Children who lived in overcrowded or damp homes missed three weeks more school than other pupils over the course of their education, a study has found

Natural Resources Wales has awarded grant funding for five different projects to develop concept designs for retrofit sustainable drainage schemes

Sir Keir Starmer has spoken to US President Donald Trump for what will likely be their final phone call of 2025

An investment of £8.94 million to strengthen Wales' museums, archives, libraries and cultural institutions has been announced today to grow and bolster the nation’s ‘essential’ cultural foundations

The new chairwoman of Britain’s equalities watchdog has warned against the ‘demonisation of migrants’ and said it would be ‘a mistake’ for the UK to withdraw from a longstanding international treaty on human rights

The Virtual School Model pilot programme has helped to address the needs of children looked after in Wales and support their educational progress, an independent evaluation has found

Driving authorities must crack down on a ‘number plate wild west’, an MP has said, after figures showed just a fraction of suppliers faced an audit this year

Four of Wales’ most promising young chefs will go head-to-head next month in the final of the Junior Chef of Wales competition, one of the country’s most prestigious culinary contests for emerging talent

Job vacancies fell for the fifth month in a row in November as employers remained cautious amid ongoing economic uncertainty, according to a report

Luke Littler cruised through to the third round of the PDC World Championship as his path to glory opened up after Gerwyn Price’s shock exit

Empire is everywhere – cast in stone, threaded through schoolbook stories and family lore – but rarely front-and-centre in political debate ✍️Professor Christopher Claassen

Celtica Electronica have teamed up with Aleighcia Scott for a beautiful new version of the Welsh classic ‘Ar Hyd y Nos’, and the accompanying video might be the sweetest thing we’ll see this festive season

Marged Dafydd never married, providing an eighteenth-century Welsh example of a woman who managed to create for herself what Virginia Woolf would call ‘A Room of One’s Own’ ✍️Jerry Hunter wp.me/p8Mk4U-1bdM

A Welsh museum has joined a UK-wide initiative designed to inspire communities to take action on climate change wp.me/p8Mk4U-1baq

Jake Paul is the least of boxing’s problems in terms of ethics. He gives us the ick, though, and it’s because he represents a wider feeling that nothing seems to be authentic anymore ✍️Ben Wildsmith wp.me/p8Mk4U-1bes

A racially motivated attack on a 14-year-old Ukrainian girl in Caerphilly is being linked to the anti-migrant rhetoric of Reform UK in the recent Senedd by-election ✍️Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-1bef

In Wales, Christmas wasn’t always about eating your body weight in pickled onions or coming to blows over Pictionary. In keeping with traditions of the past, I’ve pulled together fourteen mini Christmas rituals you can try at home ✍️ Del Hughes

Increasingly, as this book illustrates, film-makers have gone Welsh. The pictures are lavish and striking, the text is a little thin but serviceable, and hopefully it will steer people towards watching or re-watching the films and visiting the locations ✍️ Desmond Cliff

‘The coroner service is, with very few exceptions, chronically under-resourced and underfunded’. Immediately, the complete picture of coroners in Wales must be established for an informed assessment about what needs to be done and how to do it ✍️ Dr Huw Evans

Occasionally Nigel Jarrett treads a foot across the invisible line which marks the border between clever and too-clever-by-half. But whimsy is a warm bath, and there’s plenty here in which to luxuriate ✍️ Desmond Clifford

The Farmers’ Union of Wales has welcomed the passing of new legislation designed to strengthen protection for farm animals against dog attacks

John Briggs, the Newport Minnesotan, reflects on photographing poets with his work illustrating the new Five Guys anthology of poetry

S4C has awarded a digital content contract to two Welsh production companies as part of its push to become a digital-first broadcaster

The cliffs facing west on Ynys Môn jagged above the waves. Edging the Irish Sea, its depths of green and yellow and blues, the Ferry a stroke of white, small and resolute, somewhere in the middle of its journey ✍️ Tony Curtis

An imprisoned Palestine Action activist who has refused to eat for 42 days has said dying for his cause would be ‘worthwhile’

Accessible and uncompromising, Moinet’s poetry delivers bold reckonings interspersed with compassion and humour ✍️ Rachel Taylor-Beales

The Electoral Commission will not investigate Nigel Farage’s general election spending, the watchdog has said

There were emotional scenes at Rodney Parade as the Dragons beat Connacht 48-28 to record their first win in the BKT URC since the opening day of last season ✍️ Simon Thomas

Laura Anne Jones, Reform UK's only serving MS, has posted a video to her social media celebrating the 'beautiful sight' of a drag hunt

A new report has warned that schools in a Welsh city have an ‘over-reliance’ on past savings to balance their books

Gwent Police is stepping up patrols and targeted operations in a bid to tackle seasonal crime, including retail theft, anti-social behaviour, road offences and issues linked to the night-time economy

More than 41,000 people have now crossed the English Channel in small boats this year, after a flurry of activity on Saturday, the latest figures have revealed

One of Wales' most iconic seaside pubs has made it to the number one position in a rundown of the Best Spots for a Seaside Pint in the UK

Sir Keir Starmer will ‘absolutely’ be Prime Minister next Christmas, the chairwoman of the Labour Party has said

The winter solstice (heuldro’r gaeaf in Welsh), the period in which we will see the fewest daylight hours of the year, takes place today

A Welsh charity is celebrating a ‘landmark year of giving,’ having donated over £60,000 to local projects and community initiatives

An anti-dumping investigation into imported boom lifts has been announced, aimed at defending British manufacturers

Two north Wales counties have been given an early Christmas present after the UK and Welsh Governments officially confirmed the launch of the Advanced Manufacturing Investment Zone

Natural Resources Wales has shared their top tips for enjoying the Welsh countryside safely over the festive season

A Cardiff-based street photographer has built an Instagram following of more than 31,000 by stopping strangers in the city centre and documenting their reactions on camera

Ministers must carry out an impact assessment of plans to charge inheritance tax on family farms, an influential farmer who led a review into farm profitability has said

If you watch one Welsh Christmas video this year, make it this one. It’s already melting hearts across Wales

A delivery driver caught driving with his foot on the dashboard while on a FaceTime call was among more than 50 motorists detected committing offences during a week-long policing operation in north Wales

The UK Government is set to ban trail hunting, for fear it is being used as a ‘smokescreen’ for chasing and killing wild animals

Dragons claimed their first URC victory of the season in style with a 48-28 thumping of Connacht.

Sites for nearly 8,000 new homes in south Wales have been revealed

A Welsh photographer whose stunning images of Wales’ landscapes have gone viral over the past two years has been named ‘UK Mountain Photographer of the Year’

One of the most prestigious estates in Wales is up for sale, sporting a multi-million-pound price tag wp.me/p8Mk4U-1bam

Days after voting, Guinea-Bissau’s presidential election was halted by a military takeover. With opposition leaders detained and communications cut, Professor Branwen Gruffydd Jones speaks to the UK diaspora about what happened, and what’s at stake. wp.me/p8Mk4U-1amt

A north Wales council will take enforcement action to ensure a ‘prison watchtower’ built in the garden of an Airbnb is demolished wp.me/p8Mk4U-1b7F