
Harvesting the benefits of enhancing biodiversity locally.
As delegates from around the world meet in Cali, Columbia for Biodiversity COP16, the Deputy First Minister with responsibility for Climate Change, Huw Irranca-Davies, recently had a chance to speak to pupils in Ysgol Gyfun Aberaeron to see what action they are taking to protect nature and why.
Menai Suspension Bridge reopens over winter after hanger replacement completed on schedule
Excellent progress has been made on works to restore the Menai Suspension Bridge. Following the replacement of all 168 hangers on the bridge it has been confirmed that phase one of the programme will be completed on schedule. The bridge will reopen on Saturday 2 November [00:01hrs].
Caerphilly ‘fantastic example’ of town centre revitalisation
The Caerphilly 2035 Placemaking Plan outlines bold and ambitious plans to enhance and regenerate the area of Caerphilly and Caerphilly County Borough Council has received significant investment from the Welsh Government to identify opportunities encourage growth and improve their town centre offer.
Wales and the Netherlands mark 80th anniversary of ‘s-Hertogenbosch liberation
The Deputy First Minister, Huw Irranca-Davies and Wales Office Minister, Dame Nia Griffith, have attended commemorations of the city’s liberation from the Germans in 1944 by the 53rd Welsh Infantry Division.
Your passport to Wales’ past
[reissued with updated photos] Ghoulish celebrations, passports to adventure and Nos Galan Gaeaf games are all on offer over the half term holiday as part of the upcoming Welsh Museums Festival.
Update on A470 Talerddig roadworks
The planned roadworks on the A470 at Talerddig which are due to begin on 31 October will be paused until the New Year.