MP Steve Witherden has been accused by a constituent of stealing an idea to have unused ventilators released from a Welsh hospital. The constituent says he asked the MP for help for them to go to Ukraine, but found out the MP later asked if they could go to Cuba.

At the end of last night's BBC debate the contours of a potential alliance that could keep Reform out of government were apparent It's been obvious to Welsh political anoraks but maybe not the public - four parties ruled out working with reform, but not each other

Live Welsh political debate tonight on BBC 1 Wales - tune in! www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...

The Senedd has passed legislation paving the way for a ban on lying in Welsh Parliament election campaigns (50 votes for, 1 against), and for a ban on greyhound racing. (39 for, 2 abstentions and 10 against)

On 18 February 2025 a Welsh government minister announced that his administration would ban greyhound racing. It came a day after officials, in a note signed off by the chief vet Richard Irvine, told him they hadn't gathered enough evidence to justify it

Mr Nobody Against Putin, which has won a Bafta tonight, is on iPlayer. Profound doc self shot by a Russian school teacher who filmed as his school was forced to inject propaganda into its classrooms www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002kx2d

#BBCNews - Lyse Doucet: In Tehran, rallies for Iran's revolution overshadowed by discontent and defiance www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Plaid have gained a seat on Pembrokeshire council via a council by-election in Fishguard North East. It had been won by Labour at the election in 2022

Focus in the Senedd & Welsh politics today will be on FMQs, where if the opposition doesn't challenge the FM on her stance on the UK Labour leadership I'd be very surprised. Starts at 1330.

Former Tory MS James Evans, in Senedd debate on NHS where Tories are calling for a health emergency to be declared, says he didn't know what that meant in the 12 months he was a health spokesman.

Get off Netflix and go to the pub if want to save them, Eluned Morgan told FMQs in the Senedd today, as she came under fire over business rates www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Labour MS Alun Davies says there is no perfect time for the Senedd to vote on assisted dying, telling BBC Radio Wales that it might be too late to wait until the next term. He says the consequences of voting (like how assisted dying would happen in Wales) are still not known

Tories promising grandparents £4.8k to help with childcare in an election pledge announced today www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What would you do if your home was destroyed? For many Ukrainians in Scotland, that's the situation they find themselves in. Amid peace deal talks, will they have a choice about staying or returning? Our latest story across BBC Scotland www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

On national radio the first minister Eluned Morgan repeatedly refused to offer support to the prime minister Sir Keir Starmer, telling voters the May election is not a time for a protest vote against his government www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"I'm sure people are waiting with baited breath to read all parties manifestos - I particularly encourage that if you struggle with insomnia" - Sam Rowlands, who is the Welsh Tory policy director, on Radio Wales

Eluned Morgan took flack from all sides in the Senedd today over her speech calling for more devolution to stop pro-indy parties taking control of the Senedd

It was on Thursday that the first minister called again for policing to be devolved and on Monday that the home secretary rejected it

BBC: Leicestershire and Rutland's police and crime commissioner (PCC) is facing a complaint that he asked a police officer to help him organise an election campaign photo with a horse in reference to Vladimir Putin's famous topless photoshoot. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The only thing Reform have said about James Evans all day: Farage denying a tweet claiming he spoke to the now ex Tory MS tonight about joining the party. Begs the question what exactly is going on

On Monday, Conservative MS James Evans did something a bit odd. Eagle eyed viewers of his Facebook page noticed that, at 1.16pm, he removed the words "Welsh Conservatives" from a post attacking Labour and Plaid Cymru.

This is good fun. Choose your ABC (Australia) clock, tweak the interference, ghosting etc. You can even choose when to have the pips. @dirtyfeed.org @matt.cymru @aldupres.bsky.social mubd.net.au/tv-history/a...

During a speech in Tehran today, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that "several thousand people were killed" during the recent protests by those he described as "seditionists", confirming for the first time that the death toll from the protests is in the thousands.

Robert Jenrick joins Reform UK More on BBC News ⬇️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr...

BREAKING Kemi Badenoch has sacked Robert Jenrick from the shadow cabinet, removed the whip and suspended his party membership. She says she was "presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect" to Reform

We headed to the Bargoed elections office on a wet and windy morning this week to see how the parties spent their money in the Caerphilly by-election campaign Labour spent double the victors Plaid, at roughly £27 per eventual vote. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

ITV Wales/YouGov/Cardiff University polling is suggesting a rewiring of Welsh politics in its latest poll. Labour have won every domestic parliamentary election in Wales since the 1920s. This has them in fourth, level pegging with the Tories. Plaid first, Reform second, Greens third

The Welsh government's attempt to stop lying in politics has gone down extremely badly with some Senedd committees, including some Labour MSs, who have issued withering warnings about bad law and unintended consequences. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru reach Welsh government budget deal, say sources to me and Emilia Belli

WLGA didn't push back on this from the Auditor General, warning that up to two councils could go bust in Wales www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Excuse the the Disney reference (let it go etc)... WGC bods here saying freezing the thresholds will leave the Welsh budget with more money than expected

The Greyhound racing industry is getting a chance to challenge the ban in Wales in the courts www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The opposition to Welsh Labour in the Senedd has won a vote for the first time since the Caerphilly by-election www.bbc.com/news/article...

45 years ago I made a pitch for the Director-General job. Didn’t get it – mind you, I was only 13. But I did get a reply from Ian Trethowan, who was DG at the time. All these years later I’m proud to work for the BBC.

Didn't you just switch it off

Lindsay Whittle MS, being sworn in by the Clerk of the Senedd and chief executive, Manon Antoniazzi (📸: Senedd Cymru)

Plaid's Caerphilly by-election campaign always felt a question of whether it could pull off the victory you could see available in the numbers. PC had a block of about 8,000 voters, and local knowledge from its council base - could they get Labour voters to switch over?

Bernard Gentry is out as Welsh Tory chair after a year. Asked if he was forced out by senior party figures, he told me: "Some people might say that. You won't hear me saying that."

The Welsh government started talking about the budget on Monday in apocalyptic terms, raising the spectre of mass redundancies because of statutory cuts if it cannot get a deal. It has ended Tuesday with both big Senedd opposition parties ready to talk

Nathan Gill was at the forefront of the Brexit push in Wales in the mid 2010s. He's now admitted that he spent part of the tail end of his career taking bribes from a pro Russian politician in Ukraine to say things for him in the European parliament, and elsewhere www.bbc.com/news/article...

There's a major Welsh by-election happening in Caerphilly next month. The prime minister is unsure if he will campaign in it www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The campaign has begun Labour's Eluned Morgan says her party would find it 'tricky' to pass a budget if it lost the Caerphilly election, warning of cuts as a result www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A pallbearer for Hefin David's funeral was among those in Caerphilly constituency who received a mail out from Reform on the day of the service

Senedd by-election on October 23 in Caerphilly, Senedd presiding officer announces

A big part of the ambitious 2016 Senedd intake, Hefin David was keen to make an impact. The Caerphilly MS was an independent voice in the Labour group who banged the drum for the causes he most cared about, autism among them.

The speculation was: UAE, Saudi, Qatar, Turkey, Switzerland, or the Vatican The reality is: USA Wasn't expecting that. Trump-Putin summit in Alaska next Friday.

A source gets in touch with the Pen-y-bont Bro Morgannwg Labour shortlist Bearing in mind Sarah Murphy is the incumbent Others: Helen Mary Payne Camilla Beaven Huw John David OBE Jonathan Simon Cox OBE Neelo Farr William Rhys Goode Carys Stallard

The Caerdydd Penarth Labour shortlist in no particular order Helen Gunter Huw Thomas Laura Rochefort Kanaya Singh Ruba Sivagnanam Mutale Merrill Stephen Brooks Peter Bradbury

My piece for BBC Wales Today on efforts to raise £40,000 to carry out more work and secure the future of Garth Pier in Bangor.

Before the row came into the open over the Labour Caerdydd Ffynnon Taf selection I heard of rumours that ministers were involved in a row over whether a candidate was ruled out of order Sources have since told me that the first minister had stepped in on that candidate's behalf