Health Minister Vaughan Gething AM (Labour) has survived a no-confidence motion in the Welsh Assembly but there have been calls from relatives for him to resign. BBC Wales say they are unaware of the story and, it is rumoured, don’t really care what a Unionist party does anyway.

The December A&E figures have yet to emerge but in November they treated only 74.4% within 4 hours compared to SNP Scotland’s 85.5%. The December figures are already out for Scotland and England, but NHS Wales seems reluctant to reveal their data.