Having been away for a week there is a lot to catch up with, not least the YouGov poll that was rather inconveniently published early on in my holiday.

Two new members have been elected to town councils in Telford & Wrekin area. By-elections for the Newport East ward of Newport Town Council and Wellington Town Council's Park ward were held yesterday following the resignation of councillors.

It was a long night. It was made longer by the fact that the All-Wales count took place in an unheated hangar/cow shed/factory unit on the edge of Haverfordwest.

Job cuts and a future end to free prescriptions in Wales look inevitable in the current climate, Plaid Cymru's top economic adviser has told the BBC.