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Wales First Minister Mark Drakeford tests positive for Covid and is self-isolating

The First Minister took a PCR test earlier in the week and received a positive test result on Friday

Evening Standard

Wales' First Minister Mark Drakeford has tested positive for Covid

Mark Drakeford took the Covid test earlier in the week and did First Minister's Questions remotely from his office on Tuesday

Wales Online

Kate Forbes: There is no extra money for Scotland from council tax rebate

The Scottish Finance Secretary echoed comments from Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford.

The Independent UK

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Mark Drakeford accuses UK Government of short-changing Wales on energy rebate

Wales' First Minister says Wales isn't being given any extra money to match £150 council tax rebate in England but the Treasury flatly denies it

Wales Online

Wales to plant woodlands in memory of people who died in Covid pandemic

Mark Drakeford said the three forests will be a ‘permanent and living memorial to all those who have died’

Wales Online

Mark Drakeford wrote to Boris Johnson in furlough plea before Covid restrictions decision in Wales

The information was revealed from the cabinet meeting where it was decided to introduce new restrictions in Wales after Christmas

Birmingham Post

Everything Mark Drakeford said about Covid rules in Wales as he was interviewed this morning

He described Friday's easing of Covid rules as a 'good day' for the country

Wales Online

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Wales set to lift most Covid restrictions after passing Omicron peak

The first minister, Mark Drakeford, said the country would be moving to alert level zero on Friday

The Guardian - UK

Mark Drakeford reacts to Boris Johnson birthday party reports with 'despair and disgust'

Boris Johnson faces fresh outrage over reports he had a birthday party in Downing Street during the 2020 lockdown

Wales Online

Couple won't send son to school if he has to wear covid face mask

Mark and Catrina Cowie's son, 12, has only been to school for just half an hour this term.

Daily Record

'We won't send our son to school because he has to wear a mask' - the parents demanding an end to mask wearing in schools

First Minister Mark Drakeford has said that children in Wales will have to wear masks in secondary schools until at least the February half-term

Wales Online

Boris Johnson’s history is catching up with him, says Welsh first minister

Mark Drakeford highlights that prime minister has been sacked from two previous jobs for lying

The Guardian - UK

Mark Drakeford says Wales' face mask law will be reviewed soon - but suggests he'll keep wearing one

He said that he felt "many people" will choose to continue wearing a mask because it kept people safe

Wales Online

Mark Drakeford's advice for people attending the Six Nations games

The message is to take a test, wear a mask, be careful who you mingle with

Wales Online

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Wales Online

Decision on moving to five days Covid isolation in Wales expected next week, Mark Drakeford says

An announcement is expected early next week

Wales Online

First Minister Mark Drakeford reveals the date on which the Covid pass law will be reviewed in Wales

Covid passes will be reviewed before Wales' first Six Nations match in Cardiff

Wales Online

Mark Drakeford's full answers as he faced questions about the difference between Covid rules in England and Wales

He accused Conservative MPs of fighting each other 'like ferrets in a sack'

The Guardian - UK

No 10 resists investigation into ‘blackmailing’ of Tory MPs critical of Johnson until ‘evidence’ found – as it happened

No 10 says investigation will only be launched ‘if there was any evidence’ to support the claims, despite calls from Labour and Tory MPs

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Wales Online

Mark Drakeford accuses Boris Johnson of managing the pandemic for headlines to distract from his problems

The First Minister has been grilled on the difference between rules in Wales and England and said the PM had 'abandoned' science in his approach

Wales Online

Update on children wearing masks in schools given by Mark Drakeford

The rules in England changed this week but measures are not set to change in Wales until at least February half-term

Wales Online

Full list of the current Covid rules in Wales as restrictions ease again today

Mark Drakeford says it is now clear the Omicron wave has peaked

The Guardian - UK

Covid live: Ireland to lift almost all curbs from 6am on Saturday; France reports 400,851 new cases — as it happened

Ireland’s premier Micheál Martin says ‘we have weathered the Omicron storm’; France reports 400,851 daily cases and 233 Covid-linked hospital deaths

The Independent UK

Nightclubs on track to reopen by end of month in Wales, says First Minister

Mark Drakeford said Wales would complete the move to alert level zero on January 28 unless the coronavirus situation deteriorates.

Birmingham Post

First Minister Mark Drakeford asked to 'apologise to businesses' over Covid rules as fund launches

Senedd Tory leader Andrew RT Davies called for the apology but Mr Drakeford said he had nothing to be sorry for

Wales Online

Covid briefing: Six things as Mark Drakeford says he has 'nothing to apologise for' over Covid rules

Mark Drakeford was replying to Conservative attacks over level two restrictions brought in to combat the Omicron wave

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