Welsh deputy first minister, Huw Irranca-Davies, has announced the prohibition of the supply of single-use vapes in Wales.

A new study has found that 5.6 million tonnes of packaging waste was binned by households last year.

The Climate Adaptation Strategy for Wales 2024 - shared by deputy first minister Huw Irranca-Davies - sets out what the government is doing already and what it will do in the future.

In a survey by the Local Government Association, one in four councils have said that they are likely to have to apply for emergency government bailout agreements to stave off bankruptcy in the next two financial years.
The LGA is calling on the government to take action in the Autumn Budget to 'stabilise council finances and avoid another hammer blow being delivered to local services'.

Funding from the Social Housing Grant has been provided to build 55 social homes in Port Talbot.
The County Flats project will see the transformation of 72 existing flats as well as the creation of 55 new homes.
The 72 existing flats have been upgraded through the Optimised Retrofit Programme. The improvements include thermal upgrades, solar panels, insulation and double-glazed windows.
Meanwhile, the new-build properties will include Air Source Heat Pumps.

According to a survey from the LGA, more than a fifth of councillors have received death threats or threats of violence.
23 per cent of councillors have received abuse serious enough to report to the police.
The survey forms part of the LGA's Debate Not Hate campaign.
49 per cent of respondents said that abuse had got worse over the past year.
One in 10 councillors had had someone attend their home in a way that they considered intimidating, and as well as this, 43 per cent requested to withhold their home address from the public due to safety concerns.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has convened the inaugural meeting of the British Infrastructure Taskforce.
This is part of a new approach that involves government working with business to design policy that will unlock private investment, including by building business confidence in UK infrastructure investments.
The Taskforce will be exploring different options to support the Government's infrastructure goals to drive growth for the whole of the nation.

The government has awarded funding of £12 million to projects across the UK that are researching technology to support people with addictions.
One of the projects pairs a chest-worn sensor that monitors breathing to a mobile device that sends out an immediate alert to nearby antidote carriers and emergency services if an overdose is detected, helping people get potentially life-saving treatment as soon as possible.

Believ has partnered with Somersham Parish Council in Cambridgeshire to install fully funded charge points. 

The energy secretary has pledged to make available billions of pounds in funding across the UK including for Scotland’s clean energy industry.
Ed Miliband is set to visit Aberdeen with Great British Energy Chair Juergen Maier.
Following the visit, the UK Government is set to sign a new agreement with the Scottish Government to boost Great British Energy’s ambitions to support clean energy supply chains and infrastructure.