Main headline · NHS

Archive: Norwegian Church, Cardiff Bay, where the minister spoke. The wub, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; not a photograph of the event.

Wales trials same-day mental health support without referrals

Other main stories

Archive: Farmers’ Union of Wales representatives meeting Llyr Gruffydd in September 2026. Photograph: Farmers’ Union of Wales.

Farm advances reach 90% of SFS claimants, with balances still to follow

The Welsh Government reports £117.3m in SFS advances and £35.5m through BPS. Farmers are urged to check RPW Online before remaining payments follow.

Wed 14 Oct, 00:06

The Senedd building, Cardiff Bay, August 2022. Archive photograph, not the park landscape or today’s statement. The wub / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; cropped.

The Nation · Glyndŵr National Park

Minister minded to reject Glyndŵr National Park, with final decision still open

Dafydd Trystan Davies has allowed four weeks for further evidence. He is also minded to stop the planned public inquiry, citing costs and objections from all five affected councils.

Tue 13 Oct, 16:07

Carmarthen Police Station on 10 April 2018, an archive view of a Welsh police building. M J Richardson / Geograph and Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0; cropped. No hate-crime incident is pictured.

The Nation · Crime data

6,157 hate crimes recorded in Wales: what the latest figures show

The Home Office’s annual tables separate offences from overlapping hate-crime categories. South Wales Police was unable to confirm its totals before publication, an important qualification to the Wales figure.

Mon 12 Oct, 20:11

Aberfan Memorial Garden, 31 March 2016. Archive photograph, not the forthcoming royal visit. Alan Hughes / Geograph and Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0; cropped.

The Nation · Aberfan

King, Queen and Prince William to join Aberfan’s 60th anniversary remembrance

The royal family will visit the memorial garden and meet the community on 21 October. Wales has also been invited to observe a minute’s silence at 9.15am.

Mon 12 Oct, 14:02

The Brief· Wales

The Cover

Wales trials same-day mental health support without referrals

Other main stories

Farm advances reach 90% of SFS claimants, with balances still to follow

Minister minded to reject Glyndŵr National Park, with final decision still open

6,157 hate crimes recorded in Wales: what the latest figures show

King, Queen and Prince William to join Aberfan’s 60th anniversary remembrance

The Brief· Wales

Bridgend hospital plan would provide 46 community beds

Welsh port closure exercise planned as transport adapts to extreme weather

Four Carmarthenshire school language consultations close on 20 October

RCT invites men and community groups to join abuse-prevention alliance

Wrexham grant backs Mimica’s freshness-label production plans