The Welsh Government has announced £3 million of funding to transform community spaces.
The Community Facilities Programme grant helps transform spaces where people gather, learn new skills and access support.
Tumble Family Centre in the Gwendraeth Valley has received £300,000 from the fund to help give them a proper home after years of getting by in a condemned portacabin and then temporary accommodation. The Family Centre supports children, families and young people in Tumble offering free play sessions, activities, advice and friendship.

The first minister, John Swinney, is set to publish Scotland’s Programme for Government, which will set out new measures to strengthen Scotland’s public services and support citizens during the cost-of-living crisis. 

A new road scheme will improve connectivity and journey times in South West Wales, thanks to the A40 Llanddewi Velfre to Redstone Cross opening.

Local election results revealed huge gains for ‘wild card’ party Reform UK, while Labour and Conservative candidates face huge losses.

The Welsh government have announced new funding to support organisations that are developing Smart Local Energy Systems (SLES) which are championing energy generation that benefits local communities

The Scottish government will invest £3.4 million in eleven projects that are to give a boost to Scotland’s hydrogen economy.

Today, polling stations opened at 7am and will close at 10pm tonight, with millions of voters across 22 county and unitary areas voting to elect more than 1,500 councillors.

Around 65,000 Scottish homes and businesses are set to receive access to fast, reliable broadband, even in more isolated areas of the UK.
Several remote islands off Scotland’s west coast will benefit, including thousands of premises across the Outer Hebrides, where only seven pre cent are able to access gigabit broadband.
The isles of Skye and Islay, as well as rural parts of the Highlands like Durness, the most north-westerly village in Durness.

The government has announced that they will crackdown waste criminals, fly-tippers, and ‘cowboy waste operators’.