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Top Guns to get training centre lift

A NEW training centre for Top Gun RAF pilots will be built in Wales in a new £635m deal announced by the Ministry of Defence. Read

Welsh economy faces 'major challenges'

THE Assembly Government last night admitted the Welsh economy faces “major challenges”. Read

Call for English parliament debate

LABOUR needs to lead the debate on an English parliament or lose votes to the Tories or BNP, former Minister Frank Field says today. Read

Levy launches Hay Festival attack on Brown

GORDON BROWN does not have the ability to “sell himself or project himself,” former colleague Lord Levy said yesterday. Read

Premier may face his MPs tonight

GORDON BROWN faces a crunch meeting of Labour MPs at Westminster tonight after a series of disastrous poll ratings. Read

Road-pricing opposition hardens

PUBLIC opposition to road charging is hardening with 60% against the idea of paying to use clogged-up routes, a Department for Transport (DfT) survey has found. Read

Losing his marbles? Not Rhodri...

AND so we raise our hats to First Minister Rhodri Morgan after his performance on Sky News’ Sunday Live with Adam Boulton, live from the Hay Festival last weekend, in which the veteran leader did his best to reassure the party faithful he’s still in control of his faculties enough to remain in charge for another 15 months. Read

Assembly plans for greener homes

THE Welsh Assembly Government plans to make all new houses carbon-neutral by 2011, Environment Minister Jane Davidson has announced. Read

House prices fall as buyers wait for lower deals

SOUTH WALES is seeing a big fall in house prices, according to new figures collected by the Land Registry. Read

Housing benefit system proposals attacked

PROPOSALS to overhaul the housing benefit system have been condemned as a cost-cutting measure which will create homelessness. Read

Government to start contacting elderly in bid to tackle heating bills

THE Government is to start contacting pensioners directly to make sure they are getting the lowest possible energy bills. Read

Labour plans to reconnect with voters by reviving public meetings

Labour will today promise to revive the political public meeting in a bid to reconnect with the voters who have drifted away from the party. Read

Golwg bid wins Welsh-language press grant

THE publishers of Golwg magazine have won a £200,000 three-year grant designed to boost the Welsh-language press. Read

Kidnappers urged to release five Britons

THE UK today appealed directly to the kidnappers of five Britons taken hostage in Iraq exactly a year ago. Read

Independent set to land top role

THE Welsh Local Government Association is expected to be led by a non-Labour politician for the first time. Read

Tax will rise for half a million cars in Wales under changes

HALF a million Welsh drivers will see their car tax go up under controversial changes to the vehicle excise duty (VED) system. Read

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Families could face £1,000 gas bills

FAMILIES already struggling with the soaring cost of living face seeing their heating bills hit £1,000 a year after a surge in the price of wholesale gas. Read

MPs join singer for climate change concert

MONTGOMERYSHIRE MP Lembit Opik is to join a cross-party group for a one-off concert with Razorlight frontman Johnny Borrell in a bid to ensure emissions from flying are included in the Climate Change Bill. Read

Support gathers pace for a proper Welsh Parliament

Support for greater devolution is growing – in some unlikely places, say constitutional experts Richard Wyn Jones and Roger Scully Read

Surprise as 39% of Tories back law-making parliament for Wales

SCORES of Conservative voters have abandoned their hostility to devolution and around 40% want to see a law-making Welsh Parliament, according to new academic research. Read