8 h. ago Warning people adding CCTV cameras to their home may need planning permission

A Welsh council meeting which considered an application for a CCTV camera heard concerns many people do not know about planning permission rules around cameras in some circumstances

Events

49 h. ago Welsh council won't pursue legal action over beach and river pollution

It comes as plans for 3,000 new homes are expected for the area

Politics

51 h. ago Top Welsh council official holds prominent role at company behind major energy park plans

Marcus Goldsworthy is Vale of Glamorgan Council's director of place, which is the team responsible for the local authority's planning functions

Politics

57 h. ago More bins, toilets and fixed bus shelters in two Welsh council areas

Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire councils are set to benefit from £3m of UK Government capital funding through the Pride in Place programme

Politics

2 d. ago Politician kicked out of Welsh council meeting after tense debate on immigration

Conservative councillor, Cllr George Carroll, put forward a motion calling for Vale of Glamorgan Council to sever its ties with the charity City of Sanctuary UK

Politics

4 d. ago Welsh council issues car park warning to drivers as police notified

People have been asked to remain 'vigilant' at car parks

Events

6 d. ago Welsh council leader on school transport changes, budget latest and cabinet changes

Andrew Morgan sat down to talk about the challenges facing Rhondda Cynon Taf

Politics

8 d. ago Welsh council explains how and when schools will search pupils for weapons

Cardiff council has issued new guidance in response to calls from head teachers amid growing concern about violence

Events

8 d. ago Welsh council intends to fight High Court decision on second homes

The council said it will 'do everything in our power to ensure that the people of Gwynedd have access to suitable homes in their communities'

Events

9 d. ago Welsh council told it could go further with ban on junk food and petrol car ads

Cardiff Council has become the second council in Wales to bring in a restriction on adverts promoting foods high in fat, salt and sugar

Politics

1 week ago Zarah Sultana backtracks and says she will NOT pursue legal action amid ongoing row with Jeremy Corbyn over their new hard

Zarah Sultana on Sunday acknowledged people felt 'demoralised' after the row over her push for members to sign up to Your Party, the political outfit she established with Jeremy Corbyn.

Politics

1 week ago Hundreds plunge in Chicago River for first official swim in nearly 100 years

Group participates in previously unthinkable mile-long swim after US made key progress to clean polluted riversHundreds of people plunged into the Chicago River’s chilly waters on Sunday as part of the first organized swim in the river for nearly 100 years, a previously unthinkable act in what was once one of the most befouled waterways in the world.About 300 people, some wearing wetsuits, jumped into the Chicago River for a mile-long looping swim on an early, overcast midwest morning, a feat made possible by the often unseen but crucial progress the US has made in the past half century in cleaning its rivers of toxic pollution. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Welsh council condemns 'unauthorised' flags being flown in towns

The council said the Welsh flag is a 'symbol of unity and pride and not division'

Culture

1 week ago Welsh council orders review of huge pension fund investments

A Monmouthshire County Council meeting discussed its own investments in light of a UN inquiry which concluded Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza

Economics

2 w. ago Council underspends by £2m on budget after Welsh Government grants

The saving came from a net revenue budget of £376.5 million

Economics

2 w. ago Pembrokeshire council set to underspend by £2.2m this financial year

A report on Pembrokeshire Council's financial position for the first quarter of the current financial year was presented to members at the most recent Cabinet meeting

Economics

2 w. ago Parents fury over school transport row which has 'split village in half'

One parent has said it is 'physically impossible for young children to walk that distance twice a day everyday' after a Welsh council changed its rules of free transport to schools

Politics

3 w. ago Welsh holiday let owners fight council tax that would cost them millions

Holiday unit owners in Powys are expected to pay a council tax premium of 75% on top of the normal charge

Economics

3 w. ago Welsh council leader steps down criticising Labour's direction under Keir Starmer

Sean Morgan said his "moral standing" prevented him being "aligned with the Labour Party any longer"

Politics

3 w. ago 'Fractures and distrust' exposed at Welsh council in damning report

The report pointed to an 'unhelpful blame culture' and 'personal confrontation'

Politics