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By A Prematurely Celebrating Captain ben stokes. After the rain delay the wickets began to tumble and the match swayed back to england Jonny Bairstow with a brilliant catch to dismiss. Theyre chasing an unlikely 384 for victory. They resumed on 135 without loss and lost three wickets in the first hour of the morning session chris woakes taking two of them. But rain has once again disrupted things play has been stopped with australia on 238 3 needing 146 more runs to win. Elsewhere the hundred ki...

There are calls for a new deal is fund NI's public services - but what would that look like?

The key factor in devolved finances is the UK's growth in public expenditure, says expert.

On social care thats going up.| five years ago, gerry holtham wrote a paper for the welsh government anticipating the inevitable rising cost of care. his conclusions then haven�*t changed. the basic notion of a ring—fencedl tax to cope with social care i think still has to be on the table. the uk government and the devolved administrations do have the powers to raise taxes to pay for social care if they wanted. they say they are spending billions more, but councils say much of that is being ...

The Adam Price election interview: Independence isnt a distraction but a necessity Plaid Cymrus Adam Price says he cant work with Labour - even if it gave him a seat at the cabinet table Updated Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price photographed ahead of Senedd Election 2021 (Image: Rob Browne / WalesOnline) There are always big stories on WalesOnline - dont miss any with our daily emailInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign me up now When you subscribe we will use the informat...

BBC News By Catrin Haf Jones image captionAdam Price put independence front and centre of Plaid policy since becoming leader in 2018 Plaid Cymru would hold an independence referendum within five years if it came to power in Mays Senedd election. Launching its manifesto, the party said it offered the "most radical programme" in "any Welsh election since 1945". Its plans include creating 60,000 green jobs, extending free school meals and social care free at the point of need. Economists cost chec...