2024 in Wales explained

Events from the year 2024 in Wales.

Incumbents

• First Minister –
  • Mark Drakeford (until 20 March)
  • Vaughan Gething (from 20 March until 6 August)
  • Eluned Morgan (from 6 August)
• Secretary of State for Wales –
  • David T. C. Davies (until 5 July),^[1]
  • Jo Stevens (after 5 July)^[2]
• Archbishop of Wales – Andy John, Bishop of Bangor^[3]
• Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales –
  • Myrddin ap Dafydd (outgoing)^[4]
  • Mererid Hopwood (incoming)^[5]
• National Poet of Wales – Hanan Issa^[6]

Events

January

• 1 January – Social services in Wales have estimated they face a £646m shortfall over the next three years as a result of Welsh Government budget cuts.^[7]
• 2 January – Provisional data released by the Met Office indicates 2023 was the second warmest year on record in the UK behind 2022, with Wales and Northern Ireland experiencing their warmest year on record during 2023.^[8]
• 3 January – Huw Jakeway, chief fire officer of South Wales Fire and Rescue Service, announces his departure from the role following the publication of a report concluded that the service had tolerated sexual harassment and domestic abuse outside work.^[9]
• 4 January – Storm Henk causes widespread flooding in many parts of Wales. Twenty-five Welsh rivers are the subject of warnings.^[10]
• 6 January – Jeremy Miles rules out reversing Wales's 20 mph speed limit if he becomes first minister.^[11]
• 8 January
  • Road speed limits in Wales:
    • Police begin enforcing Wales's 20 mph speed limit.^[12]
    • Outgoing First Minister Mark Drakeford says that drivers who are "genuinely confused" about the new speed limit rules will not be prosecuted.^[13]
• 9 January – Fijian rugby union player Api Ratuniyarawa is sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court to two years and ten months in prison after admitting three sexual assaults in a Cardiff nightclub in late 2023.^[14]
• 10 January – All local authorities in Wales are to ban the practice of giving away pets, such as goldfish, at funfairs and other events held on public land, but RSPCA Cymru urges the Welsh Government to legislate for a ban to prevent it continuing on private land.^[15]
• 11 January
  • Dyfed-Powys Police have launched a hate crime investigation after a note was attached to a property in Aberystwyth describing its occupants as "low-life" who should go back to "Brummyland".^[16]
  • Presteigne and Norton in Powys are announced as Wales's first dark sky community.^[17]
• 15 January – Junior doctors in Wales are scheduled to begin a three-day strike over pay.^[18]
• 16 January – Rhodri Williams announces he has written to the UK government to ask them not to consider him for a second term as chairman of S4C following controversy at the TV channel.^[19]
• 18 January – A report prepared by the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales, a body co-chaired by Dr Rowan Williams and Professor Laura McAllister, concludes that Welsh independence is a "viable" option, but that an independent Wales would face significant challenges such as raising enough tax revenue in the short term. The report also recommends that Westminster should grant Wales full control of its rail network, policing and justice as soon as is possible.^{[20] [21]}
• 19 January
  • Tata Steel announce plans to close both blast furnaces at its Port Talbot plant with the loss of around 2,800 jobs.^[22]
  • Fire breaks out at a warehouse owned by Owens Group on the Bridgend Industrial Estate, leading to the building's collapse within minutes.^[23]
• 23 January – Data from Public Health Wales shows a sharp increase in the number of whooping cough cases in Wales, with 135 so far in January, compared to 200 for the whole of 2023.^[24]
• 25 January – Wedding DJ Leigh Brookfield of Llanelli, who filmed himself urinating on a 72-year-old cancer patient then posted the footage on social media, is sentenced to 14 weeks imprisonment.^[25]
• 26 January – Education Minister Jeremy Miles criticises the way Wales' largest trade union, Unite, declared its preferred candidate for the Welsh Labour leadership election. The union held a hustings with the two candidates before announcing its support for Vaughan Gething.^[26]
• 27 January – Dorrien Davies is consecrated Bishop of St David's.^[27]
• 30 January
  • Members of the Senedd vote 39–14 to back the Senedd Reform Bill which will expand the legislature to 96 members at the 2026 Senedd election and change the way members are elected.^[28]
  • Mark Drakeford says the Welsh Government is willing to talk to the Welsh Rugby Union about the terms of repaying an £18m loan given to it during the pandemic after the WRU asked for "breathing space".^[29]
• 31 January – Data released by Dyfed-Powys Police reveals the force spent over a £1m dealing with protests related to plans for asylum seekers to be housed at Stradey Park Hotel in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, a scheme that was eventually scrapped by the Home Office.^[30]

February

• 1 February
  • It becomes a criminal offence to own an American XL Bully dog in England and Wales unless the owner has successfully applied for the dog to be exempt.^[31]
  • Pwllheli Lifeboat Station in Gwynedd is forced to close due to a "serious breakdown" in relationships between crew members.^[32]
  • Penny Mordaunt, the Leader of the House of Commons, claims that plans to expand the Senedd from 60 to 96 MSs represent the equivalent of expanding the House of Commons from 650 to 2,000 MPs.^[33]
• 3 February – Seventeen grassroots music venues across Wales experiencing financial difficulties are offered £718,000 in Welsh Government funding to help keep them open.^[34]
• 4 February – Dafydd Wigley, a former leader of Plaid Cymru, warns that reforms to Wales's political system pose "a very great danger" since it will destroy the relationship between voters and the people they elect.^[35]
• 6 February
  • Welsh Government minister Hannah Blythyn announces that the Welsh Government will take over South Wales Fire and Rescue Service after it was found to have a culture of harassment and misogynism.^[36]
  • Education Minister Jeremy Miles confirms that University tuition fees will rise from £9,000 to £9,250 a year from September 2024.^[37]
• 7 February – Pembrokeshire County Council proposes a council tax rise of between 16% and 21%, potentially making it the highest annual council tax rise in Wales.^[38]
• 8 February – The Welsh Government announces it is axing its School Beat Cymru scheme in which police officers visit schools to deliver lessons on substance abuse, safety, safeguarding and behaviour.^[39]
• 9 February – At Swansea Crown Court, David Clarke, 80, is sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 21 years and eight months after previously admitting to the murder of his wife, Helen, who he struck with a hammer before setting their car alight while she was unconscious inside the vehicle, and following an argument about an affair.^[40]
• 10 February – A pilot is taken to hospital after his light aircraft crashes into the back garden of a house in Bodffordd, Anglesey.^[41]
• 12 February – Pembrokeshire County Council's cabinet approves proposals to increase its council tax by 16%.^[42]
• 13 February – A coroner's verdict on the death of Newport man Phillip Morris at a private hospital in Surrey in December 2021 leads to calls for "more of an openness" about the safety record of private healthcare.^[43]
• 14 February – Former Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock endorses Vaughan Gething to lead Welsh Labour as the next First Minister of Wales.^[44]
• 15 February
  • A Met Office yellow weather warning for heavy rain is in force for much of south and west Wales.^[45]
  • Bishopston Comprehensive School in Swansea is closed indefinitely amid concerns over ground movement, and its pupils will not be able to return after half-term.^[46]
• 16 February – The ballot to elect the next leader of Welsh Labour opens.^[47]
• 17 February
  • The Fire Brigades Union passes a motion of no confidence in Stuart Millington, the recently appointed interim Chief Fire Officer of South Wales Fire and Rescue Service after allegations of bullying.^[48]
  • Noel Mooney, the chief executive of the Football Association of Wales, signals his support for matches being played during the summer after 6,000 games were lost over the 2023–24 season because of weather conditions and inadequate facilities.^[49]
• 21 February – Junior doctors in Wales begin a 72-hour strike.^[50]
• 22 February – Figures from NHS Wales show hospital waiting lists in Wales have fallen for the second month in a row, with 756,333 "patient pathways" on the waiting list in December 2023.^[51]
• 24 February – Charlotte Church attends a fundraising event for Middle East Children's Alliance at Bedwas Workmen's Hall, Caerphilly county, where she leads a chorus of "From the river to the sea", a pro-Palestinian chant regarded as antisemitic by some. Following criticism from Jewish groups, including the Campaign Against Antisemitism, Church responds with a social media post in which she says she is "in no way antisemitic" but is "fighting for the liberation of all people".^[52]
• 25 February
  • Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths says the Welsh Government will rethink its post-Brexit farming strategy following protests by farmers; current plans would see them required to use 10% of their land for growing trees.^[53]
  • Speaking ahead of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry's three week session in Wales, Laura McClelland, a senior intensive care doctor, describes the practice of discharging untested patients to care homes during the pandemic as "a form of genocide".^[54]
• 27 February – The UK COVID-19 Inquiry begins sitting in Wales, and hears that Health Minister Vaughan Gething deleted WhatsApp messages during the pandemic.^[55]
• 28 February
  • Thousands of farmers stage a protest in Cardiff city centre over the Welsh Government's environmental subsidy plans.^[56]
  • John Harding is sentenced to fifteen years in prison after being found guilty of ten charges of rape, strangulation and false imprisonment against two women following a trial at Merthyr Crown Court.^[57]

March

• 1 March – The annual Cân i Gymru (Song for Wales) contest is held in Swansea, and is won by Sara Davies with the song "Ti".^[58]
• 3 March – Train fares in Wales increase by 4.9%.^[59]
• 4 March
  • Consultants and specialist doctors vote to take strike action over pay.^[60]
  • Lee Waters announces he is stepping down as Transport Minister when the new First Minister is elected.^[61]
• 5 March – A bid by the Welsh Conservatives and Welsh Liberal Democrats to change planned reforms to the way Senedd members are elected from the 2026 election is rejected by the parliament.^[62]
• 6 March – Senedd member Rhys ab Owen is to be banned from the Senedd for six weeks after an investigation by the Senedd Commission found he inappropriately touched two women during a night out in June 2021.^[63]
• 7 March – Pembrokeshire Council votes to increase its council tax by 12.5%.^[64]
• 9 March – Aneurin Bevan Health Board apologises after a mix up lead to the wrong body being released from a hospital mortuary for burial, the second such mix up made by a hospital in the health board.^[65]
• 10 March – Nerys Evans, a former Senedd member for Plaid Cymru, calls for the parliament to have the powers to remove members for inappropriate behaviour.^[66]
• 11 March
  • The occupants of around forty houses in Hirwaun managed by Trivallis Housing Association are advised to evacuate the properties following the discovery of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.^[67]
  • After the Welsh Government publishes plans to require parties in the Senedd to draw up lists of candidates composing of 50% of women, presiding officer Elin Jones says that the Senedd does not have the power to enforce gender quotas.^[68]
• 13 March – The Senedd agrees to exclude member Rhys ab Owen for six weeks following a night out where he inappropriately touched two women; ab Owen apologises "unreservedly" for his behaviour.^[69]
• 14 March – Former Conservative MP Guto Bebb is appointed interim chair of S4C.^[70]
• 15 March – Speaking to the BBC ahead of the results of the Welsh Labour leadership election, First Minister Mark Drakeford cites drunks waiting at A&E as the reason A&E waiting time targets have never been met in Wales, and suggests it would be better if the targets did not include treating those who have been drinking.^[71]
• 16 March – Vaughan Gething is elected to lead Welsh Labour, and will become First Minister of Wales. He will be Wales's first black leader, and the first black person to lead a country in Europe.^[72]
• 18 March – Licence points and fines can now be issued for anyone breaching the speed limit in a 20 mph zone.^[73]
• 19 March – Mark Drakeford attends his final First Minister's Questions as First Minister of Wales.^[74]
• 20 March
  • The Senedd approves Vaughan Gething as First Minister of Wales, and he is duly sworn in.^[75]
  • The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman launches an investigation following the deaths of six prisoners at HMP Parc near Bridgend in a period of three weeks between 27 February and 19 March.^[76]
• 21 March – Vaughan Gething announces his cabinet. Appointments include Jeremy Miles, who becomes Economy and Energy secretary and Lynne Neagle, who becomes Education secretary.^[77]
• 22 March – At Swansea Crown Court, James Smith is sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 28 years for the September 2022 murder of Ashley Sersero in Llanneli.^[78]
• 24 March – OVO Energy has been accused of "degrading" the Welsh language by campaign group Cymdeithas yr Iaith after axing its Welsh service and suggesting customers could use online translation tools to read their energy bills instead.^[79]
• 25 March – Junior doctors in Wales begin a four-day strike, their longest to date.^[80]
• 27 March – Luke Avaient and Gavin Sheppard of Cardiff are married by Lorraine Kelly live on her daytime ITV programme to mark the tenth anniversary of the first same-sex marriage to occur in the UK.^[81]
• 28 March – School absence figures for the year ending July 2023 indicate 28.9% of primary school children were persistently absent, meaning they missed at least 10% of lessons, compared to 12.9% for the 2018–19 academic year.^[82]
• 31 March
  • The Welcome Ticket scheme, introduced by the Welsh Government in March 2022 to provide refugees with free bus travel, ends after two years.^[83]
  • East Camp in St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, is to be used to house people who worked with the British military in Afghanistan before the Taliban retook power in 2021.^[84]

April

• 3 April – Sinead Cook, an investigator at the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales, is suspended for posting anti-Conservative abuse on social media.^[85]
• 4 April – Cardiff is announced as the host of the 2027 EuroGames, Europe's largest LGBTQ+ sporting event, becoming the first UK city to stage the event.^[86]
• 5 April – Swansea University announces it is cutting 200 posts due to "financial challenges" in higher education.^[87]
• 6 April – Pembrokeshire Council gives the go-ahead to a £5.7m new bridge in Haverfordwest.^[88]
• 7 April – Sophie Ingle announces she is stepping down as Wales captain after nine years in the role.^[89]
• 9 April – A two-day strike by senior consultants and doctors planned to begin on 16 April is suspended following "constructive talks" and a "significant" pay offer from the Welsh Government.^[90]
• 11 April – Steelworkers belonging to the Unite union vote to take industrial action over Tata Steel's UK restructuring plans.^[91]
• 14 April – Museum Wales announces the loss of 90 jobs, and says it may be forced to close its building in Cardiff, after its funding was cut by the Welsh Government.^[92]
• 15 April – Tata Steel threatens to withdraw a "significantly enhanced" redundancy package if workers go on strike.^[93]
• 16 April – The Welsh National Opera announces it is cutting back on performances because of cuts in funding from the Arts Council of Wales and the Arts Council of England.^[94]
• 17 April
  • Transport Minister Ken Skates says there will be changes to Wales's default 20 mph speed limit in built up areas, with schools, hospitals and nurseries targeted as areas where it should be applied.^[95]
  • The Equality and Human Rights Commission warns that plans to enforce gender equality in the Senedd may be unlawful because it may breach the Equality Act if candidates can self-identify as female when that is not their legal sex.^[96]
• 20 April – Transport Minister Ken Skates announces that some roads will revert to a 30 mph speed limit following public backlash over the default 20 mph restrictions.^[97]
• 21 April – Cardiff teenager Lloyd Martin, who had Down's syndrome, makes history as the youngest person in his learning disability category to complete a marathon after he finishes the 2024 London Marathon.^[98]
• 23 April – Transport Minister Ken Skates announces that the process of reverting the speed limit on some roads from 20 mph back to 30 mph will begin in September.^[99]
• 24 April – Three people are injured and one other is arrested in a stabbing at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in Ammanford.^[100]
• 25 April – A 13-year-old girl is charged with three counts of attempted murder following the previous day's school stabbing at Ammanford.^[101]

May

• 2 May – Welsh language broadcaster S4C announces that it will broadcast a Welsh language version of ITV programme The Voice. The show, titled Y Llais, will be hosted by BBC Radio 1 DJ Sian Eleri and will be broadcast in 2025.^[102]
• 8 May – MSs vote 43–16 to approve the Senedd Reform Bill that will see the number of members increase from 60 to 96 at the next election.^[103]
  • • 9 May Members of Community, the UK's largest steelworkers' trade union, vote to take industrial action over Tata Steel's plans for restructuring, which could cost up to 2,800 jobs.^[104]
  • Data shows that 1,150 drivers were caught out by the 20 mph speed limit during April, and 2,100 since January.^[105]
• 11 May – The Met Office records Wales's warmest temperature of the year so far, with a reading of 25.1 °C at Gogerddan.^[106]
• 13 May – Following a hearing at Aberystwyth Justice Centre, Toni Schiavone, who refused to pay a parking fine because it was issued in English, loses his appeal against the fine.^[107]
• 15 May – Following a trial at Mold Crown Court, headteacher Neil Foden is convicted of the sexual abuse of four girls over a four-year period.^[108]
• 17 May
  • Plaid Cymru ends its co-operation deal with Labour following concerns about a donation of £200,000 to First Minister Vaughan Gething's leadership campaign by a company owned by a businessman twice convicted of environmental offences.^[109]
  • South Wales Police and the Senedd Commission for Standards launch investigations into claims Conservative MS Laura Anne Jones made false expenses claims.^[110]
• 21 May
  • A COVID-19 vaccination centre in Ceredigion is temporarily closed following the discovery of two snakes in the building.^[111]
  • The Senedd approves new regulations that will make it mandatory for all slaughterhouses in Wales to have CCTV.^[112]
• 24 May – Details of almost 70,000 Welsh Rugby Union club members have been exposed by a data security breach, the Cybernews website reports.^[113]
• 28 May – At Merthyr Crown Court, Daniel Popescu is sentenced to 17 years and four months for the attempted murder of his ex-girlfrield, who he stabbed as she walked home in December 2023.^[114]
• 29 May – The Conservatives table a motion of no confidence in First Minister Vaughan Gething following several weeks of controversy over donations to his leadership campaign. The motion is scheduled to face a Senedd vote on 5 June.^[115]
• 30 May – The Unite trade union announces plans to begin industrial action on 18 June over potential job losses at Tata Steel's Port Talbot plant.^[116]
• 31 May – Three inmates from HM Prison Parc are taken to hospital following a disturbance at the prison.^[117]

June

• 3 June – The Welsh Government shelves plans to legislate for shorter school summer holidays until after the next Senedd election.^[118]
• 5 June – First Minister Vaughan Gething loses a nonbinding vote of no confidence in the Senedd with members voting 29–27 in favour of a motion put forward by the Welsh Conservatives. It follows an investigation into the activities of a leading donor to his election campaign.^[119] Gething says he will not resign following the vote.^[120]
• 7 June
  • Plaid Cymru withdraws its support for Sharifah Rahman, who was scheduled to represent the party as a candidate in Cardiff South and Penarth, following social media posts about the "situation in the Middle East" that "do not reflect the views and values of Plaid Cymru".^[121]
  • Doctors' leaders recommend that doctors in Wales accept the latest pay offer, which the Welsh Government says is in line with that offered to doctors in Scotland. Junior doctors have been offered an additional 7.4%, taking the total to 12.4% for 2023–24. There is also the potential for an additional 10.1% for some senior consultants if the offer is accepted.^[122]
  • The Senedd Reform Bill Committee has warned that plans for gender quotas at the next Senedd election could face legal challenges, and urges the Welsh Government to take urgent action to protect the election.^[123]
• 8 June – Stewart Sutherland, the Reform UK candidate for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, withdraws his candidacy after allegations he reposted racist content.^[124]
• 11 June – Vaughan Gething tells the Senedd he regrets the "impact" of his decision to accept a £200,000 donation from a man whose company was convicted of illegally dumping waste.^[125]
• 13 June – Plaid Cymru launches its 2024 election manifesto, which includes plans for Welsh independence, 500 extra GPs and funding from rail improvements.^[126]
• 14 June
  • In the 2024 Birthday Honours, former Llandudno subpostmaster Alan Bates receives a knighthood. Other Welsh recipients include former MP Wayne David (knighthood), broadcaster Roy Noble (CBE) and dancer Amy Dowden (MBE).^[127]
  • BBC Wales sees a series of text messages from the mobile phone of Welsh Conservative Senedd member Laura Anne Jones in which she appears to ask an employee to maximise her expenses claims.^[128] Jones is subsequently asked to step back from Wales's Shadow Cabinet as a result of the revelation.^[129]
  • At a Cardiff Crown Court hearing, teacher Ieuan Bartlett is given a life ban from teaching after he admitted repeatedly having sex with a vulnerable 15-year-old pupil; Bartlett was previously sent to prison for the offences.^[130]
• 15 June – South Wales Police warn residents near a chemical plant in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, to close doors and windows after a white mist was seen to be leaking from the facility.^[131]
• 16 June – ITV Wales holds an election debate between senior figures from the three main political parties in Wales; David TC Davies (Conservative), Jo Stevens (Labour) and Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru).^[132]
• 20 June – The Welsh Government confirms that a section of the River Wye near Hay-on-Wye that is popular with bathers will be granted official bathing water status.^[133]
• 21 June
  • BBC Wales airs a televised election debate featuring Vaughan Gething (Labour), Jane Dodds (Liberal Democrat), Rhun ap Iorwerth (Plaid Cymru) and David TC Davies (Conservative).^[134]
  • The Unite union announces that 1,500 steelworkers at Tata Steel will begin an indefinite strike in July over plans to restructure the company that will result in the loss of 2,800 jobs.^[135]
• 26 June – Welsh Labour suspends Rhianon Passmore, the Senedd member for Islwyn, pending investigation following an allegation she was seen driving a car with two different number plates.^[136]
• 27 June – Labour lifts its suspension of Rhianon Passmore after police find that no offence was committed regarding the licence plates on her car.^[137]
• 28 June – Junior doctors, consultants and specialist doctors in Wales accept a revised pay offer from the Welsh Government, worth an extra 7.4%, giving them a total increase of 12.4% for the 2023–24 financial year.^[138]

July

• 1 July
  • Former headteacher Neil Foden is sentenced to 17 years in prison after being convicted of sexual abuse involving four girls over a period of four years.^[139]
  • Unite calls off strike action scheduled to begin at the Port Talbot steelworks on 8 July so that further discussions can take place over the future of the plant.^[140]
• 2 July – The Welsh Government says it plans to bring in a ban on Welsh politicians telling lies before the 2026 Senedd election.^[141]
• 3 July – Mick Antoniw, the Counsel General for Wales, apologises after being formally reprimanded by the Senedd for tweeting "Tories so happy to see people and particularly children killed and injured on our roads".^[142]
• 4 July
  • 2024 United Kingdom general election in Wales
  • Blast furnace no 5 at Port Talbot Steelworks, opened in 1959, is closed down for the last time.^[143]
  • Sarn Helen, Tom Bullough's book discussing climate change, is named Wales Book of the Year.^[144]
• 5 July
  • 2024 United Kingdom general election in Wales:
    • Of the 32 Westminster seats contested in Wales, Labour wins 27, Plaid Cymru wins four and the Liberal Democrats win one.^[145]
    • The Conservative Party fails to win a single Parliamentary seat in Wales for the first time since 2001.^[145]
    • David T. C. Davies, the Conservative Secretary of State for Wales, loses his Monmouthshire seat to Labour, becoming the first Welsh Secretary to lose their seat while in the post.^[146]
  • Starmer ministry: Following Labour's election victory, Jo Stevens is appointed Secretary of State for Wales in the first cabinet of Keir Starmer following the 2024 election.^[147]
• 8 July – Starmer travels to Wales to hold talks with Vaughan Gething at the Senedd.^[148]
• 9 July – In a statement to the Senedd, former minister Hannah Blythyn, who was sacked in May for being the alleged source of a leak about the first minister, refutes the allegations.^[149] Gething subsequently says the leak clearly came from her phone.^[150]
• 11 July
  • Mick Antoniw, the Counsel General for Wales urges the newly elected Labour government at Westminster to deliver on its promise of an inquiry into the June 1984 outbreak of violence at Orgreave Colliery as soon as possible, claiming the violence was orchestrated by 10 Downing Street.^[151]
  • Tata Steel begins asking its employees if they are willing to accept a voluntary redundancy package.^[152]
  • At Swansea Crown Court, Welsh snooker player Michael White is sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting his partner. He is subsequently removed from the World Snooker Tour by the International Billiards and Snooker Federation following his conviction.^[153]
• 13 July – A decision by Newport County AFC to scrap a football academy for aspiring female footballers is reported to have triggered "disappointment, anger and frustration" from players and their families.^[154]
• 15 July
  • Health Secretary Eluned Morgan launches a consultation to restrict "promotions of food products high in fat, sugar and salt", which could lead to the banning of free drink refills at cafes and restaurants.^[155]
  • The Welsh Government sets out its strategy for achieving net zero carbon by 2050, which includes installing heat pumps in the majority of homes in Wales.^[156]
• 16 July – Vaughan Gething resigns as First Minister of Wales after cabinet members Mick Antoniw, Lesley Griffiths, Julie James and Jeremy Miles resign from the Welsh Government and call on him to quit.^[157]
• 17 July – Leaked text messages exchanged between Welsh Government ministers during the COVID-19 pandemic are handed to the UK COVID-19 Inquiry.^[158]
• 20 July – July 2024 Welsh Labour leadership election: Welsh Labour officials agree a timeline for the election, with a new leader to be in place on 14 September.^[159]
• 22 July –
  • July 2024 Welsh Labour leadership election

Eluned Morgan becomes the first candidate to enter the leadership race.^[160]

• • Plaid Cymru expels Senedd member Rhys ab Owen after he was found to have inappropriately touched and sworn at two women while drunk at a party.^[161]
• 24 July –
  • July 2024 Welsh Labour leadership election

Eluned Morgan is elected unopposed as the new leader of Welsh Labour after nominations close at midday. She is the first woman to hold the position.^[162]

• • The Senedd will be recalled on 6 August to choose a new First Minister of Wales following the resignation of Vaughan Gething and the subsequent Welsh Labour leadership election.^[163]
• 29 July – Figures reveal that S4C spent more than £500,000 on its investigation into allegations of bullying and toxic culture at the broadcaster.^[164]
• 31 July – Former BBC newsreader Huw Edwards, pleads guilty to possessing indecent images of children.^[165]

August

• • • 1 August Figures show a 23% fall in the number of road casualties in 20mph and 30mph zones since the introduction of the default 20mph speed limit.^[166]
  • Around 250 jobs at Natural Resources Wales are at risk as the agency seeks to make £13m in spending cuts.^[167]
  • Swansea Airport Ltd, the owners of Swansea Airport, have agreed to give up their lease of the airport after 23 years following a protracted legal battle with Swansea City Council.^[168]
  • A mural of Huw Edwards unveiled in his home town of Llangennech, Carmarthenshire in 2023, has been removed after he admitted to possessing indecent images of children.^[169]
• 6 August – The Senedd is recalled to elect a new First Minister, with Eluned Morgan nominated as the first woman to hold the post.^[170]
• 7 August – Mark Drakeford returns to government after he is appointed Health Secretary by Eluned Morgan.^[171]
• 8 August – Huw Edwards is expelled from the Gorsedd of Bards, membership of which is one of the highest accolades in Welsh public life.^[172]
• 9 August –
  • Former sub-postmaster Noel Thomas is admitted to the Gorsedd of Bards, and receives a standing ovation.^[173]
  • Former prison officer Jodie Beer is sentenced to six years in prison after attempting to smuggle Class A drugs into Parc Prison in February 2024.^[174]
  • Conservative Senedd member Laura Anne Jones apologises for her use of an ethnic slur about Chinese people during a WhatsApp discussion about TikTok.^[175]
• 12 August – Ammanford school stabbing: During a hearing at Swansea Crown Court, a 14-year-old girl admits wounding two teachers and a pupil, but pleads not guuilty to attempted murder.^[176]
• 14 August – A report published by NHS Wales says that ageing hospitals and delays in discharging people from hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic meant the health service struggled to control the spread of the virus.^[177]
• 17 August –
  • Around 100 firefighters attend a fire which breaks out at a car dealership in Tredegar.^[178]
  • Six appliances from Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service attend after fire breaks out at Mumbles Pier in Swansea Bay. The pier is closed until further notice.^[179]
• 19 August – First Minister Eluned Morgan holds her first meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer since taking office.^[180]

Arts and literature

National Eisteddfod of Wales at Pontypridd

Source:^[181]

• Chair: Carwyn Eckley^[182]
• Crown: Gwynfor Dafydd, "Atgof"^[183]
• Prose Medal: Eurgain Haf^[184]
• Drama Medal:
• Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen: withheld^[185]

Awards

• Wales Book of the Year 2024:
  • English language: Tom Bullough, Sarn Helen^[186]
  • Welsh language: Mari George, Sut i Ddofi Corryn^[186]

Music

Albums

• Feeder – Black/Red^[187]
• Georgia Ruth – Cool Head^[188]
• Kelly Jones – Inevitable Incredible^[189]

Broadcasting

English language television

• Lost Boys and Fairies (with some Welsh dialogue) by Daf James, starring Siôn Daniel Young, Gwyneth Keyworth and William Thomas^[190]
• Tree on a Hill, English-language version of the Welsh-language series Pren ar y Bryn, starring Rhodri Meilir^[191]
• The Way, by James Graham, Michael Sheen and Adam Curtis, directed by Sheen and starring Luke Evans, Steffan Rhodri, Paul Rhys and Sheen himself.^[192]

Welsh language television

• Creisis, starring Gwydion Rhys and Sara Gregory^[193]

Video games

• 8 August – Tales from the Mabinogion^[194]

Sport

• 10 January – Gemma Grainger stands down as manager of the Wales women's national football team to take up the position of head coach with Norway.^[195]
• 12–18 February – The Welsh Open snooker tournament is held at Llandudno.^[196]
• 26 February – Rhian Wilkinson is appointed as manager of the Wales women's national football team.^[197]
• 16 March – Wales national rugby union team head coach Warren Gatland reveals he offered to resign his position after Wales attained the first Six Nations wooden spoon in 21 years, but his offer was rejected by Welsh Rugby Union chief executive Abi Tierney.^[198]
• 4 May – Jak Jones reaches the final of the 2024 World Snooker Championship,^[199] where he loses 14–18 to Kyren Wilson.^[200]
• 9 July – Craig Bellamy is appointed manager of the Wales national football team.^[201]
• 30 July – Welsh swimmer Matt Richards, wins his second medal of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, a gold shared with the rest of the British Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay team.^[202]
• 15 August – Steve Williams resigns as president of the Football Association of Wales with immediate effect.^[203]

Deaths

• 4 January
  • (in the United States) Glynis Johns, actress of Welsh ancestry, 100^[204]
  • Leah Owen, singer and singing teacher, 70 (cancer)^[205] (death announced on this date)
• 6 January – Malcolm Price, 86, rugby union and rugby league player.^[206]
• 8 January – J. P. R. Williams, 74, rugby union player (Barbarians, British & Irish Lions, national team).^[207]
• 26 January – Graham Drury, 71, motorcycle speedway rider.^[208]
• 4 February – Barry John, 79, rugby union player (Cardiff, Barbarians, national team).^[209]
• 17 February – Bill Francis, 76, rugby league player (Wigan, national team, Great Britain).^[210]
• 19 February – Ewen MacIntosh, 50, comic actor^[211]
• 4 March – Lewis Jones, 92, rugby union (Llanelli, national team) and rugby league (Leeds, Great Britain) player.^[212] (death announced on this date)
• 10 March – Karl Wallinger, 66, Welsh musician (The Waterboys, World Party) and songwriter ("Ship of Fools").^[213]
  • • 14 March (date death announced) – Mal Lucas, 85, footballer^[214]
  • Zonia Bowen, 97, English-born writer, founder of Merched y Wawr^[215]
• 17 March – Morfydd E. Owen, 88, academic^[216]
• 3 April (in Canada) – Joan Hollobon, 104, Canadian writer brought up in Rhyl^[217]
• 8 April – Keith Barnes, 89, Welsh-born Australian Hall of Fame rugby league player (Balmain Tigers, New South Wales, national team), coach and commentator.^[218]
• 19 April – Leighton James, 71, Welsh footballer (Burnley, Swansea City, national team).^[219]
• 23 April – George Baker, 88, Welsh footballer (Plymouth Argyle, national team).^[220]
• 24 April – John O'Shea, 83, Welsh rugby union player (Cardiff RFC, British & Irish Lions, national team).^[221] (death announced on this date)
• 1 May – Terry Medwin, 91, Welsh football player (Swansea City, Tottenham Hotspur, national team) and manager.^[222]
• 14 May – Owen John Thomas, 84, Welsh politician, MNA (1999–2007).^[223] (death announced on this date)
• 24 May – Derek Morgan, 88, Welsh-English rugby union player (Northumberland, England national team).^[224]
• 29 May – Sir Mansel Aylward, 81, public health physician and academic^[225]
• 30 May – Trevor Edwards, 87, footballer (Charlton Athletic, Cardiff City, national team).^[226] (death announced on this date)
• 6 June – Glan Letheren, 68, footballer^[227]
• 13 June – Courtney Meredith, 97, Welsh rugby player (British Lions, national team).^[228]
• 19 June – Claudia Williams, 90, Welsh artist.^[229]
• 9 July – Ian Buckett, 56, Welsh rugby union player (Swansea RFC, London Welsh, national team).^[230]
• 19 July – Ray Reardon, 91, Welsh snooker player, six-times world champion, cancer.^[231]
• 27 July – Peter Morgan, 65, Welsh rugby player (British & Irish Lions, Llanelli, national team).^[232]
• 2 August – Alun Carter, 59, Welsh rugby union player (Pontypool RFC, national team).^[233]
• 9 August – Carl Bevan, 51, Welsh rock drummer (60 Ft. Dolls) and painter.^[234] (death announced on this date)

Holidays

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• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 29 March – Good Friday
• 1 April – Easter Monday
• 6 May – Early May bank holiday
• 27 May – Spring May Bank Holiday
• 26 August – Summer Bank Holiday
• 25 December – Christmas Day
• 26 December – Boxing Day

See also

• 2024 in Northern Ireland
• 2024 in Scotland
• 2024 in Ireland

External links

• Online calendar

Notes and References

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2. Web site: Jo Stevens MP .
3. Web site: New Archbishop of Wales elected. 6 December 2021. 6 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211206220943/https://www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-events/new-archbishop-of-wales-elected/.
4. Web site: Myrddin ap Dafydd elected Archdruid . National Eisteddfod of Wales . 7 August 2019 . 7 July 2018.
5. Web site: Mererid Hopwood elected Archdruid. National Eisteddfod of Wales. 24 June 2023. 29 June 2023.
6. Web site: 7 July 2022 . Wales appoints Hanan Issa as its first Muslim national poet . 12 July 2022 . the Guardian . en.
7. Web site: India . Pollock . Wales social services face cuts over £646m budget gap . 1 January 2024 . 1 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
8. Web site: Emma . Stallard . UK weather: 2023 was second warmest year ever, says Met Office . 2 January 2024 . 2 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
9. Web site: Jordan . Davies . Paul . Pigott . South Wales fire service: Bosses tolerated sexual harassment, report says . 3 January 2024 . 3 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
10. Web site: Live updates as flooding concerns remain on 25 Welsh rivers after constant rain. 4 January 2024. Cathy Owen. Branwen Jones. Conor Gogarty. WalesOnline. 5 January 2024.
11. Web site: Cemlyn . Davies . Jeremy Miles rules out 20mph U-turn if he becomes first minister . 5 January 2024 . 6 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
12. Web site: Matt . Murray . Peter . Shuttleworth . 20mph speed limit enforcement to start in Wales this month . 6 January 2024 . 7 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
13. Web site: David . Deans . Antonia . Matthews . 20mph: Drakeford says confused drivers will not face 20mph fine . 8 January 2024 . 8 January 2024 . BBC . BBC News.
14. Web site: Iolo . Cheung . James . McCarthy . Api Ratuniyarawa: Barbarians player jailed for sexual assault . 9 January 2024 . 9 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
15. Web site: Catriona . Aitken . RSPCA: Pets as prizes banned by all 22 Welsh councils . 10 January 2024 . 10 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
16. Web site: Paul . Pigott . Aberystwyth: 'Go back to Brummyland' note a hate crime – police . 11 January 2024 . 11 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
17. Web site: George . Zielinski . Powys: Street lights off in Wales' first dark sky community . 11 January 2024 . 11 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
18. Web site: Ben . Price . Wales NHS pressure fears over junior doctors' strike . 13 January 2024 . 13 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
19. Web site: Gwyn . Loader . S4C chairman Rhodri Williams doesn't want second term . 16 January 2024 . 16 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
20. Web site: Welsh independence: Leaving UK is viable, says new report . 17 January 2024 . 18 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
21. Web site: Rhodri . Lewis . Devolving justice powers would be calamitous – Buckland . 20 January 2024 . 20 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
22. Web site: Paul . Pigott . Catriona . Aitken . Port Talbot: Tata's Steel 2,800 job cuts are 'devastating' . 19 January 2024 . 19 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
23. Web site: Jack . Grey . Bridgend fire: Building destroyed in industrial unit blaze . 20 January 2024 . 20 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
24. Web site: Steve . Duffy . Jenny . Rees . Whooping cough cases in Wales show sharp increase . 23 January 2024 . 23 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
25. Web site: Aimee . Thomas . Llanelli DJ Leigh Brookfield jailed for urinating on cancer patient . 25 January 2024 . 25 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
26. Web site: Cemlyn . Davies . Welsh Labour leadership: Jeremy Miles criticises Unite rule . 26 January 2024 . 26 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
27. Web site: New Bishop of St Davids is consecrated. 27 January 2024. The Church in Wales. 25 February 2024.
28. Web site: Plans for more Senedd politicians move step closer . 30 January 2024 . 30 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
29. Web site: Daniel . Davies . WRU: We can talk about Covid loan cost, says Drakeford . 30 January 2024 . 30 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
30. Web site: Meleri . Williams . Catriona . Aitken . Stradey Park: Asylum hotel protests cost police £1m . 31 January 2024 . 31 January 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
31. Web site: American bully XLs added to list of banned dogs in England and Wales . 31 October 2023 . 31 October 2023 . BBC News . BBC.
32. Web site: Carwyn . Jones . Pwllheli: RNLI lifeboat station closes after crew fallout . 1 February 2024 . 1 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
33. Web site: Shelley . Phelps . Penny Mordaunt 'shocked' by Senedd expansion plan . 1 February 2024 . 1 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
34. Web site: Maria . Cassidy . Welsh music venues given £718,000 to help secure future . 3 February 2024 . 3 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
35. Web site: Rhodri . Lewis . New Wales political system poses great danger – Wigley . 3 February 2024 . 4 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
36. Web site: Adrian . Browne . South Wales fire service taken over after sexual harassment probe . 6 February 2024 . 6 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
37. Web site: Gareth . Lewis . Welsh tuition fees to rise by £250 a year from September . 6 February 2024 . 6 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
38. Web site: Aled . Scourfield . David . Deans . Pembrokeshire residents face record 21% council tax hike . 7 February 2024 . 7 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
39. Web site: Alun . Thomas . Telor . Iwan . James . McCarthy . Police visits to schools will be axed amid £2m funding cuts . 8 February 2024 . 10 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
40. Web site: Aimee . Thomas . Swansea: Husband jailed for murdering wife in car fire . 9 February 2024 . 9 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
41. Web site: Catriona . Aitken . Jack . Grey . Liam . Evans . Anglesey: Small plane crashes into back garden . 10 February 2024 . 10 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
42. Web site: Bruce . Sinclair . Pembrokeshire councillors recommend 16% council tax hike . 12 February 2024 . 12 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
43. News: Phillip Morris: Widow calls for greater transparency of private care. BBC News . 13 February 2024 . 14 February 2024.
44. Web site: Adrian . Browne . Welsh Labour: Lord Kinnock backs Gething to be next FM . 14 February 2024 . 14 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
45. Web site: Met Office yellow rain warning issued for south Wales . 14 February 2024 . 14 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
46. Web site: Swansea: Bishopston Comprehensive shuts due to ground movement . 15 February 2024 . 15 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
47. Web site: Welsh Labour ballot opens to choose next first minister . 16 February 2024 . 16 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
48. Web site: Rowenna . Hoskin . Fire service union no confidence vote over bullying concerns . 17 February 2024 . 17 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
49. Web site: Iolo . Cheung . Fire service union no confidence vote over bullying concerns . 17 February 2024 . 17 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
50. Web site: Paul . Pigott . Wales junior doctor strike: Thousands begin three-day walkout . 21 February 2024 . 21 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
51. Web site: Steve . Duffy . NHS Wales: Hospital waiting times improve for second month . 22 February 2024 . 22 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
52. Web site: Catriona . Aitken . Charlotte Church denies antisemitism after pro-Palestinian chant . 26 February 2024 . 26 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
53. Web site: Teleri . Glyn Jones . Wales farming protests: Changes will be made to policy, says minister . 25 February 2024 . 25 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
54. Web site: Jenny . Rees . Covid inquiry: Doctor's anger at 'form of genocide' in care homes . 24 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 25 February 2024.
55. Web site: David . Deans . Antonia . Matthews . Gething automatically deleted messages, Covid inquiry hears . 27 February 2024 . 27 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
56. Web site: Steffan . Messenger . Miriam . Barker . Thousands of protesting farmers descend on Cardiff . 28 February 2024 . 28 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
57. Web site: Clare . Hutchinson . Newport: Victims praised as 'sadistic' rapist jailed . 28 February 2024 . 28 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
58. Web site: Ti by Sara Davies is the winner of Cân i Gymru 2024. en. S4C. 2 March 2024.
59. Web site: David . Deans . Transport for Wales rail fares to rise by 4.9% . 7 February 2024 . 7 February 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
60. Web site: Jenny . Rees . NHS Wales: Consultants and specialist doctors to strike . 4 March 2024 . 5 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
61. Web site: Gareth . Lewis . Welsh Politics: Lee Waters to stand down as transport minister . 4 March 2024 . 5 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
62. Web site: Daniel . Davies . David . Deans . Senedd: Labour, Plaid back keeping new voting system . 5 March 2024 . 5 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
63. Web site: David . Deans . Plaid Cymru: Rhys ab Owen touched women on night out, report finds . 6 March 2024 . 6 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
64. Web site: Aled . Scourfield . Sara . Dafydd . Pembrokeshire: Council's 12.5% tax rate rise UK's highest . 7 March 2024 . 8 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
65. Web site: Miriam . Barker . Cwmbran: Apology as family receive wrong body from mortuary . 9 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 9 March 2024.
66. Web site: Iolo . Cheung . Senedd harassment not taken seriously – ex-MS Nerys Evans . 10 March 2024 . 10 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
67. Web site: Iolo . Cheung . Oliver . Slow . Hirwaun: People urged to evacuate 44 homes after Raac found . 11 March 2024 . 11 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
68. Web site: David . Deans . Politician gender quotas not in Senedd powers – presiding officer . 11 March 2024 . 11 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
69. Web site: David . Deans . Politician admits behaving badly on Plaid Cymru night out . 13 March 2024 . 13 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
70. Web site: Nathan . Bevan . Guto Bebb: Former Tory MP to become chair of S4C . 14 March 2024 . 14 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
71. Web site: Chris . Mason . Mark Drakeford blames drunks for missed A&E target in Wales . 15 March 2024 . 15 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
72. Web site: Vaughan Gething set to become Wales' first minister after winning leadership contest . 16 March 2024 . BBC News . 16 March 2024 . en-gb.
73. Web site: Matt . Murray . Welsh roads see 20mph limit enforced with points and fines . 16 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 17 March 2024.
74. Web site: George . Thompson . Mark Drakeford faces his last First Minister's Questions . The Irish News . 19 March 2024 . 19 March 2024.
75. Web site: Adrian . Browne . David . Deans . Vaughan Gething confirmed as Wales' new first minister . 19 March 2024 . 20 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
76. Web site: Andy . Gourlay . Parc Prison: Six inmates die within three weeks . 20 March 2024 . 20 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
77. Web site: Adrian . Browne . New First Minister Vaughan Gething announces cabinet . 21 March 2024 . 21 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
78. Web site: Nathan . Bevan . Llanelli: Man who stabbed victim in neck jailed for 28 years . 22 March 2024 . 22 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
79. Web site: Gwenllian . Glyn . James . McCarthy . Ovo Energy: Firm axing Welsh bills accused of 'degrading' language . 24 March 2024 . 24 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
80. Web site: Ben . Price . Junior doctors' strike Wales: Longest walkout begins . 24 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 25 March 2024.
81. Web site: Paul . Pigott . Lorraine Kelly: Gay Cardiff couple marry on ITV programme . 27 March 2024 . 27 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
82. Web site: Steve . Duffy . Wales primary schools: Big rise in persistent absence since Covid . 28 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 28 March 2024.
83. Web site: Dafydd . Morgan . Wales: Refugees will no longer get free bus travel . 30 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 30 March 2024.
84. Web site: Oliver . Slow . East Camp: South Wales military complex to be used to house Afghan escapees . 30 March 2024 . 30 March 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
85. Web site: Gareth . Lewis . Wales ombudsman official suspended after Tory abuse . 3 April 2024 . 3 April 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
86. Web site: Jennifer . Jones . LGBTQ+: Cardiff becomes first UK city to host Eurogames . 4 April 2024 . 4 April 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
87. Web site: Gwyn . Loader . Swansea University cuts nearly 200 jobs amid financial difficulties . 5 April 2024 . 6 April 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
88. Web site: Bruce . Sinclair . Haverfordwest 'Instagrammable' bridge to go ahead despite cost . 6 April 2024 . 6 April 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
89. Web site: Ingle steps down as Wales captain . 7 April 2024 . 7 April 2024 . BBC . BBC Sport.
90. Web site: Jenny . Rees . Paul . Pigott . NHS Wales: Doctors call off strike after significant proposal . 9 April 2024 . 9 April 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
91. Web site: Huw . Thomas . Port Talbot: Tata steelworkers back industrial action . 11 April 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 11 April 2024.
92. Web site: Nick . Horton . Museum Wales: At least 90 jobs cut and Cardiff building may close . 14 April 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 14 April 2024.
93. Web site: Huw . Thomas . Tata Steel to withhold enhanced redundancy package if workers strike . 15 April 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 16 April 2024.
94. Web site: Alun . Thomas . Arts funding: Welsh National Opera cancels shows as money cut . 16 April 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 16 April 2024.
95. Web site: Mark . Palmer . Changes to 20mph speed limit policy promised by minister . 17 April 2024 . 17 April 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
96. Web site: David . Deans . Welsh Parliament: Senedd gender equality bill may be unlawful – warning . 17 April 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 17 April 2024.
97. Web site: Jack . Grey . Cemlyn . Davies . Tink . Llewellyn . 20mph Wales: Some roads to revert to 30mph after backlash . 19 April 2024 . 20 April 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
98. Web site: Paul . Pigott . London Marathon: Runner with Down's syndrome gets youngest record . 21 April 2024 . 21 April 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
99. Web site: Adrian . Browne . Wales 20mph: Overhaul to start in September . 23 April 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 23 April 2024.
100. News: 24 April 2024 . Ysgol Dyffryn Aman: Three injured and one arrested after reports of school stabbing in Ammanford . 24 April 2024 . ITV News.
101. Web site: James . McCarthy . Girl, 13, charged after Ammanford school stabbings . 25 April 2024 . 25 April 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
102. Web site: Tomos . Evans . Wales to get own version of The Voice hosted by Radio 1 DJ . Sky News . 2 May 2024 . 3 May 2024.
103. Web site: Adrian . Browne . Senedd expansion plans get go-ahead in Cardiff Bay vote . 8 May 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 12 May 2024.
104. Web site: Huw . Thomas . Tata Steel: Community members back strike action . 9 May 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 9 May 2024.
105. Web site: Steve . Duffy . Rowenna . Hoskin . 20mph: Thousands of drivers caught breaking speed limit . 9 May 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 9 May 2024.
106. Web site: Jacob . Panons . UK records hottest day of the year so far . 11 May 2024 . 11 May 2024 . BBC News . BBC.
107. Web site: Georgia . Ferda . Craig . Duggan . Llangrannog: Welsh language battle over parking ticket lost . 13 May 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 13 May 2024.
108. Web site: Miriam . Barker . Sarah . Easedale . Neil Foden: Head teacher guilty of sex abuse of girls . 15 May 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 15 May 2024.
109. Web site: Iolo . Cheung . Catriona . Aitken . Vaughan Gething: Plaid Cymru ends Labour Senedd co-operation deal . 17 May 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 17 May 2024.
110. Web site: Elliw . Gwawr . Teleri . Glyn Jones . Police probe into Conservative Senedd member's expenses claims . 17 May 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 17 May 2024.
111. Web site: James . McCarthy . Two snakes found in Ceredigion Covid vaccination centre . 21 May 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 21 May 2024.
112. Web site: CCTV to become mandatory in Wales' slaughterhouses . 21 May 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 21 May 2024.
113. Web site: James . McCarthy . WRU: Data of thousands of members leaked in cybersecurity breach . 24 May 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 24 May 2024.
114. Web site: Matt . Murray . Merthyr Tydfil: Man jailed for attempted murder of pregnant ex . 28 May 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 28 May 2024.
115. Web site: Gareth . Lewis . Adrian . Browne . Vaughan Gething to face no confidence vote next week . 28 May 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 29 May 2024.
116. Web site: Felicity . Evans . Tata: Unite to start Port Talbot and Llanwern industrial action . 30 May 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 30 May 2024.
117. Web site: Jack . Grey . Parc Prison: Inmates injured in disorder at Bridgend prison . 1 June 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 1 June 2024.
118. Web site: Plans shelved for shorter school holidays in Wales . Bethan . Lewis . BBC News . BBC . 3 June 2024 . 4 June 2024.
119. Web site: Welsh First Minister Vaughan Gething loses no confidence vote . 5 June 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 5 June 2024.
120. Web site: Adrian . Browne . David . Deans . Vaughan Gething won't quit after losing vote of no confidence . 5 June 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 8 June 2024.
121. Web site: Rhodri . Lewis . Jack . Grey . Plaid Cymru withdraws candidate support over social media posts . 7 June 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 7 June 2024.
122. Web site: Jenny . Rees . Doctors strikes: BMA Wales encourages members to accept new offer . 7 June 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 7 June 2024.
123. Web site: Teleri . Glyn Jones . Senedd: Warning that gender quotas could face legal challenge . 7 June 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 7 June 2024.
124. Web site: Reform UK's Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney general election candidate withdraws . 8 June 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 8 June 2024.
125. Web site: David . Deans . Vaughan Gething: FM says he regrets impact of waste donation . 11 June 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 11 June 2024.
126. Web site: Plaid Cymru manifesto: 11 key policies analysed . 13 June 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 13 June 2024.
127. Web site: The full list of Welsh people in the King's Birthday Honours list 2024. 14 June 2024. Cathy Owen. WalesOnline. 15 June 2024.
128. Web site: Teleri . Glyn Jones . Laura Anne Jones: Text messages emerge in Tory expenses row . 13 June 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 14 June 2024.
129. Web site: Paul . Pigott . David . Deans . Laura Anne Jones: Tory MS stripped of job over expenses row . 14 June 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 14 June 2024.
130. Web site: Colette . Hume . Cardiff teacher Ieuan Bartlett's life ban after sex with pupil . 14 June 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 14 June 2024.
131. Web site: James . McCarthy . Georgia . Ferda . Vale of Glamorgan chemical incident leads to windows closure order . 15 June 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 15 June 2024.
132. Web site: David . Deans . Most on sickness benefit can work – Tory minister . 16 June 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 16 June 2024.
133. Web site: Steffan . Messenger . River Wye site granted bathing status in Welsh government U-turn . 20 June 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 20 June 2024.
134. Web site: Mark . Palmer . Adrian . Browne . Tories and Labour pressed on two-child benefit cap in TV debate . 21 June 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 21 June 2024.
135. Web site: Oliver . Slow . Tata Steel workers call first strike for 40 years . 21 June 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 22 June 2024.
136. Web site: Catrin . Haf Jones . Mark . Palmer . Islwyn: MS investigated over 'different car number plates' . 26 June 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 26 June 2024.
137. Web site: David . Deans . Police say no offence by Labour MS over number plates . 27 June 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 27 June 2024.
138. Web site: Jenny . Rees . NHS Wales: Doctors accept new pay offer after calling off strike . 28 June 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 28 June 2024.
139. Web site: Catriona . Aitken . Sarah . Easedale . Neil Foden: Paedophile head teacher jailed for 17 years . 1 July 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 1 July 2024.
140. Web site: Simon . Jack . Faarea . Masud . Port Talbot: Unite union calls off strike action . 1 July 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 1 July 2024.
141. Web site: David . Deans . Welsh government promises Senedd politicians lying ban . 2 July 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 2 July 2024.
142. Web site: Alun . Jones . Minister Mick Antoniw sorry for 'offensive' tweet about Tories . 3 July 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 3 July 2024.
143. Web site: Noise and steam as first blast furnace closes in Port Talbot. BBC. 4 July 2024 . 4 July 2024.
144. Web site: Wales Book of the Year: Climate-crisis journey wins award . 4 July 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 4 July 2024.
145. Web site: Mark . Palmer . Wales results: Conservatives suffer first Welsh wipeout since 2001 . 5 July 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 8 July 2024.
146. Web site: Labour gain Monmouthshire from Conservatives as Welsh secretary David TC Davies loses seat . ITV . ITV News . 5 July 2024 . 7 July 2024.
147. Web site: Who is the new Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens? . ITV . ITV News . 5 July 2024 . 7 July 2024.
148. Web site: Keir Starmer makes first visit to Wales as Prime Minister . Will . Hayward . 8 July 2024 . Wales Online . 8 July 2024.
149. Web site: David . Deans . Vaughan Gething: Sacked minister Hannah Blythyn breaks silence . 9 July 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 9 July 2024.
150. Web site: Vaughan Gething expected to respond to sacked minister . 10 July 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 10 July 2024.
151. Web site: Jordan . Davies . Tony . Brown . Battle of Orgreave: Miners' strike violence 'orchestrated by No 10'. 11 July 2024. BBC News. 11 July 2024.
152. Web site: David . Deans . Tata Steel starts voluntary redundancy process . 11 July 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 11 July 2024.
153. Web site: Catriona . Aitken . Michael White: Snooker player jailed and taken off world rankings . 12 July 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 12 July 2024.
154. Web site: Paul . Pigott . Dan . Heard . Anger after Newport County AFC academy for female footballers is axed . 13 July 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 13 July 2024.
155. Web site: Maria . Cassidy . Free drink refills could be banned in Wales under Welsh government consultation . 14 July 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 15 July 2024.
156. Web site: Steffan . Messenger . Net zero: Majority of homes need heat pumps, says Welsh government . 15 July 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 15 July 2024.
157. Web site: Catriona . Aitken . Wales' first minister Vaughan Gething resigns as ministers quit . 16 July 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 16 July 2024.
158. Web site: David . Deans . Vaughan Gething: Leaked texts sent to Covid-19 inquiry . 17 July 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 17 July 2024.
159. Web site: David . Deans . Cemelyn . Davies . Vaughan Gething: New Wales first minister to be elected in September . 20 July 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 20 July 2024.
160. Web site: Mark . Palmer . David . Deans . Eluned Morgan likely to become Wales' first female leader . 22 July 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 22 July 2024.
161. Web site: David . Deans . Rhys ab Owen: Plaid Cymru expels Senedd politician over behaviour . 22 July 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 22 July 2024.
162. Web site: Eluned Morgan to become first female Welsh first minister . Steven . Morris . 24 July 2024 . 24 July 2024 . The Guardian.
163. News: Deans . David . 25 July 2024 . Senedd will sit in August for first minister vote . 25 July 2024 . BBC News.
164. Web site: Mark . Palmer . S4C: Bullying probe at TV channel costs £500,000 . 29 July 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 29 July 2024.
165. Web site: Huw Edwards admits child abuse image charges. 31 July 2024. Lucy Manning. Ian Youngs. BBC. 31 July 2024.
166. Web site: Steve . Duffy . Wales 20mph: Serious road casualties drop 23%, figures show . 1 August 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 1 August 2024.
167. Web site: Rowenna . Hoskin . Rob . Thomas . Natural Resources Wales: 265 Welsh environment agency jobs at risk . 1 August 2024 . BBC News . BBC . 1 August 2024.
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