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Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth speaks during a press conference at Ty Hywel in Cardiff, marking the start of the new Senedd term, January 13, 2026

Wales / 18 February 2026

Plaid pledge public benefit for Welsh energy schemes

18 February 2026

Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Steve Reed leaving BBC Broadcasting House in London, after appearing on the BBC One current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, February 1, 2026

Local elections / 17 February 2026

Calls mount for minister to resign over council election fiasco

17 February 2026

FW Pomeroy's Statue of Justice stands atop the Central Criminal Court building, Old Bailey, London

Britain / 17 February 2026

Campaigners welcome changes to hate crimes law

17 February 2026

A ballot box arriving during the count for the Blackpool South by-election at Blackpool Sports Centre, Blackpool, May 2, 2024

Britain / 16 February 2026

Government forced into humiliating U-turn over council elections

16 February 2026

Flood water in Monmouth, November 15, 2025

Wales / 16 February 2026

Climate activists call for urgent action in Wales ahead of Senedd election

16 February 2026

DPAC Cymru activists after their attempted meeting with Minister Stephen Kinnock

Wales / 16 February 2026

Campaigners slam minister over failure to talk

16 February 2026

France's Antoine Dupont

Men’s rugby union / 15 February 2026

Les Bleus demolish Wales in Cardiff

15 February 2026

First Minister of Wales Eluned Morgan speaks as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during a visit to a engineering workshop at Coleg Menai in Anglesey, November 13, 2025

Labour Party / 10 February 2026

Starmer's troubles followed him to Wales in FMQs

10 February 2026

A Wales flag flies in the stands of a football stadium

Wales / 10 February 2026

Trade unions welcome Welsh government's adoption of its language charter

10 February 2026

Fraser Dingwall

Men’s rugby union / 8 February 2026

Rampant England demolish a despondent Wales

8 February 2026

WELSH SHIFT: Plaid Cymru Leader Rhun ap Iorwerth (left) and Deputy Leader Delyth Jewell (right) with newly elected Senedd member Lindsay Whittle at a rally after victory in the Caerphilly Senedd by-election on October 24 2025

Features / 6 February 2026

An electoral earthquake is looming in Wales

6 February 2026

Morning Star Wales reporter DAVID NICHOLSON analyses polling for the Senedd election — and it’s bad news for Welsh Labour

A baby [Pic: Omar Lopez / Creative Commons]

Childcare / 2 February 2026

Anti-poverty campaigners want baby scheme extended across Wales

2 February 2026

Welsh singer Dafydd Iwan performs with a choir at the Corniche Walk Park, Qatar, ahead of Wales' second Group B games at the Fifa World Cup 2022, November 25, 2022

Anti-Fascism / 2 February 2026

Welsh folk singer slams far-right social media trolls

2 February 2026

Wales First Minister Eluned Morgan at the Labour Party Conference at the ACC Liverpool, September 28, 2025

Wales / 27 January 2026

Labour infighting dominates FMQs

27 January 2026

A camera on top of a Live Facial Recognition (LFR) van during a demonstration of facial recognition technology by Surrey and Sussex Police at Surrey Police headquarters in Guildford, November 11, 2025

Wales / 27 January 2026

Labour row over the devolution of policing intensifies

27 January 2026

Children in a classroom

Wales / 28 January 2026

Teachers launch scathing attack on Welsh politicians

28 January 2026

First Minister of Wales Eluned Morgan delivers a speech during the Wales Investment Summit at the International Convention Centre Wales in Newport, December 1, 2025

Wales / 25 January 2026

Labour’s pledge to boost school support staff pay unravels

25 January 2026

Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to the media in the briefing room of 9 Downing Street in central London, January 19, 2026

Gaza / 21 January 2026

Oborne says Starmer will face law over Gaza genocide

21 January 2026

The sign for the Senedd, the Welsh parliament building in Cardiff

Wales / 20 January 2026

Senedd election battle lines rehearsed in First Minister’s Questions

20 January 2026

First Minister of Wales Eluned Morgan delivers a speech during the Wales Investment Summit at the International Convention Centre Wales in Newport, December 1, 2025

Wales / 20 January 2026

Welsh Labour leader urges Starmer to stand up to Trump

20 January 2026

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaks during a press conference in Port Talbot, Wales, June 9, 2025

Wales / 20 January 2026

Welsh Tory pushed before he jumps ship to Reform

20 January 2026

Hands of an elderly resident at a nursing home

Wales / 19 January 2026

Workers slam Care Forum Wales's manifesto

19 January 2026

First Minister of Wales Eluned Morgan (centre), Tour de France 2018 winner Geraint Thomas (right), and Director of the Tour de France Christian Prudhomme during the Tour de France 2027 Grand Depart Route Reveal at the Senedd in Cardiff, January 15, 2026

Men’s Cycling / 15 January 2026

Wales set for Tour de France spectacular in 2027

15 January 2026

Biggest free-to-watch sporting event ever held in Britain confirmed for Welsh roads

First Minister and Labour leader in Wales, Baroness Eluned Morgan, delivers a keynote speech marking one year to the 2026 Senedd election, at the Norwegian Church in Cardiff, May 6, 2025

Wales / 14 January 2026

First Minister's questions rehearses election issues

14 January 2026

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth speaks during a press conference at Ty Hywel in Cardiff, marking the start of the new Senedd term, January 13, 2026

Wales / 13 January 2026

Plaid promises no hiding place for Keir Starmer in Wales

13 January 2026

A view of the Senedd, the Welsh parliament building in Cardiff

Wales / 13 January 2026

Plaid may block draft Bill to outlaw lying during Welsh elections

13 January 2026

A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward

Wales / 13 January 2026

Wales's largest health board undercounted patient waiting lists

13 January 2026

A sign for Lloyds Bank

Britain / 13 January 2026

Banking staff threaten to sue Lloyds Bank

13 January 2026

Passengers queue to board a bus in Cardiff

Wales / 12 January 2026

Bus workers welcome election pledge to slash fares

12 January 2026

The Glen Rosa during an inspection at Dales Marine, Greenock, Scotland

Wales / 12 January 2026

Public support grows for a fast ferry service between Swansea and England

12 January 2026

Government supporters display posters of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro (right) and former President Hugo Chávez in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, January 3, 2026

Media / 6 January 2026

BBC bosses slammed for ordering journalists to deny Maduro was 'kidnapped'

6 January 2026

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaks during a press conference in Port Talbot, Wales, June 9, 2025

Wales / 4 January 2026

Reform ducks election debate in Wales

4 January 2026

Leader of Plaid Cymru Rhun ap Iorwerth speaks during the party's annual conference at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, October 11, 2024

Wales / 4 January 2026

Opposition to US attack on Venezuela grows in Wales

4 January 2026

Opera Review / 30 December 2025

Sublime experience

30 December 2025

Although sitting was tight, DAVID NICHOLSON has had a whale of a time especially when joining in the sing along finale

The Northern Belle train crosses the Chirk Viadcut in Wrexham, North Wales, December 2020

Wales / 8 December 2025

Westminster decision again deprives Wales of billions in rail funding

8 December 2025

Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) on the picket line outside the RCN offices by Cardiff University Hospital, December 20, 2022

Wales / 8 December 2025

Workforce survey shows large number of nursing vacancies in Wales

8 December 2025