Mr Nobody Against Putin, which has won a Bafta tonight, is on iPlayer. Profound doc self shot by a Russian school teacher who filmed as his school was forced to inject propaganda into its classrooms www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002kx2d
#BBCNews - Lyse Doucet: In Tehran, rallies for Iran's revolution overshadowed by discontent and defiance
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Comes not long after Plaid lost a by-election in their Ynys Mon backyard, to Reform
Plaid have gained a seat on Pembrokeshire council via a council by-election in Fishguard North East. It had been won by Labour at the election in 2022
My understanding is that Plaid Cymru will go first today, and Tories second (an arrangement that switches every week and has come about because of James Evans' sacking from the Tory group)
Focus in the Senedd & Welsh politics today will be on FMQs, where if the opposition doesn't challenge the FM on her stance on the UK Labour leadership I'd be very surprised. Starts at 1330.
Peter Fox, who is now health spokesman, said it would focus the system on putting "its best efforts" into "driving the change we need to see".
Former Tory MS James Evans, in Senedd debate on NHS where Tories are calling for a health emergency to be declared, says he didn't know what that meant in the 12 months he was a health spokesman.
Get off Netflix and go to the pub if want to save them, Eluned Morgan told FMQs in the Senedd today, as she came under fire over business rates www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There has been speculation that if the Senedd votes it down a private enterprise or organisation of some description could step in - but that's pretty unclear.
Backers of the legislation emphasize that the vote is not about assisted dying itself, but the parts of the bill that impact the devolution settlement. As far as I can work out, that's really about how a voluntary assisted dying service would work in the NHS.
It has promised though to spell out more of its thinking before that 24 Feb vote (although the legislative committee now want that to happen in March and have asked Jane Hutt for a delay)
The Welsh government has come in for criticism as well because it has refused to tell MSs its reasoning for what the Senedd is actually voting on (i.e what parts of the law are devolved), citing legal privilege.
It has never done this before, we're told.
I have been told that if the Senedd voted the legislation down then Lord Falconer plans to table amendments deleting some sections relating to how it would work in Wales from the bill.
Tricky, given the drama that now surrounds the process in the Lords.
The Senedd vote on assisted dying will come close to the end of this term (at least, its currently scheduled to be) and will be one of the most important things that this cohort of MSs will do. We're looking at 24 Feb at the moment. Its delayed from Jan
Labour MS Alun Davies says there is no perfect time for the Senedd to vote on assisted dying, telling BBC Radio Wales that it might be too late to wait until the next term.
He says the consequences of voting (like how assisted dying would happen in Wales) are still not known
Tories promising grandparents £4.8k to help with childcare in an election pledge announced today www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What would you do if your home was destroyed? For many Ukrainians in Scotland, that's the situation they find themselves in. Amid peace deal talks, will they have a choice about staying or returning? Our latest story across BBC Scotland
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On the Today programme she was asked if he was doing a good job. Morgan wouldn't say.
Morgan also suggested that voters were not interested in whether Wales's parliament, the Senedd, should take control of policing in Wales - days after she made the request herself in a speech in London.
On national radio the first minister Eluned Morgan repeatedly refused to offer support to the prime minister Sir Keir Starmer, telling voters the May election is not a time for a protest vote against his government www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Vibes
"I'm sure people are waiting with baited breath to read all parties manifestos - I particularly encourage that if you struggle with insomnia" - Sam Rowlands, who is the Welsh Tory policy director, on Radio Wales
Meanwhile some of her Labour MSs expressed dismay at the comments of the home secretary. One, Mick Antoniw who is a former counsel general, called her "facile"
Tories accused her of trying to build the scaffolding for an independent Wales while Plaid said she was powerless after one of her asks - the devolution of policing - was rejected days after she made it
Eluned Morgan took flack from all sides in the Senedd today over her speech calling for more devolution to stop pro-indy parties taking control of the Senedd
Meanwhile the Tories and Reform are opposed to policing devo - the former demonstrated by Andrew RT Davies here
Mark Drakeford's former Spad David Davies writes...
A Welsh Labour MP speaking to a BBC Wales colleague said: "There is no way policing will be devolved. We may look at probation but that’s about it - especially as we don’t know who is in charge after May. “
