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Councils to be hit with below-inflation funding rise

THE prospect of service cuts and council tax rises is looming across Wales as local authorities confront a below-inflation rise in funding. Read

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Unemployment set to spiral

The Government was today warned that unemployment could spiral to three million after the biggest jobless rise since 1991 left 1.79 million people looking for work. Read

Welsh politics

‘Rebalanced’ economy at heart of revival proposals

THE West Wales Business Initiative yesterday unveiled an economic plan it believes will ensure the nation successfully weathers global financial turbulence. Read

Education linked to prejudice says report on Wales

PREJUDICE against people with mental illness or of certain backgrounds continues apparently unabated in Wales, a new report has revealed. Read

Education News

How school governors can make a difference

There are 40,000 vacancies for governors across England and Wales. Simon Farrington, deputy chair of governors at Ysgol Maes Dyfan special school in Barry and a governor for the past decade, highlights the challenges facing schools and their governing bodies and issues a plea for more people to step forward Read

Street art helps understanding of disability

STREET art is being used to help young people understand what life is like for children with cerebral palsy. Read

Health News

Inspectors raise cleanliness concerns after hospital visits

A SPOT-CHECK on cleanliness on wards at two Welsh hospitals has highlighted a number of concerns, it was revealed last night. Read

NHS

Edwina Hart to put extra £117m into cutting waiting times

THE NHS is to receive an extra £117m to help bring waiting times down to 26 weeks, Health Minister Edwina Hart will reveal today. Read

Features

Vegetable wars

CHRIS KELSEY finds himself unable to live up to the example set by TV chef Valentine Warner - and someone, or something, has to pay. Read

Gok Wan

Fashion expert Gok Wan surprises Wales on Sunday winner

Fashion expert and presenter Gok Wan dropped in on Wales this week to surprise a thrilled Wales on Sunday competition winner. LYDIA WHITFIELD watched the makeover master at work and caught up with him for his thoughts on Welsh women, celebrity friends and his love of Simon Cowell Read

Columnists

When your kids outbank you

RAISING children in the credit crunch is all about credibility. Read

Charlotte Laing

To behave like Victoria Beckham is to lose sight of what men actually like

WHAT’S the point of celebrities? It’s a question I ask myself many times most days. Read

News from the UK

Soldier killed in explosion

A British soldier has died in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said. Read

Data storage shake-up 'Orwellian'

Plans to gather and record millions of pieces of information about everyone's internet and telephone habits have been condemned as "Orwellian". Read

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