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Some 20 jobs will be created at the Gwynt y Mor wind farm off the north Wales coast. The wind vessels will operate from Flintshire’s Port of Mostyn, where part of the turbines are built.

Repairs are needed straight away at Swansea Prison to prevent a potential safety hazard. Swansea Council has received an application for remedial work at the prison, which dates back more than 150 years.

Around 400 workers at Prysmian Cables in Wrexham have gone on strike over a pay dispute. The six-hour strike at the site on Wrexham Industrial Estate began at 13:00 BST on Wednesday (June 20, 2012).

All seven local health boards in Wales strove to reassure patients following strike action by GPs.

A total of 450 Welsh jobs are at risk at three sites.

Union members in Swansea left work two hours before the end of their shift in a protest over proposed cuts.

Llanelli Trades Council said it was “scandalous” that Carmarthenshire Council paid out more than £426,000 in pension contributions to councillors over the past three years.

Driving licence staff in Cardiff and Bangor took industrial action over proposed office closures. The Department for Transport stated that it is disappointed at the two-hour strike, and added it is in discussions with union officials.

An investigation is already underway after an arson attack damaged a derelict seafront hotel. This was hot on the heels of an incident at a former hospital in Flintshire the previous day.

Bridgend is one of the factories in Wales which will be among those hardest hit by closures at work facilities for disabled people.

The PCS union claims that widespread walk-outs by its members have led to the National Museum for Wales being closed to the public.

The latest statistics show that over the three months to the end of February the number out of work in Wales went down by 1,000. The rate stands at 8.9%, just half of one per cent above the UK average.