2020 in Wales explained

Events from the year 2020 in Wales.

Incumbents

Events

January

February

March

Health Minister Vaughan Gething announces that all non-urgent outpatient appointments and operations will be suspended at hospitals in Wales in a bid to delay the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.[26]

Elections including those for four police and crime commissioners in Wales, scheduled for May 2020, are postponed for a year because of the pandemic.[27]

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Arts and literature

National Eisteddfod of Wales

Gŵyl AmGen prizes:[73]

Awards

Bryan Washington[76]

New books

English language

Welsh language

Music

New albums

New compositions

Film

Broadcasting

English language

Can I Be Welsh and Black? (documentary by ITV Cymru)[89]

Welsh language

Sport

Deaths

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rt Hon Mark Drakeford MS:First Minister of Wales. Gov.Wales. 3 December 2020.
  2. Web site: Myrddin ap Dafydd elected Archdruid. Eisteddfod Wales. 7 July 2018. 3 December 2020.
  3. News: BBC News. 1 March 2016. Ifor ap Glyn is appointed new national poet of Wales. Huw Thomas. 26 May 2016.
  4. Web site: 2019 Nos Galan road races: Nigel Owens is mystery runner. BBC News. 1 January 2019.
  5. Web site: Conservative AM Nick Ramsay released without charge by police. 3 January 2019. BBC News.
  6. Web site: Plas Glynllifon mansion is in the hands of receivers. 8 January 2020. Owen Hughes. Daily Post.
  7. News: Rape victim says Tory MP inquiry was 'a sham'. Jo Adnitt. BBC News. 9 January 2020. 9 January 2020.
  8. Web site: A Welsh folk legend is outselling Stormzy in the iTunes charts. Stephens. Lydia. 12 January 2020. walesonline. 12 January 2020.
  9. News: £46m Dyfi bridge replacement given go-ahead. BBC News. 13 January 2020. 13 January 2020.
  10. News: New cancer clinic 'cuts waiting times by 92%'. BBC News. 14 January 2020. 15 January 2020.
  11. Web site: Welsh Slate Landscape nominated for UNESCO World Heritage status. GOV.UK. 2020-01-24. 2020-04-20.
  12. Web site: Welsh police solve 'moo-dunnit' using DNA test on cow. The Guardian. 5 February 2020. Steven Morris.
  13. Oscar Nominations 2020 . Vanity Fair . 13 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200113162531/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/01/oscar-nominations-2020-list . 13 January 2020 . live .
  14. Web site: Storm Ciara: Dramatic scenes across Wales. 9 February 2020. BBC News. 25 February 2020.
  15. Web site: Tory AM Nick Ramsay ends legal action against his party. 13 February 2020. BBC News.
  16. News: Storm Dennis latest news: 'Life-threatening' situation as major incident declared in South Wales . Helena . Horton . 17 February 2020 . The Telegraph.
  17. Web site: These are the places in Wales affected by flooding after Storm Dennis. 17 February 2020. Lydia Stephens. 25 February 2020.
  18. Web site: Homes evacuated as Storm Dennis brings severe flooding to south Wales. 16 February 2020. ITV News. 25 February 2020.
  19. Web site: Storm Dennis: Pentre flooded again after tree felling. 20 February 2020. BBC News. 25 February 2020.
  20. Web site: Prince Charles visits flood-hit communities in South Wales devastated by Storm Dennis. Bronwen Weatherby. Robert Jobson. Evening Standard. 21 February 2020. 1 March 2020.
  21. Web site: Coronavirus: First case in Wales confirmed. BBC News. 28 February 2020.
  22. Web site: Minimum Unit Pricing for alcohol: summary guidance . gov.wales . 28 December 2021.
  23. Web site: Prisoner right to vote plans unveiled by Welsh Government. Deeside.com. 8 March 2020.
  24. Web site: Coronavirus: First community transmission detected in Wales. 11 March 2020. BBC News.
  25. Web site: First case of coronavirus confirmed in north Wales, ITV Wales understands. 12 March 2020. ITV News.
  26. News: Over 20,000 deaths in Wales predicted in 'worst case scenario' as measures announced to cope with coronavirus . ITV News . 13 March 2020 . 14 March 2020.
  27. News: Coronavirus: English local elections postponed for a year . BBC News . 13 March 2020 . 13 March 2020.
  28. News: Coronavirus in Wales: Wrexham death confirmed . BBC News . 16 March 2020 . 16 March 2020.
  29. Web site: Closure of all schools in Wales announced. Cathy Owen. Ruth Mosalski. WalesOnline. 18 March 2020.
  30. News: Coronavirus: 70,000 people in Wales told 'stay indoors'. BBC News. 22 March 2020. 23 March 2020.
  31. Web site: Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus. The Guardian. 24 March 2020.
  32. Web site: Pharmaceutical giant Roche and Welsh Government at loggerheads over collapsed Covid-19 testing deal. 1 April 2020. Will Hayward. WalesOnline. 4 April 2020.
  33. News: Welsh Government steps in with short-term funding support for Cardiff Airport and calls for change of approach from Westminster. Welsh Government. 3 April 2020. 3 April 2020.
  34. Web site: Giant tents emerge over Principality Stadium pitch as pictures show first hospital wards at iconic venue. WalesOnline. 12 April 2020 . 12 April 2020.
  35. News: Carl Sargeant: Welsh Government calls off independent inquiry. BBC News . 21 April 2020 . 21 April 2020.
  36. News: Why are Welsh Assembly Members changing their name?. BBC News. 6 May 2020. 6 May 2020.
  37. Web site: Public Health Wales didn't know Wales was aiming for 9,000 coronavirus tests a day. WalesOnline. 7 May 2020. Laura Clements.
  38. Web site: Wales lockdown extended for three more weeks – says first minister, Mark Drakeford. 8 May 2020. Sharon Harris. Barry & District News.
  39. Web site: National Eisteddfod launches AmGen – an alternative project for 2020. 12 May 2020. National Eisteddfod of Wales. 6 August 2020.
  40. News: Coronavirus: Wales lockdown could be relaxed in two weeks. BBC News . 14 May 2020 . 18 May 2020.
  41. Web site: Welsh schools to reopen from 29 June as experts warn UK-wide closures may set back attainment gap by a decade. PoliticsHome. 3 June 2020 . 20 June 2020.
  42. Web site: The latest R number in Wales as nation leads the UK in slowing Covid-19. 12 June 2020. Jillian MacMath. WalesOnline.
  43. News: Coronavirus: Almost 100 staff at food factories test positive. BBC News . 18 June 2020 . 20 June 2020.
  44. Web site: Coronavirus: Wales' travel restrictions set to end on 6 July. 19 June 2020. BBC News.
  45. Web site: Three Travis Perkins sites in North Wales on list of 165 set to close. Owen Hughes. Daily Post. 20 June 2020.
  46. News: Coronavirus lockdown: Warning after Ogmore-by-sea mass brawl. BBC News . 25 June 2020 . 26 June 2020.
  47. News: Coronavirus: 1,730 Airbus jobs to go at Broughton and Filton. BBC News . 2 July 2020 . 2 July 2020.
  48. Web site: Coronavirus: Lifting of Wales' travel limits gets go-ahead. 3 July 2020. BBC News.
  49. Web site: Welsh parliament to debate motion on independence for first time in its history. https://web.archive.org/web/20200715071628/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/wales-independence-welsh-debate-parliament-plaid-cymru-a9619091.html . 2020-07-15 . limited . live. 15 July 2020. The Independent. Andrew Woodcock.
  50. Web site: Unmanned search and rescue aircraft to be flown over North Wales for the first time this weekend. 31 July 2020. Kelly Williams. Daily Post. 2 August 2020.
  51. Web site: Wrexham company CP Pharmaceuticals to supply Covid-19 vaccines in UK Government deal. ITV News. 2020-08-03. 2020-12-20.
  52. Web site: Live updates as Wales is braced for more thunderstorms after flash flooding hits part of the country. WalesOnline. 11 August 2020.
  53. Web site: Wales' last golden eagle in the wild found dead by walker. 17 August 2020. WalesOnlineEvening Standard. 30 August 2020.
  54. Web site: Llangennech: Diesel spill after train derails catching fire. 27 August 2020. BBC News.
  55. News: Coronavirus: Caerphilly county lockdown to go into October. BBC News . 8 September 2020 . 8 September 2020.
  56. News: 'Extremist' protests at Pembrokeshire asylum army base criticised. BBC News . 22 September 2020 . 23 September 2020.
  57. Web site: Cardiff, Swansea and Llanelli go into lockdown: Live updates as Vaughan Gething gives Wales coronavirus update. Thomas Deacon. Will Hayward. Jillian MacMath. WalesOnline. 25 September 2020.
  58. News: 'Journey into the unknown' as Bridgend Ford closes. BBC News. 25 September 2020. 25 September 2020.
  59. News: Covid: Eight die in Royal Glamorgan Hospital outbreak. BBC News. 30 September 2020.
  60. Web site: The full list of Welsh people honoured in Queen's Birthday Honours. WalesOnline. 9 October 2020. Katie-Ann Gupwell. Lydia Stephens . 11 October 2020.
  61. News: 20 December 2022 . Kaylea Titford: Mother admits manslaughter of obese daughter . . 1 March 2023.
  62. Web site: Coronavirus: Bangor enters local lockdown restrictions. BBC News. 10 October 2020. 11 October 2020.
  63. Web site: National coronavirus firebreak to be introduced in Wales on Friday. 19 October 2020. Welsh Government. 28 October 2020.
  64. News: Wales lockdown: Supermarkets told to sell only essential items. BBC News . 22 October 2020 . 25 October 2020.
  65. Web site: Covid: Wales' lockdown supermarket rules to be 'clarified'. BBC. 25 October 2020.
  66. Web site: Wales lockdown: What 'essential' items can I buy?. BBC. 28 October 2020.
  67. News: Covid: People sent to care homes days after positive test. BBC News . 17 November 2020 . 20 November 2020.
  68. Web site: Covid-19: Welsh Government update. BBC News. 20 November 2020.
  69. Web site: Covid in Wales: Greater restrictions for pubs ahead of Christmas. BBC News. 26 November 2020.
  70. News: Covid-19: Christmas rules tightened for England, Scotland and Wales. BBC. 20 December 2020. 31 December 2020.
  71. News: Minibus full of people from different households travels to Pen y Fan from Cheltenham. WalesOnline. 31 December 2020.
  72. Web site: New Year Honours List 2020: All the Welsh people honoured. Steffan Rhys. Claire Hayhurst. 31 December 2020. WalesOnline.
  73. Web site: BBC Radio Cymru and the National Eisteddfod announce the winners of the two main competitions at Gŵyl AmGen. BBC Media Centre. 6 August 2020.
  74. Web site: Wales Book of the Year 2020 winners announced. 31 July 2020. Wales Arts Review. 11 August 2020.
  75. Web site: Ifan Morgan Jones. Wales Literature Exchange. 11 August 2020.
  76. Web site: Bryan Washington's 'kickass' short stories win £30,000 Dylan Thomas prize. 14 May 2020. Alison Flood. The Guardian. 23 May 2020.
  77. Book: Peter Finch. The Machineries of Joy. February 2020. Seren Books. 978-1-78172-565-8.
  78. Web site: Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi. Michael Franklin. University of Wales Press. 13 June 2020.
  79. Web site: Euron Griffith Virtual Launch Of 'Miriam, Daniel And Me'. Seren. 25 July 2020.
  80. Web site: Books Hello Friend We Missed You by Richard Owain Roberts. Pearson. Gemma. 2020-06-01. Wales Arts Review. 2020-06-01.
  81. Web site: Eloise Williams releases her fourth novel. 1 May 2020. Literature Wales. 23 May 2020.
  82. Book: Hazel Walford Davies. O.M. – Cofiant Syr Owen Morgan Edwards. 17 February 2020. Gomer Press. 978-1-84851-864-3.
  83. Web site: New Dame Shirley Bassey Album, I Owe It All to You. . 9 November 2020 . 6 November 2020.
  84. Web site: Georgia Ruth: Mai review – lush Welsh pastorals and other odes to spring. 8 March 2020. Neil Spencer. The Guardian. 16 July 2020.
  85. Web site: Paul Mealor Piano Concerto World Premiere with London Mozart Players. The Sampler. 23 September 2020.
  86. Web site: Dream Horse release date announced by Warner Bros. 21 February 2020. Brooke Boucher. South Wales Argus. 20 November 2020.
  87. Web site: Hidden Wales with Will Millard. Radio Times. 23 September 2020.
  88. Web site: Jennifer Saunders' Memory Lane, review: this interview-on-wheels doesn't make it out of second gear. 23 December 2020. Michael Hogan. Daily Telegraph. 15 January 2021.
  89. Web site: Can I be Welsh and black? - adventurer Richard Parks announces new documentary. 25 October 2020. Dan Barnes. South Wales Argus. 11 November 2020.
  90. Web site: Pembrokeshire characters featured on Tudur's TV Flashback, BBC One Wales. 20 November 2020. Becky Hotchin. Western Telegraph. 27 November 2020.
  91. Web site: Am Dro!. Hat Trick International. 11 July 2024.
  92. Web site: Pandemig: 1918 / 2020. 15 July 2020. S4C Cymru Clic. cy.
  93. News: Straeon rhyfeddol rhai o adeiladau Cymru. Pembrokeshire Herald. 9 January 2020. cy.
  94. Web site: Lee-Jones . Rhianydd . Welsh Grand National 2020: Chepstow race abandoned after Storm Bella . BBC Sport . 28 December 2020 . 27 December 2020.
  95. Web site: Wales made light work of their Guinness Six Nations opener as they defeated Italy 42–0 victory in Cardiff. Harry Gray. Six Nations Rugby. 4 February 2020. 5 February 2020.
  96. News: Lord Chalfont obituary. The Times. 14 January 2020.
  97. Web site: Monty Python star Terry Jones dies aged 77 . 22 January 2020 . BBC News . en-GB . 22 January 2020.
  98. Web site: Theatre director Terry Hands, who ran the Royal Shakespeare Company, dies aged 79. The Guardian. 4 February 2020. Wiegand. Chris. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200204135006/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/feb/04/theatre-director-terry-hands-who-ran-the-royal-shakespeare-company-dies-aged-79 . 4 February 2020 .
  99. Web site: Industry and academic chemistry titan John Cadogan dies. 19 February 2020. Rebecca Trager. Chemistry World.
  100. http://www.crazycavan.com/index.html "Cavan 18th February 1949 – 15th February 2020", Crazycavan.com
  101. Web site: Ceri Morgan Obituary . Welsh Darts Organisation . 4 March 2020.
  102. News: Matthew J Watkins: Ex-Wales centre dies at the age of 41 . BBC Sport . 7 March 2020 . 7 March 2020 .
  103. News: Peter Whittingham: Cardiff City legend dies aged 35 after head injury. BBC Sport . 19 March 2020 . 19 March 2020 .
  104. News: Tristan Garel-Jones, Tory 'wet' and able deputy chief whip under Margaret Thatcher – obituary. 24 March 2020. The Telegraph. Obituaries. Telegraph.
  105. Web site: Cofio cyn-lysgennad yr UE – Aneurin Rhys Hughes. cy. BBC Cymru Fyw. 27 March 2020.
  106. News: C.W. Nicol, a committed environmentalist with deep humanity. 4 April 2020. Andrew Kershaw. The Japan Times Online.
  107. Web site: Obituary: Glamorgan and England cricketer Peter Walker. 5 April 2020. BBC Sport.
  108. Web site: Fleet Street Photographer John Downing Who Documented War Zones in 100 States Dies Aged 79. 9 April 2020. Al-Bawaba.
  109. Web site: Obituary – John Collins. Tottenham Hotspur F.C.. 17 April 2020.
  110. Web site: 99 year old Salford man and ex-pro footballer beaten by Coronavirus. Salford Star. 15 April 2020.
  111. Web site: Sir John Houghton, Climate Scientist and Founding IPCC Editor, Dies at 88. 16 April 2020. Bob Henson. The Weather Channel.
  112. News: Payne . Les . OBITUARY Jimmy Goodfellow 1943–2020 . 22 April 2020 . www.themillers.co.uk . 22 April 2020 . en-gb.
  113. News: Liz Edgar death: Former international showjumper and British Showjumping board director dies, aged 76. https://web.archive.org/web/20200428055709/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/liz-edgar-death-showjumper-british-showjumping-cause-cancer-a9484606.html . 2020-04-28 . limited . live. 26 April 2020. 28 April 2020. The Independent.
  114. Web site: Steve Blackmore: Former Wales prop dies, aged 58. BBC Sport. 7 May 2020.
  115. Web site: Vale Keith Lyons. 18 May 2020. Paddle Australia.
  116. Web site: Former UFO Guitarist Paul Chapman Dead At 66. 9 June 2020 . 10 June 2020.
  117. News: Ricky Valance: First Welshman to have solo UK Number One dies. 12 June 2020. 12 June 2020. BBC News.
  118. News: Welsh Conservative MS Mohammad Asghar has died aged 74. Western Mail. 16 June 2020.
  119. Web site: Denise Idris Jones. Wrexham Leader. 27 July 2020. 7 October 2020.
  120. Web site: Legendary BBC Radio Wales DJ Chris Needs has died. 27 July 2020. Katie Bellis. WalesOnline.
  121. Web site: Cardiff City in mourning as Welsh international Keith Pontin dies aged 64. WalesOnline. 2 August 2020. Anthony Woolford.
  122. Web site: Clive Ponting obituary. The Times. 1 August 2020. 5 August 2020.
  123. Web site: Professor W. Mark Ormrod, 1 November 1957 – 2 August 2020 . Rees Jones, Sarah . Sarah Rees Jones . york.ac.uk . University of York, Centre for Medieval Studies . 2020-08-03 . 2020-08-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200803211403/https://www.york.ac.uk/medieval-studies/news/markormrod/ . 2020-08-03.
  124. Web site: GRACE, Mr Edward Laurence (Ted) . Hansard . Parliament of Australia . 27 August 2020.
  125. Web site: Obituary:David Mercer. International Tennis Federation. 28 August 2020.
  126. Web site: Winter. Susannah. Boyle. The Telegraph Announcements. 20 September 2020. 12 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201012004033/http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/244150/boyle. dead.
  127. News: Former Newport County and Wales winger Tony Villars dies aged 68 . South Wales Argus . Barnes . Dan . 14 September 2020 . 14 September 2020.
  128. Web site: Tryweryn monument sculptor John Meirion Morris dies age 84. Nation Cymru. 21 September 2020.
  129. News: 2020-09-24. Former Welsh language chief John Walter Jones dies. en-GB. BBC News. 2020-09-24.
  130. News: cy. Cofio'r llenor a'r 'cawr diwylliannol' Emyr Humphreys. BBC Cymru Fyw. 30 September 2020 . 30 September 2020.
  131. News: Sixties music legend who gave his name to chart-topping band dies. Birmingham Mail. 20 October 2020.
  132. Web site: Tributes as former Radio One and Top Rank nightclub DJ Tony Wyn-Jones dies. 27 October 2020. Robert Dalling. WalesOnline. 28 October 2020.
  133. Web site: JJ Williams: Legendary Wales and British and Irish Lions wing dies . BBC Sport . 29 October 2020 . 29 October 2020.
  134. News: Obituary: Former Wolverhampton Wanderers title winner dies. BBC Sport . 20 November 2020.
  135. News: Y gwyddonydd, yr Athro Syr John Meurig Thomas, wedi marw. BBC Cymru Fyw. 13 November 2020. cy.
  136. Web site: GB Hockey Olympian Helen Morgan passes away, aged 54. The Hockey Paper. 21 November 2020 . 22 November 2020.
  137. News: Travel writer and journalist Jan Morris dies at 94 . BBC News . 20 November 2020 . 20 November 2020.
  138. Web site: Ray Prosser: Pontypool coaching legend and Wales prop dies aged 93 . BBC Sport . 23 November 2020 . 22 November 2020.
  139. Web site: Prince Charles' Investiture bomb campaign plotter remembered as 'one of Wales' greatest patriots'. 18 December 2020. Daily Post. Owen Evans. 19 December 2020.