Wales this week

Wales This Week: Gone Without A Trace

Two families living just four miles apart are grappling with the disappearance of their loved ones. Asking: can someone truly vanish without a trace?

Wales This Week: The Road Ahead ?

After losing their 19 year old son in a fatal car crash last year, we hear from the family joining the campaign for restrictions on young drivers.

Wales This Week: Can Our Fire Services Be Rescued ?

Following reports of bullying, sexism and racism within Wales' fire services, whistleblowers speak out about their experiences of working on the frontline.

Wales This Week: Selling Sex To Survive

Wales This Week investigates why more women are turning to sex work to make ends meet.

Wales This Week: NRW "Not Really Working" ?

Former employees of Wales’ environmental regulator, Natural Resources Wales blow the whistle about their experiences working at the organisation.

Wales This Week: Too young to care ?

Charities in Wales are warning about the effects that caring can have on young people. Dot Davies meets the young carers who look after their families.

Wales This Week: Farming on the Edge

In a year where farmers have taken to the streets in protest against the Welsh Government, Andrea Byrne meets the men and women farming on the edge.

Wales This Week: Election 24, What the election means for Wales

One week on from the UK General Election Andrea Byrne takes a look at what the result means for the people of Wales

Wales This Week: Second Home "Scapegoats" ?

Dot Davies meets businesses in Pembrokeshire who are concerned that rules designed to curb second homes in Wales are damaging the county’s tourism industry.

Wales This Week: Shoplifting: Working on the Frontline

Last year, shoplifting incidents in Wales increased by more than a third. Wales This Week explores the impact of what is being dubbed a shoplifting 'epidemic'.

Wales This Week: The AI Revolution

AI is now in our homes, our workplaces, even in our pockets. But how well equipped are we here in Wales to cope with the so-called AI revolution?

Wales This Week: Weight Loss Jabs

Injections are the latest trend in the world of weight loss. Our hidden cameras discover sellers offering unlicensed injections to anyone willing to pay.

Wales This Week: Clinical Trials: Life In The Waiting Room

People with Long Covid, ME, and Sickle Cell call for more clinical trials in the hope of new medicines being developed to improve their conditions.

Wales This Week: Dementia In Loving Memory

Dementia it’s the third highest cause of death in the country. But how well equipped are we to deal with such high numbers of dementia sufferers in Wales?

Wales This Week: Councils In Crisis

Wales This Week joins the leaders and employees of Caerphilly County Borough Council, as they battle to save local services at a time of financial crisis

Wales This Week: Living In Fear

Police forces across Wales received more than 16,000 calls relating to domestic abuse in the first six months of the year alone.

Wales This Week: Racism In Schools

As Welsh Government aims to completely abolish racism in Wales by the year 2030, we ask if enough is being done to address the issue in our schools

Wales This Week: BPD and Me

Wales This Week: Maternity Care

In November 2022 ITV Wales News reported evidence of a number of ‘care failings’ within Swansea Bay University Health Board’s Maternity Unit.

Wales This Week: Room At The Inn ?

As plans are agreed to offer shelter to several hundred asylum seekers at a hotel in Llanelli, we ask how well equipped is Wales to offer such support.

Wales This Week: When Dogs Attack

After several dog attacks in recent years, Caerphilly has found itself at the centre of the dangerous dog debate. Wales This Week investigates.

Wales This Week: The Shape of Wales ?

Wales this Week examines the effects climate change is having on our coastlines, and asks about the impact it could have on our coastal communities

Wales This Week: Thinking Differently

Andrea Byrne looks at the difficulties people are having in accessing support for neurodivergent conditions like ADHD and Autism now, in Wales this Week

Wales This Week: Teenage Vaping

They’vWith a surge in the number of children vaping Wales This Week asks, are these devices doing more harm than good? Dot Davies investigates ?

Wales This Week: Suffering In Silence

97 people died as a result of the Hillsborough disaster almost 34 years ago, Despite years of campaigning, have the survivors received the support they need ?

Wales This Week: A Weight Loss Journey

With long NHS waiting lists some people are choosing to travel abroad for surgery.

Wales This Week: Nowhere To Call Home

For six months, Wales This Week’s cameras have followed a new homelessness support team in Swansea, to discover the true scale of Wales’ housing shortage.

Wales This Week: Cardiff Airport, Up In The Air ?

It's been ten years since the Welsh Government spent £52m on the purchase of Cardiff airport.

Wales This Week: NHS,Fit For Purpose ?

As winter pressures on our health service continues to grow, Wales This Week debates the issues at the heart of the NHS.

Wales This Week: A Game Changing Legacy?

As Wales enters its first World Cup in 64 years, we look into if this tournament in Qatar really can create a game-changing legacy back here in Wales

Wales This Week: LGBTQ+ Hate Crime

We all want to live our lives openly, without being vilified or judged. But many people in the LGBTQ+ community face hatred abuse, just for being who they are.

Wales This Week: A Future In Flux

From the pandemic to a cost of living crisis. What impact is our changing world having on young people in Wales?

Wales This Week: The Power In Our Hands

It's a global issue a UK emergency but does Wales - a country which generates nearly twice as much energy as it uses have the power to control its own destiny

Wales This Week: The Hidden Loss

Presenter Andrea Byrne shares her own experience of pregnancy loss, looking at the stigma that surrounds it to the support that's available.

Wales This Week: Destination Wales

The Welsh Government consults on a possible tourism tax, Dot Davies asks how local concerns in those areas might be eased as a result.

Wales This Week: The Climate Of Cymru

This year alone Wales has seen its fair share of Wild Welsh Weather. Wales This Week looks at the root cause of the problem.

Wales This Week: A Welcome In The Hillside

Issa Farour meets some of the thousands of refugees who have fled to Wales in search of sanctuary now, and asks if more can be done to support them

Wales This Week: Romance Scams

Over the past year, victims of so-called romance scams have been tricked out of more than £3 million in Wales alone.

Wales This Week: Holiday Season

As holiday season approaches Wales This Week is in the studio to look at some of the best holiday hacks.

Wales This Week: When One Punch Kills

Wales This Week follows the story of one mother’s campaign for tougher sentences, after her own son was killed by a single punch attack in 2020

Wales This Week: From A to B - A Transport Special

With fuel fares and climate concerns on the forefront of our minds, Wales this Week goes into the studio for a transport special.

Wales This Week: Living In Pain

In Wales it can take up to nine years to diagnose Endometriosis. Alexandra Hartley looks at why these figures are so stark & what should be done to address them

Wales This Week: Cost Of Living Special

The cost of living is on the rise. But what does that mean to our day-to-day lives & what can we do to protect ourselves against the impact of rising prices?

Wales This Week: Riders On The Road

More and more of us are turning to two-wheeled travel. But how safe are our roads? And how well do we protect those who use them?

Wales This Week: The Next Tryweryn?

As companies from outside Wales purchase land to grow woodlands & offset their carbon footprints. This week looks at the impact this has on rural communities

Wales This Week: An Uncomfortable Truth

Adeola Dewis explores Wales’ links to the Atlantic Slave Trade, and the controversial figures from our colonial past who still loom large over our communities.

Wales This Week: Calling Time?

But after two years of repeated restrictions, how are businesses coping with the long term impact of covid?

Wales This Week: Back To School ?

Online learning. Cancelled exams. Shortages of both staff and pupils - it's been a year unlike any other for Welsh education.

Wales This Week: Tackling Coercive Control

ITV Cymru Wales Presenter Ruth Dodsworth shares her experiences after her husband of 18 years was convicted for his coercive and controlling behaviour.

Wales This Week: Making Ends Meet

Wales this Week looks at the affect of our failing finances on the people of Wales, and the difficulties we are all having in making ends meet.

Wales This Week: Tackling The Menopause Taboo

Reporter Dot Davies shares her own personal experience as she tackles the menopause taboo.

Wales This Week: The Post Office Scandal

Wales This Week:The Post Office Scandal

Wales This Week, Series 3 : Episode 10

Wales This Week: The Lost Generation ?

Wales This Week, Series 3: Episode 9

Wales This Week: In Sickness and in Health

Wales This Week, Series 3 : Episode 8

With uncertainty about foreign travel, more people than before could be choosing Wales this summer but who are the winners and losers in this holiday lottery ?

Wales This Week, Series 3 : Episode 7

Wales This Week: Planning For The Future

Wales This Week: Series 3, Episode 6

On the programme, concerns that pressures on our courts system are leading to miscarriages of justice and we look at the growing demand for ethical fashion.

Wales This Week: Series 3, Episode 5

An exclusive investigation into lack of social distancing at the DVLA, which has been described as a "national scandal". Plus dog theft is on the rise in Wales.

Wales This Week: Series 3, Episode 4

On Wales This Week we examine the legacy of mistakes made at maternity units at two valleys hospitals in the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board.

Wales This Week: The Year of the Home

During the pandemic we've spent more time at home than ever before. Whether it has become a place of sanctuary or stress, we explore it all in this programme.

Wales This Week: Series 3, Episode 2

We look at the anti-vaccination movement and find out how misinformation around the coronavirus vaccines is being spread and the impact it can have.

Wales This Week: Series 3, Episode 1

We're with police as officers enforce lockdown restrictions. Plus, with gambling addiction on the rise, we speak to one woman who's struggled with addiction.

Wales This Week: Episode 7

As 2020 draws to a close we've been speaking to those on the frontline for whom it's been utterly life changing. Plus: how consumers can prepare for Brexit.

Wales This Week: Episode 6

In a special programme investigating who runs sport in Wales, we exclusively reveal the lack of diversity of those in decision making role.

Wales This Week: Episode 5

Could the Welsh Government's plans for a ''green industrial revolution'' kickstart the economy after the recession and help achieve climate change targets?

Wales This Week: Episode 4

The arrival of an asylum accommodation centre in Pembrokeshire has divided opinion in a local village. We've been hearing testimony from someone housed there

Wales This Week: Episode 3

The impact of coronavirus on our health is well known, but the impact of lockdowns and social distancing on our livelihoods has been disastrous for some.

Wales This Week: Episode 2

With some people still suffering from coronavirus symptoms long after they should have recovered, we have been granted access to a rehabilitation service.

Wales This Week: Episode 1

After massive disruption to our education system, we look at how schools and pupils have been impacted by coronavirus

‘Wales This Week: Coronavirus - Our Changing National episode 15’

We examine the toll that looking after our most sick and vulnerable has taken on those who have been caring for them.

‘Wales This Week: Coronavirus - Our Changing National episode 14'

As the economic consequences of coronavirus begin to hit, we look at at those likely to suffer. Plus what will jetting off look like with such big changes?

Wales This Week: Coronavirus - Our Changing Nation episode 13

How do our more rural communities feel about the prospect of an influx of visitors & we hear how religious communities are providing comfort in times of crisis.

Wales This Week: Coronavirus - Our Changing Nation episode 12

Has the pandemic helped pave the way to solving Wales's homelessness problems? And when will pubs and restaurants here be able to open there doors again.

Wales This Week: Coronavirus - Our Changing Nation episode 11

We take a look inside a women's refuge how victims of lockdown domestic abuse can get help & how do you balance social distancing & student life?

Wales This Week: Coronavirus - Our Changing Nation episode 10

How will the daily commute look in a world of social distancing? Andrea Byrne takes a look at public transport preparations & speaks to the Transport Minister.

Wales This Week: Coronavirus - Our Changing Nation episode 9

As the lockdown starts to ease, our latest poll reveals how people Wales feel about the restrictions & we speak to the First Minister about reopening schools.

Wales This Week: Coronavirus - Our Changing Nation episode 8

Lockdown means many of us aren't being as active as we'd like, so how it that impacting on our mental health? And what does the future hold for the arts?

Wales This Week: Coronavirus - Our Changing Nation episode 7

With coronavirus dominating NHS resources, Andrea Byrne finds out how health boards are balancing covid and more coventional care.

Wales This Week: Coronavirus - Our Changing Nation episode 6

Andrea Byrne talks to Jeremy Miles MS about when we'll see a lockdown exit plan for Wales and how is the pandemic affecting our High Streets?

Wales This Week: Coronavirus - Our Changing Nation episode 5

On Wales This Week, we find out how the coronavirus is affecting the tourism industry, which is worth more than six billion pounds to the welsh economy each...

Wales This Week: Coronavirus - Our Changing Nation episode 4

Coronavirus has impacted various parts of our lives, but also the lives of our children. On this week's programme, we've been invited into two of ...

Wales This Week: Coronavirus - Our Changing Nation episode 3

A month into lockdown, we're adapting to the changes but the impact its had on our economy is inevitably devastating. As one economist warns the p...

Wales This Week - Coronavirus: Our Changing Nation episode 2

The safety of those living and working in our care homes during the coronavirus pandemic has dominated the headlines this week, with concerns over...

Wales This Week: Instagram Influencers

With growing concerns about the impact of trolling, what is life like for Instagram influencers?

Wales This Week: Behind The Smile

ITV Cymru Wales reporter and presenter Siôn Jenkins shares his very personal story of living with anxiety.

Wales This Week- Coronavirus: Our Changing Nation

With life in lockdown becoming the new normal how is the coronavirus outbreak changing life in Wales?

Wales This Week: After The Floods

This winter Wales was hit by a series of devastating and life-threatening winter storms, which led to the worst flooding we’ve seen for a generati...

Wales This Week: Coronavirus - Can We Cope?

Is Wales ready to cope with Coronavirus?

Wales This Week: Heading For Trouble

Heading the ball has always been an important part of playing football, but concerns are growing about a possible link with dementia.

Wales This Week: Farmers Under Fire

For generations farming has been part of our national identity.

Wales This Week: Something In The Air

Wales This Week is back.

Wales This Week: Keeping Your Kids Safe

The extraordinary story of a survivor of child sexual exploitation and the detectives who are fighting the increasing threat of online abusers.

Wales This Week: No Place Like Home

Wales needs to build 40,000 new homes in the next five years.

Wales This Week: Tackling Homelessness

Homelessness is an issue which is visible throughout our towns and cities. But as Cardiff prepares to host the 2019 homeless football World Cup we...

Wales This Week: Beyond The Factory Gates

How do communities cope when their local industry shuts down?

Wales This Week: Brave Face

Acne affects at least half the population and its impact can be huge, but is the health service in Wales doing enough to support those affected?

Wales This Week: Catching the Conmen

Each year 5 million people older people are targeted by scams.

Wales This Week: Dying to Drive

Over a thousand people are killed or seriously injured on Welsh roads every year, and nearly a quarter of youngsters between 18 and 24 years old c...

Wales This Week: Gulls Allowed?

Seagulls. Our chip stealing, ice cream loving friends from the coast. Gulls have repeatedly hit the headlines as spates of attacks on members of t...