Almost a quarter of a million Welsh households are at risk of flooding, with the number of flood risk alerts surging by 16% last year, the Senedd heard.
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Job losses on the horizon as council battles to plug £45m hole in budget
The council anticipates it will have to save £45 million over the next two years – including £33m this year – to balance its budgets.
Alarm over ‘housing emergency’ in Wales
Almost 140,000 people are on social housing waiting lists and more than 11,000 are trapped in temporary homes, the Senedd heard.
No longer just a pipe dream – plumber claims silver at ‘skills Olympics’
Ruben Duggan, from Manmoel, has been named the second-best young plumber in the world at a competition in France.
‘Serious problems’ with Wales’ justice system, warns chief legal adviser
Julie James, who was appointed counsel general in September, pledged to pursue more powers from Westminster, beginning with the devolution of probation and youth justice.
Claims Labour ‘gave up fight’ to save Welsh steel
Labour faced accusations of giving up the fight and making false promises after more than 100 years of traditional steel production came to an end in Port Talbot.
Class C drugs seized by police in Blackwood raids
Gwent Police carried out to drug raids in Blackwood on Tuesday morning.
Green light for village flats to be converted into five-bed HMO
The proposals for 79 Commercial Street will allow two existing flats to become a house in multiple occupation for five people.
Backing for new vets’ practice for town retail park
A new veterinary practice could increase visitors to Caerphilly’s Castle View Shopping Centre, planners have suggested.
Plans for potential new windfarm unveiled
The turbines, up to 180 metres tall, would be located on grassland east of Abercarn and the A467, north of Cwmcarn Forest Drive.