Adrian Mason: Set Deeside free from Cardiff

A new economic zone should have its own planning and development policies – with the potential to become a manufacturing powerhouse.

Henry Hill: Ministers might face a tricky task finding a one-nation route to easing lockdown

It may prove easier to maintain coordination when imposing the rules than easing them, especially if regional variegation is called for.

Henry Hill: Labour’s new leader sets the party against Scottish independence… but toward federalist folly

By taking refuge once again in his party’s only idea, Starmer puts himself behind even Gordon Brown in his constitutional thinking.

Henry Hill: Sturgeon turns the knife as Corbyn undermines Labour in Scotland

Also: Reports of strong Tory performance and start of the Salmond trial casts shadow over the SNP; DUP claim they will have influence after the election.

Matt Smith: Welsh Labour’s murky lagoon politics gives rise to the Cardiff Bay malfunction

If you like laws or sausages you shouldn’t watch either being made. Neither is the anatomy of the Cardiff Bay malfunction pretty.

Henry Hill: DUP alliance with Brexiteers holds firm as crucial vote looms

Also: Jones accused of ‘pre-judging’ allegations against former minister as inquiry continues; and May clashes with Sturgeon over independence.

Suzy Davies: The Welsh Conservatives need to make much better use to our members

Treating our activists as leaflet fodder isn’t good enough. They’re a wellspring of new policy ideas and a bridge to parts of the electorate we have struggled to connect with.

Henry Hill: Welsh Tories investigate possible data breach over call for leadership ballot

Also: Foster attends Orange Order march in Scotland; pressure mounts on Wood as Plaid challengers break cover; Sturgeon forced to ditch new minister; and more.

Henry Hill: Trimble warns that Irish Brexit stance risks antagonising loyalist paramilitaries

Also: Wallace attacks Scottish Government for objection to ‘British values’; Geldof says Easter Rising was a ‘mistake’; SNP woes deepen over indy divisions; and more.

Monima O’Connor: Wales’s blanket ban on electronic animal collars was poorly thought-through – England should not copy it

The ban is underpinned by a failure to understand essential differences between two distinct types of device. Pets and people suffer as a result.

Richard Graham: It’s time the Government backed the Swansea Tidal Lagoon

This development not only offers a welcome boost for Wales, but will help to foster the UK’s position as a world leader in green energy.